I love E:D But really?

Cmdr Esteban

Cmdr Esteban
Lateralus said:
Also the pricing model of ED ships is not in the same league as SC (some ships over $1000).
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A piffling $1000? Pocket change. If you’re a true fan you’ll treat yourself to a set of ships for the low low price of $48,000. Hurry - add to your cart while it’s “in stock”!
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cmdr chequers

cmdr chequers
Pville_Piper said:
🤔 Now you're not making any sense... If I was playing an FPS, and I bought an LMG with less jitter, a bigger magazine and a faster rate of fire, I would dominate the middle range game. I still could be killed by a sniper at long range and a sub machine gun or shotgun at short ranges. But I would dominate as long as I played to the guns strengths. That is the definition of pay to win if there was no gun in the game that could be acquired without money that could match it.

It also would be pay to win if players were grouped according to time in game or some kind experience level and I bought a gun that no one in my class could get a hold of without buying. The effect would be mitigated over time as others gained levels ect. But that would not change the fact that it was pay to win.

In free to play games they often allow you to get items if you play a lot buy allow you to aquire the credits purchase the items for in game money, which is what I did when I bought the Python 2. That can still be considered pay to win, the only difference is that you get to keep the ship in Elite whereas most others it would be a rental for a limited time.

I never liked the FDL, it was just a combat ship with an off centered seat and some weird canopy line blocking the view. But it was the meta for a long time and some still prefer it over the P2.

I prefer the P2 because it has a centered seat and better super cruise boost handling, but neither of those make it competitively better, just more pleasing to use.
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Neither the FDL or the P2 have a centered seat, both have a second seat next to the pilot.

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vanFace

V
Koma Pahu said:
I remember reading somewhere that the average player account is worth $150, so most of their funding come from the whales who can chuck $48k at a video game.
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I just love how the gaming industry produces creative name-calling. When a whale griefs a white-knight for camping, most realize that you are not talking about a bizarre medieval nautical incident.
But at least deepAI knows what to do with it: https://deepai.org/gallery-item/2bf...ng-a-white-knight-for-camping-19b0dd.jpg.html
 
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nemolomen

nemolomen
amigacooke said:
Well I get the ship (eventually) because I paid for Odyssey. If I then pay to avoid late access I've paid twice.
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Rat Catcher said:
Yeah, I suppose buying an expansion (assuming one isn't a LEP holder) is painful on the wallet, I onlly bought the expansion 6 times... But then, one of those was for a friend, so wasted money...

I mean, had they said "Buy Odessey and get a heap of ships added in several years time", I may have felt hard done by... But I don't, maybe that is just me though!
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I'm not paying twice for the ship - whichever new, Stellar or Standard, early access, zero rebuy, you can only ever have one of these active at a time, which I have, after ARX purchase, fully engineered either as is or with minor changes*, ship I've paid ARX for, is not something one can get without spending ARX and will not be available to you when the ship is released for sale in shipyards in the v4.0 game client, except by ARX payment.

* (for instance, I swapped out a module on my P II Stellar to fit an interdictor but left the pulse lasers and multi-cannons as purchased and it now has a 340k rebuy instead of zero)
 

wrmiller

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Cmdr Snuffler said:
Eh? Not at all. It just so happens it excels at it. It's also a great at other things...mission runner, exo bio, combat, cold running (smuggler or titan tdc farming while caustic clouds were there), operations...just to name a few.
Why do you think bigger ships are better than smaller ships? That's the big q.
Are you one of these commanders we're did the big grind to get a cutter or vette and now that's all you fly?
You are missing out if you don't fly small ships.
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Well, that is one opinion. And it happens to be one I don't agree with. No biggie though. You do you, and I'll do me. :D

Disclaimer: I own NO small ships and don't miss them in the least. Actually, TBH I only have 6 ships (including two Corvettes and one Cutter) with no desire for more. I did sell one Python and replaced it with a Corsair though)

I stack missions in a Corvette. I don't do exo anything. No cold running. No 'wing' anything. Etc., etc.. Strictly solo.

Enjoy your game.
 

wrmiller

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Brrokk said:
All true. But when I go out to do this week's PP tasks it's my multi-purpose Python every time.
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I used to say the exact same thing, but then I sold one of my Pythons and replaced it with a multi-purpose Corsair. Still grumbling about the barge-like handling, but I consider it better than a Python in every other way. Just my opinion though. (y)
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
aRJay said:
The Pythons command chair is on the left like in an airliner, the FdL is on the right like a helicopter.

Maybe that is it.
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I wondered if FDev was conducting some kind of sneaky experiment to see if europeans and yanks complain more than brit's, or something.

I mean, when the driver's seat is on the right it's normal for brit's but everybody seems to moan whereas when it's on the left nobody seems to care.
 
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