That, and I feel FD have put minimal effort into developing a base game platform from which to nickel and dime their expansions.
A launch pad and Ariane 1.2, 3 ... or Apollo ... All the spacial adventures, begin like this
That, and I feel FD have put minimal effort into developing a base game platform from which to nickel and dime their expansions.
Yeah it's a marketing tool plain and simple. The whole point is to convince people of a scarcity and let their speculation take hold of their wallets with regards to the 'what if it goes up in price' in the future...
To me the speculation as to what the cost will provide outweighs that.
That, and I feel FD have put minimal effort into developing a base game platform from which to nickel and dime their expansions.
Patrick thanks for the heads-up.
I'm sure that one of the support guys previously said it would likely be available up until release
Read the Lifetime pack terms carefully. it says lifetime of Elite Dangerous. Do you know that frontier trademarked the Elite Deadly title, back in Feb this year?
System Requirements Horizons
Please Note: This version of Elite Dangerous: Horizons is for PC use ONLY
Windows hardware specification:
•To Be Announced
•Network Broadband Internet Connection
•A Graphics Card That Fully Supports DirectX11 Or Greater - Shader Model 5.0 Or Greater
There are no regional restrictions, although the game may not be localised into your language.
Well, I think FD sales team learnt from that (and other) mess-ups, and hopefully won't repeat them anymore.
I don't know between these two threads and this video I'd say we know quite a bit now, at least of what will be in Horizons at the start if not the middle/end of the season:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=172362
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=177063
https://youtu.be/ExHRRb3FhrU
But you're right without seeing any gameplay/screenshots it's quite a bit of wonga to cough up.
You will find, may be something in this thread ---- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=172800
I hope that the Horizon release is as simple and intuitive. Hopefully, that will not be a separate issue altogether.