Restore All Paintjobs in the Store

CMDR Daiyus

CMDR Daiyus
So I've just seen this on Reddit:
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https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1cr4r5n


It looks like the tactical and vibrant paintjobs, amongst others, that have been removed from the store are gone by design. Can we please get these reinstated for all ships? I have no interest in buying the busy and gaudy designs, I have quite simple taste in paintjobs. As it stands I'm not likely to buy any paintjobs any time soon, whereas I was working through buying and painting my fleet in tactical colours.

UPDATE 13/06/2024: The store will now be using FOMO tactics with limited time offers:
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UPDATE 07/01/2025: Frontier are going full-steam ahead with the time-limited offerings, despite the previous communiques regarding store strategy promising things such as Chromed and Midnight Black being available year-round.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1876314190425858144
 
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Cmdr. Numa

Cmdr. Numa
Strange decision indeed. The vibrant were a bit meh, but I liked the tactical. I think I still have 3 ships with those. Sure FDEV have their statistics which paints sell and which don't, but still, keeping them online costs them exactly....nothing.
 

zimms

zimms
They will definitely be back. Why wouldn't they, the assets are already in the game. This is just marketing, so they can return for time-limited sales for example.
 

zimms

zimms
Probably some shuffling around because Frontier took a look at which paintjobs people buy more often. Well, we'll see, but I think they aren't gone forever.
 

Fnord Velkor

Fnord Velkor
zimms said:
They will definitely be back. Why wouldn't they, the assets are already in the game. This is just marketing, so they can return for time-limited sales for example.
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Well, since they made all the base-price jobs of 380, 460 and 620 now cost 1600 they can probably keep them.

Actually, I do use the Mil Desert Sand (was 620 ARX) as a paint on all my ships, I would quite like that back for my new commander - but @ 1600 ARXes - maybe not.

Similarly I like the national flags for Cobra and Viper but since no doubt those 2420 ARX jobs would be at 10000 then they can keep them in that place where the sun does not shine.*

* Note to Mods - a Discworld location, not an insult to any FDEV employee. ;)
 

rootsrat

Volunteer Moderator
rootsrat
zimms said:
Probably some shuffling around because Frontier took a look at which paintjobs people buy more often. Well, we'll see, but I think they aren't gone forever.
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Let's hope so! It would be very strange indeed to remove some of the ordinary paint jobs even if they've had low sales... It's virtual items after all, I can't imagine them taking much space on the virtual shelf! :D
 

Fixitman

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They haven't removed all the tactical paint jobs. They just turned the entire selection into a disjointed mess.

I get the impression the same person that coded the issue tracker also coded the Arx store. I'd buy more if they implemented a keyword search (not the useless one on the issue tracker).
 

Shadowsnog

Shadowsnog
apology for poor english

when were you when taktikal red dies

i was sat at home buy arx and prayse braben when comms rings

"paint is die"

"no"
 

The Lawful

The Lawful
Tactical, Military and even Vibrant paint jobs are still there, but not all of them (like Military sand) and not for every ship. Tactical Ice and Tactical Graphite (my replacement for Midnight Black) are actually rather common, you just have to browse the shop which presents them in whatever order and has neither filter nor a simple search function. It's more of a lottery now. And some seem indeed to be gone.

Example: Python

Elite Dangerous Gamestore

Use Arx to buy customisations for your commander, ships, SRVs and fighters.
www.elitedangerous.com www.elitedangerous.com

O7,
🙃
 

Alaska Sædelære

Alaska Sædelære
Since it costs literally zero to keep a digital item available once it is designed, the logic of such a decision escapes me. Tastes are individual and for just about anything there is someone who might choose it. It also seems inconsistent with another recent statement where they said cosmetic items which used to be offered only during some season would be made available all year long, or did I misunderstand that?

Personally I am missing a gold & white Asemic(?) paintjob for Keelback which I believe I saw about a year ago but was removed already prior to the latest changes. It inspired a character build but it didn't occur to me that it might go away, so I failed to bag it in time. It now catches dust on a wishlist instead of turning into a likely sale. I was going to send a similar support request as OP did and find the response not satisfying at all. Like, "we did this and don't care to give a reason, deal with it."
 

Fnord Velkor

Fnord Velkor
Is it at all possible that we can have someone in FDEV who actually knows a bit about Elite Dangerous to have a look at what has been done in the store?

I mean for example it is blindingly obvious that Midnight Black for the SRV is priced at 10,000 just because it is called "Midnight Black" The sidewinder and hauler midnight blacks are not at that stupid price. So someone please sort out the store.
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
Fnord Velkor said:
Is it at all possible that we can have someone in FDEV who actually knows a bit about Elite Dangerous to have a look at what has been done in the store?

I mean for example it is blindingly obvious that Midnight Black for the SRV is priced at 10,000 just because it is called "Midnight Black" The sidewinder and hauler midnight blacks are not at that stupid price. So someone please sort out the store.
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We have listened to your feedback and set all midnight black skins to 10K arx. Thank you for your comment. 😏
 

Shurimal

Shurimal
It's really inconsistent and random, no apparent rhyme or reason. FAS has all Icarus except Red and all the Prestige paints gone, but Anaconda has all of them. Chief, AspX and Cobra have only Red variation of Pirate Faction, Anaconda has all of them. Vulture has only Red variant of Prestige; Red, Orange and Rose versions of Pirate Faction. Noble paintjobs are all gone. And so on and so on... It doesn't seem intentional at all.
 
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