When they are made.
Possibly. Depends on sales of the next expansion I would assume.
Lifetime pass and general update questions
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Perhaps someone from Frontier could field this question too.
Yeah, thats pretty much how i feel about the comms. Its gone from day to night, so to speak.
Not that I'm aware of. 2+ more after 2020 seems right when accounting for the prices of the 2015 LEP and Horizons though (with the 15 USD or 10 GBP off for already owning Elite: Dangerous) at the time of their release and pre-purchase. That's 45 USD or 30 GBP per premium expansion.
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Frontier: What was the basis on which the 2015 LEP was priced?
Rather than being daft, I think it's the most fitting model for the plan Frontier was working with at the time, though it is inferred and not actually known, of course.
Beta access and exclusives are free perks with the LEP.
There is nothing exclusive to the LEP afaik, the LEP did include Horizons exclusives though.
Right, exclusives are free with the LEP, though the LEP doesn't have exclusives of its own. So like, the Black Friday paint job and access to the Cobra Mk IV.
I'm willing to see how it goes, but player owned stations were pretty much the death knell of the closest game to ED (Jumpgate) that I've ever experienced.
Naturally Frontier could helpfully confirm this kind of stuff.
...and that is why fdev can't satisfy everybody. They have to do what they think is right.
They are right to do so.
This was listed as part of the terms of sale of the 2015 LEP, so for this specifically, they already have confirmed it.
If 2020 has beta access and for whatever reason an exclusive ship for pre-purchasing it, beta access and the ship will be included with the LEP as well.
I know that it's against the TOS so this question is just hypothetical:
If I would give you €80 for your LEP account, would you accept the offer?
Hypothetically? Send the money over & I'll probably get back to you in a few years if you remind me.
Scratch that, I don't care.
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Call me a fanboy if you want, this time it's OK (but only this time!).
Frontier is in the top 5 of my favourite developers.
They maintain and update the game since 5 years.
They regularly make interesting streams like the discovery scanner.
Whenever an update comes up they make several streams where they go into great detail about upcoming features and they answer hundreds of questions on the forums while also posting summaries.
They always listen to feedback and often some good ideas make it into the game.
When you don't like a certain feature or mechanic they often explain why it's implemented that way.
When we don't understand something a dev joins the thread and explains it to us.
The game doesn't rely on pay to win or free to play mechanics or on lootboxes and yet they manage to provide free updates.
Their CM team is pretty nice.
You can send Brett a PM and he usually responds within 24 hours.
Support is just awesome.
They spend a lot of time with the community, creating featured commanders and such.
I think that's more good things that I can say about any other developer. They aren't perfect but certainly better than EA, Activision and Ubisoft.
Feel free to call me a fanboy, but only once since I am not going to post something as positive as this until we finally get cockpit cats.
Haha! I see what you did there
Frontier has made a great game so far. I backed in alpha for 200GBP and I dont feel like I've been shorted at all.
The way the content releases layer over the existing game seems to me to be a careful and deliberate assembly of something much bigger--that synthesis of a great galaxy that D.Braben described so evocatively early on.
What's been made so far is amazingly close to what they said it would be--from mechanics to concept imagery. We should expect them to continue to deliver.
Also, the description of what Elite was going to become was SO CLEAR in those early videos and the features forums, how could we not know what we were buying a lifetime pass to?
Just give it some more time. The game has all the makings of a truly massive accomplishment and I think they'll bring it together more and more.
Ultimately with Horizons being fleshed out with more content (they will so do this) and Beyond fleshing out the core experience, and Legs or whatever is 2020, that's a lot of content. I'm sure there will be even more past that.
I'd buy it again. Easy.
P.s. I think the lack of dev communication regarding specifics is sensible. This is a really passionate community and sometimes it makes more sense to just let the content come out and speak for itself. They're telling us big things are coming. It's hard for me to wait too, but I have faith in them.
The way the content releases layer over the existing game seems to me to be a careful and deliberate assembly of something much bigger--that synthesis of a great galaxy that D.Braben described so evocatively early on.
What's been made so far is amazingly close to what they said it would be--from mechanics to concept imagery. We should expect them to continue to deliver.
Also, the description of what Elite was going to become was SO CLEAR in those early videos and the features forums, how could we not know what we were buying a lifetime pass to?
Just give it some more time. The game has all the makings of a truly massive accomplishment and I think they'll bring it together more and more.
Ultimately with Horizons being fleshed out with more content (they will so do this) and Beyond fleshing out the core experience, and Legs or whatever is 2020, that's a lot of content. I'm sure there will be even more past that.
I'd buy it again. Easy.
P.s. I think the lack of dev communication regarding specifics is sensible. This is a really passionate community and sometimes it makes more sense to just let the content come out and speak for itself. They're telling us big things are coming. It's hard for me to wait too, but I have faith in them.
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What was talked about back then and what was actually delivered during the last couple of years are completely different things. This felt a bit like a bait-and-switch for some people who bought the LEP based on was was hinted at back then and left a bad taste.
Well, specifics is a strong word. Why do so many people seem to have the notion that information/news is strictly binary, either all or none?
But to end on something more positive: I really liked Will's post yesterday. He told us when and what we can expect and also what we can't expect.
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