ANNOUNCEMENT Lavecon 2019 Content Reveal
Ice planets? Atmospheres?
I'm assuming fleet carriers will only be available to squadrons, who will have overall control over the ship, make decisions on use or destination and what if that person wants to do something or go somewhere the squadron doesn't what's to stop that person just sodding off and making it a solo ship and don't tell me those people aren't in game because they bloody are. Personally would love to own one myself, nothing id like more than sodding off into the black with a ship full of my own ships
There was quiet some talk about them back in the Focussed Feedback section of the old forum, I remember it being said that they would be too expensive to buy and run for any single player part of that being due to they have to be fuelled for every jump by the squadron doing something equivalent to a hauling CG which could well mean weeks between jumps for someone on their own.
I don't see that as an issue - most that are for personal use are just going to be status symbols - so they'll be left parked in popular systems like 4x4s in a city
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Now now! Let's wait and see what deep, involved and meaningly mechanics are introduced by Fleet Carriers after all this time and delay. ie: I'm sure some careful consideration by the Designer has gone into ensure they tie tightly into existing game loops to introduce some nice involved ways to bring some great new deep exciting gameplay elements into ED. And they won't just be an excuse to reuse existing X year old gameplay loops over and over for grindtastic shallow game loops based simply around facilitation rather simplistic Fleet Carrier mechanics...
OK another content drop - lovely sure but its pretty - business as usual. Carriers look fun for those with time on their hands, that's a plus and I understand them wanting to make the game easier as its not the same game it was on launch and yup they need to attract new players to milk, but no sir sorry but you're not foolin me with this in game financial nonsense - I ain't parting with no more cash. I like skins (edit) sure but I've maybe bought three in the last 5 years, their nice but they don't get me that excited. And I don't think they will all be suddenly free. I don't expect the whole 'just playing the game' will open them um, be wonderful if it did but likely it will just take us just so far to be an annoyance or it will be limited to certain skins...who knows might be good...
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I'm confused ... are you saying you dont currently buy skins? So you still won't be buying them.
Literally the opposite of a cash grab.....or can't you read? They are taking cosmetics from a "purchasable item only" to a "you can now also get them from simply playing the game". Seriously, man, I know you're desperate to hate on Frontier for some reason, but misrepresentation of the facts doesn't do your cause any justice.
As for Space Legs, Atmospherics etc......we are nearly a full year away from that update-so I really wasn't expecting to hear anything about it until December 2019 at the earliest. You need some "expectation management".
Imho the whole free arx points thing won't be something we should be to exited about.
I think they'll just be dripping into your account, just enough to make people sensitive for such thing to stimulate them in buying more so they get a paint with a little discount.
Sure, they're free but it won't be more then a nickel on a dollar.
They're not just gonna hand out store items to you every other week or so.
I've bought a good share of items but I won't spend a nickel anymore untill they do some proper bug fixing.
I think they'll just be dripping into your account, just enough to make people sensitive for such thing to stimulate them in buying more so they get a paint with a little discount.
Sure, they're free but it won't be more then a nickel on a dollar.
They're not just gonna hand out store items to you every other week or so.
I've bought a good share of items but I won't spend a nickel anymore untill they do some proper bug fixing.
For now, it seems iced.
They made it pretty clear, back in September 2018, that the Ice World Graphics improvements fit in more with the "next big update".......so that is when I am expecting it.
Great news. Instead of creating a credit-sink, you've gone and created a background time-sink where players are automatically rewarded just for playing, and will now be more pro-active about finding things to do in-game if they want to earn enough for some livery.
Clearly the whiners here would prefer a system where Frontier make us pay $60 per year for a 1 year subscription, then throw in a bunch of paid loot boxes (sorry, "surprise mechanics") containing a mix of Cosmetics & Pay to Win items. After all, that's what the majority of the Triple A game Publishers are doing these days. In the meantime, I've not had to fork out a single cent for Elite Dangerous since December 2015-yet have more play time in it than in the top 3 most played games in my library, combined. Pretty good value for money already, I reckon.....& now they're going to reward me for playing by allowing me to gain cosmetics without having to pay real world cash for them. Pretty sweet deal.
When was the last time Frontier made you pay for the game though? Pay to Win in MMO's is BAD GAME DESIGN.
Isn't that because, by their own judgment, Frontier have not released a major expansion in 5 years? Not such a sweet deal.
Beyond was a brilliant expansion for me-& it didn't cost me a cent. So definitely a sweet deal.
Good for you, but for those of us who were expecting progress on elite feet or further classes of planet to land on, it's been lean pickings for 5 years. Not a sweet deal.
How so Shivvi? I was just wondering what in the world I can use these things for.
I mean I have a fleet but I like it where it is. Not planning on moving anywhere.
Nope, I think about another space "sim" than ED when you mention that.