Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. Bring parity to Elite! And give PS4 the Cobra MK4 already!!

Miko

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I hope to see Frontier design Odyssey with parity in mind. It had always bothered me that, unlike NMS, Frontier release pay for DLC that fragments the community and Universe of Elite Dangerous. To have locked Engineers behind a pay wall with Horizons, leaving base players in the dust against enemies they could no longer properly contend with, was a blatant manipulation selling point.

Frontier also should never have incentivised purchase of Horizons with the Cobra Mk4. It leaves the Elite Universe with zero parity and it is equally insulting seeing it being flown by NPC's to rub in the noses of those who cannot access it.

It really ticked me off realising that although I own the Cobra MK4 on my Xbox edition of the game, that I would NEVER be able to access the ship on my now primary platform, the PS4. They teased it for long enough, expressing that the PS4 was not forgotten... Rubbish! Prove it!

I do hope to see Odyssey bring the community of Elite closer together as opposed to farther apart. Cross platform, at least between the consoles, would be a desired feature.

Anyways, let's see what happens, eh!
 

Miko

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Jukelo said:
If you are worried about people no being able to play Odyssey with you because they didn't buy in, the best remedy is for you to buy it for them.

Paying for stuff tends to get you more stuff than the people who didn't pay, I don't think that can be helped.
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Obviously, but I don't think Elite should be this way. That's just my opinion.
 

Misty_Dark

Misty_Dark
Miko said:
I hope to see Frontier design Odyssey with parity in mind. It had always bothered me that, unlike NMS, Frontier release pay for DLC that fragments the community and Universe of Elite Dangerous. To have locked Engineers behind a pay wall with Horizons, leaving base players in the dust against enemies they could no longer properly contend with, was a blatant manipulation selling point.

Frontier also should never have incentivised purchase of Horizons with the Cobra Mk4. It leaves the Elite Universe with zero parity and it is equally insulting seeing it being flown by NPC's to rub in the noses of those who cannot access it.

It really ticked me off realising that although I own the Cobra MK4 on my Xbox edition of the game, that I would NEVER be able to access the ship on my now primary platform, the PS4. They teased it for long enough, expressing that the PS4 was not forgotten... Rubbish! Prove it!

I do hope to see Odyssey bring the community of Elite closer together as opposed to farther apart. Cross platform, at least between the consoles, would be a desired feature.

Anyways, let's see what happens, eh!
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What are you ranting about? do you really believe that FDev would open that can of Worms with the Cobra Mk IV? They seriously messed up on that one, and the safest course of action for them on this is to do nothing and hopefully they have learned from this so they do not make the same mistake again.
And again, this have not been an uncommon practice with games, where players get to have stuff if they pre-order and all that missed this opportunity cannot get this "special" stuff. I can understand if the Cobra Mk IV was best in class ship that everyone needed to have.



It also funny how you only compare to ONE other game, No Man's Sky, because this is more or less the standard nowdays with online games. They add DLC's that add new stuff, often this stuff is better than the current stuff, and thus people who get the DLC have access to potential better stuff than those who do not buy the DLC.
Elder Scrolls Online
World of Warcraft
Destiny 2

Should I go on and list games that expand with paid DLC's that adds new stuff to the game? that also affects the balance of the game between those who have the new DLC and those who don't? Oh I forgot, one of the mentioned games decided to nuke over half the games content in their latest update! for free!



You also neglected to say anything about that we have only have had ONE paid upgrade since the game released end of 2014, and that was Horizon was released end of 2015, since then, ALL updates have been free. And after Odyssey was announced, they upgraded everyone that only had the base game to Horizon. Not many games give out old DLC for free like this, unless they go free to play.
Horizon have been repeatedly on sale, where you could find it for as little as 5-6 USD, so even if you did not buy it at full price, for various reasons, you could take advantage of when the DLC was on sale to pick it up on 50% or even 75% off.


I am suprised that you did not rant about needing to have PS Plus to play online...
 

Cosmo

Cosmo
Miko said:
I do hope to see Odyssey bring the community of Elite closer together as opposed to farther apart. Cross platform, at least between the consoles, would be a desired feature.
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They should implement cross-play on consoles and PC to prevent active player numbers from getting too low.

The Cobra Mk4 is a timed exclusive so it should not be brought back. Maybe add a new exclusive ship or vehicle for Odyssey.
 

Qualityoflife

Qualityoflife
Give everybody one of those wasted design process, no reason to be real, highly coveted lateral upgrade garage ornament....u can have mine with the upgrades! Where's that panther clipper!
 

Miko

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Misty_Dark said:
What are you ranting about? do you really believe that FDev would open that can of Worms with the Cobra Mk IV? They seriously messed up on that one, and the safest course of action for them on this is to do nothing and hopefully they have learned from this so they do not make the same mistake again.
And again, this have not been an uncommon practice with games, where players get to have stuff if they pre-order and all that missed this opportunity cannot get this "special" stuff. I can understand if the Cobra Mk IV was best in class ship that everyone needed to have.



It also funny how you only compare to ONE other game, No Man's Sky, because this is more or less the standard nowdays with online games. They add DLC's that add new stuff, often this stuff is better than the current stuff, and thus people who get the DLC have access to potential better stuff than those who do not buy the DLC.
Elder Scrolls Online
World of Warcraft
Destiny 2

Should I go on and list games that expand with paid DLC's that adds new stuff to the game? that also affects the balance of the game between those who have the new DLC and those who don't? Oh I forgot, one of the mentioned games decided to nuke over half the games content in their latest update! for free!



You also neglected to say anything about that we have only have had ONE paid upgrade since the game released end of 2014, and that was Horizon was released end of 2015, since then, ALL updates have been free. And after Odyssey was announced, they upgraded everyone that only had the base game to Horizon. Not many games give out old DLC for free like this, unless they go free to play.
Horizon have been repeatedly on sale, where you could find it for as little as 5-6 USD, so even if you did not buy it at full price, for various reasons, you could take advantage of when the DLC was on sale to pick it up on 50% or even 75% off.


I am suprised that you did not rant about needing to have PS Plus to play online...
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They opened a can of worms with making Horizons free then complimenting those who had paid for it with a paint job - one that hadn't worked up until recently for me. But you're right, taking into account other games. Special items are, I suppose, exclusive timed items usually. However, going back to my point. It is unfair that the PS4 lacks the Cobra MK4 after they teased it. I wish to own it again, as I do with my Xbox commander save. Wishful thinking, though, eh!
 

Dillon Fallon

Dillon Fallon
Arthur Tolmie said:
Hey sorry for the delay in coming back on this one, took me a while to ask the right people as this was before my time here.

The Cobra MK IV was an excluve reward to PC and XBOX players that upgraded to Horizons within a year (I believe) and will not be coming to PS4.

I know this is not the answer you hoped for, I am sorry about that but I would rather tell you how it is rather than give you any false hope.

-Arf
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Already confirmed as never happening.

Not this this is typically enough to end discussion on these sorts of topics. Carry on. ;)
 

Kenneth McGrew

Kenneth McGrew
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