News Ship naming and Name Plates – how it will work
- Thread starter Edward Lewis
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Thanks for clearing things up.
I still think at least one default name plate should be included.
And this is not for me.
It's a principle.
I am all to weak, and will buy at least one of the packs, regardless.
Unless they look like biowaste, that is.
I considere that price too high. It's the same price than a paintjob.
These plates are the only way to show the ship name with the vanity camera, as the ship name will be visible in the HUD for free.
So, if you want to make a good video of Elite Dangerous, a video that will promote the game for free, you must pays the price of a paintjob ?
I think the price should be divide by 10 !
Frontier must have in mind that a lot of ppl playing that game haven't the money for that. Me, for example, I living with only 800€ each month (I'm ill, I can't work). I'm pretty sure that a lot of ppl are in the same kind of conditions that me. 2.5€ is too expensive !
These plates are the only way to show the ship name with the vanity camera, as the ship name will be visible in the HUD for free.
So, if you want to make a good video of Elite Dangerous, a video that will promote the game for free, you must pays the price of a paintjob ?
I think the price should be divide by 10 !
Frontier must have in mind that a lot of ppl playing that game haven't the money for that. Me, for example, I living with only 800€ each month (I'm ill, I can't work). I'm pretty sure that a lot of ppl are in the same kind of conditions that me. 2.5€ is too expensive !
Yeah with Comic Sans, it will blow the store...
I'm happy with that. Thanks Ed.
They did say on the live stream that they're not against adding some name plates as free in-game rewards in the future, but at the moment it's "non-trivial".
Understatement of the century in bold there.
(wipes the foam from mouth, lowers the pitch fork and angrily mutters to self) but I had a flaming torch and everything, mumble mumble (shuffles off dragging pitch fork)
This clarification took too long, and smells of backtracking. I'm glad that the issue me and a lot of people had, have been put to rest, but I can't help but feel this is a reversal on a decision to charge.
Learn how to communicate effectively, promptly, and ensure ALL staff members are on board with the correct information before even mentioning things like this. It will save a lot of negative feelings in the future.
Learn how to communicate effectively, promptly, and ensure ALL staff members are on board with the correct information before even mentioning things like this. It will save a lot of negative feelings in the future.
Constructive criticism for any game, good or bad, is always a positive; but one must always try to remain impartial and logical, even if it is a game we have a high amount of respect for and love playing.
Blind devotion does no one any good.
I think the majority of people felt that Frontier was slipping when it came to their customer satisfaction; considering many dedicated players have already made many micro-purchases for their ships already, and were (are) planning on spending even more on Holo-me cosmetics when 2.3 goes live (not to mention putting up with bugs or under-optimizations throughout the development of this game).
No basic ship-naming registry, which everyone could see, would have just been a giant kick in the teeth for such a small quality of life improvement that could benefit everyone equally in the game.
It is okay to be angry with developers, because, without it, we wouldn't be able to rise to challenge their perception of what fair is and what fair isn't - and that is important to wrestle the wheel, to steer the game.
Bring on 2.3, looking forward to it!
I can't rep you more than one time !
A agree with this idea at 1000% !
This is the way Frontier must act with that, instead of that "you must pay the price of a paintjob if you want to show the name of your ship in a video that will promote the game we develop".
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All my ing in Twitch chat... what a waste!! (I still think this was a reversed decision personally...)
Indeed, but FD keep forgetting that fact when they make announcements.
They've already taken the "free sample" approach with suits, I don't understand why they refuse to expand it to other areas as well.
No. This is still not OK. There should be one basic nameplate available for free.
Elite Dangerous is not an F2P game to use an F2P business model. Which is funny, because almost all F2P games have models more generous than Elite....
This is a manipulation, and a good one at that. Announce something crappy, people go angry. Then announce something 10x worse, people go insane. Clear up the second thing, and people are happy with original crappy. Textbook psychology.
Elite Dangerous is not an F2P game to use an F2P business model. Which is funny, because almost all F2P games have models more generous than Elite....
This is a manipulation, and a good one at that. Announce something crappy, people go angry. Then announce something 10x worse, people go insane. Clear up the second thing, and people are happy with original crappy. Textbook psychology.
It's about principles. Not all of us are willing to sell our principles for 2€.
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You are going too far with your micro-transactions, Frontier. Stop it. We have already paid for the game, and the "season pass," what ever that is. Leave custom skins and textures for micro-transactions, not basic customizations.
This disincentives me from buying anything further for this game.
This disincentives me from buying anything further for this game.
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Certainly because they'd see their player base as a cow herd.
We make video that promote the game. Commanders creators seems to be avaliable only for those who bought Horizon. Now, you must pay to show the ship name.
It's absolutly not fair.
Commander's creator (the basis features) should be avaliable for all (Elite Dangerous standard and Horizon, on all platform) and ship names must be avaliable for free as a default feature, and if you want to customize your commander more, or showing your ship name in a more sexy way, then you'd be able to pay the feature.
Is this the product management equivalent of doing the Loop Of Shame?
Thanks for clarifying this, I suspect a lot of us are very relieved.
Yes, it is.