Paying real $ for OFFICIAL ships in Elite: Dangerous

[sollisb]

It's not really buying the ship that's the issue.

It's the incentive for FD to nerf the entire economy to make buying ships with real money for attractive.

Not really true.. Let's look at what you get in game, and at the store..

In game; A flight model, a module definition and shape
In store; a graphical scheme and if available, shape additions

There is no reason to say that expanding the shape model and selling it in any way effects the E.D. experience or game play. Once the module allotment and flight characteristics do not change.

Let's look at an example.

I own a Corvette. I buy a scheme and shape model for it. It no longer looks like 'your' corvette, but flies the same and has the same gun placements and same modules.

How would it effect you or your gameplay?

 

[Flatkat]

I have a cat, so I can't have nice things.

I have an 8yr old male German Shepherd who never grew up. I feel your pain

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Not really true.. Let's look at what you get in game, and at the store..

In game; A flight model, a module definition and shape
In store; a graphical scheme and if available, shape additions

There is no reason to say that expanding the shape model and selling it in any way effects the E.D. experience or game play. Once the module allotment and flight characteristics do not change.

Let's look at an example.

I own a Corvette. I buy a scheme and shape model for it. It no longer looks like 'your' corvette, but flies the same and has the same gun placements and same modules.

How would it effect you or your gameplay?

No effect directly. And I actually like that idea, basically a new "shell" for an existing ship? A fully body kit. Or something. Lol

But like I said, if you can earn the ship in game, in a few hours, you'll be less likely to visit the store to skip it.
This is money lost for FD.

So they might silently nerf the economy to make it take far longer to earn the ship.
For those that already have it, it's no real issue, except rebuy earning, but all the new players that now have a huge grind wall ahead, will feel more inclined to visit the store to "catch up".

I'm not saying they would, FD are not EA, after all.
But if FD were evil, they'd probably put the economy back to 1.0 levels, while keeping the ships priced how they are now. Lol

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

 

[nigeljk]

It could work in Solo, so long as the engine can spawn them also.

You could also look at oolite where you can design your own ships/missions/objects.