Give me a few compelling reasons to actually land on and explore planets.

Soothsayer

Soothsayer
...The sights are pretty and such, but payouts for surface-based missions are quite paltry. Powerplay and planetary surfaces don't appear to be readily connected (if at all), and it would seem as though materials required for Standard / Premium ammunition synthesis, which apparently confer a damage boost, are exceedingly rare and difficult to stockpile in any meaningful sense.

So, sell me -- what exactly am I throwing my $60 at?
 

Caldric

Caldric
Why should we give you any reason? Figure it out on your own. You either like it or you don't. You are spending your money on a year of stuff that simple you either will or have or will not, much cheaper than say Eve or Wow or whatever.
 
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Arry

Arry
Not telling you, don't want to share as it is so special, so huge; I want to keep it all to myself.

Also, you get to crash and burn in new and interesting ways.
 

Ouberos

Ouberos
If someone's throwing money about recklessly could I have some? i spent all mine on this awesome game that lets me fly about in space and land on planets n stuff.

you have to make your own entertainment, it's a bit like real life.

I wonder if they will release an expansion where you play a video game based in the 21st century and you get to have a job and grind out the money so you can buy more stuff and go on holidays to far off places where you get to see new things.

*head explodes*
 

Argus Leadhead

Argus Leadhead
A whole year worth of new content aside from planetary landing that non-horizons owners won't be privy to?

Personalized commanders
Multi-crew capabilities
Crafting systems

Those are just a few things that $60 will bring you.

Just ask yourself this: "do I enjoy Elite without horizons?"

If you answered yes, then chances are, horizons will be a sound investment.

If, on the other hand you answered no then sadly, I doubt you'd find horizons exciting.

In my opinion, it is pretty awesome hitting massive jumps with the SRV on low gravity planets. And somewhat nerve wracking trying to simply land on incredibly high G planets without leaving a crater.

Just my two cents, there's more to come to horizons than planetary landing. I think a years worth of content is easily worth $60 ($45ish if you already own E:D and buy horizons through the frontier store) especially if you work it out into cost vs hours played.
 
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Colonel Kenney

Colonel Kenney
OP has a point. The ground missions are pretty pathetic and could be much much more fun. But its early on. Hopefully they'll put a lot of effort into missions soon on planets.

Its only fun right now just to explore with zero reward. Even finding the POI's are tedious and unfun.. because you can't see anything it doesn't spawn them unless you are about 3-5km's near.. so you can't tell if its man made or just meteors..
 
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GilliganTX

GilliganTX
I've yet to do any real surface missions, or even try out an SRV.

But I will say, the ability to land at planetary bases has made the galaxy feel much more complete and whole.
 

Sixteen-String Jack

Sixteen-String Jack
We need to shut down the turrets protecting Professor Howard Sexton's outpost so that we can deliver progenitor cells before he can turn the entire population into thralls. The blockading power will reward you, plus if he is defeated you get to loot his hoard of materials.
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Alternatively, deliver slaves to Professor Howard Sexton past the blockade for a big pay day, and see a system rapidly dominated by zombie pirates who will then spread to the rest of the galaxy.
 

Soothsayer

Soothsayer
Colonel Kenney said:
Its only fun right now just to explore with zero reward.
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That's the general vibe I'm getting from most of the Steam reviews I'm seeing. :(

Kind of a shame, really. They could've thrown in some Powerplay-related missions that have you compromising or stealing from surface-based outposts in exchange for (lots of) merits. Payouts for surface-based missions really seem like they should be significantly higher than they currently are, as well. Sentries and the occasional turret appear to be the only entities that can actually be encountered as enemies. Bases seem... almost hauntingly lifeless.
 
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Kancro Vantas

Kancro Vantas
Well, this is from an explorer's perspective: there are some impressive sights to be seen that really inspire the imagination about what's out there in our Milky Way.

By bringing you down to a planet, ED Horizons creates a more intimate and close perspective of the scale and dimensions of it all in a way never conveyed by uniform, samey space stations.

The addition of gravity as a fundamental gameplay for landings is also exhilarating: will yourself let it fall on a 0.4G or smash against a 9.7G world where humans would instantly pass out?

From a more combat related point of view, there are some intriguing installations to be messed with. No need of a mission to go on an cause wreckage for a very adrenaline filled run down a mountain's slope with sentries chacing you, provided you don't mind the meager credits this will bring to your in-game account.

Finally, the latest mention of missing ships from distant past seems to suggest that is on the surface of alien worlds that we'll encounter the ruins or proofs of extraterrestrial civilizations.

But, as many fine things in life that require a developed taste for it, you can simply ignore and go on with the current game mechanics.

$60 spent on a nice dinner or on an outing to the pub is more rewarding for some rather than the countless hours in your computer screen exploring this model of the galaxy, down to planet's surface.

It is really a matter of what you value most.
 

Chris Majere

Chris Majere
Just do like I do. Wait to see if the price of Horizons will drop or what they gona add next. I'm like you atm, not too keen in throwing 60$ at something that... I'm not sure I'lll enjoy.
 
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GilliganTX

GilliganTX
Not totally related, but I have a gripe with the exploration mechanic.

It seems to me, that the "big money" (lol) in exploration is really just in honking the ADS in as many systems as possible.

There is far less reward in actually scanning the planets, which, IMO, is backwards. The ADS honk should be a pitance, completing a scan on all the bodies in a system should be the greater reward.

Then, on top of that, for horizons I would love to see the opportunity to collect surface samples (rocks, dirt) and bring them in for a bigger pay out than the honk or surface scan.



I mean, what gets you paid more IRL, vast, general knowledge, or great depth of knowledge in a niche?
 

Sugarat

Sugarat
Because you want to.. if not there's no point..

but just to whet your appetite..
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Colonel Kenney

Colonel Kenney
Soothsayer said:
That's the general vibe I'm getting from most of the Steam reviews I'm seeing. :(
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If you actually are looking for rare things such as materials then its worth while... the only fun I'm having right now is looking for barnacles and UA related clues ..

there are some extremely rare things put on planets for us to find. Nobody has found any yet.
 
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