So.... LEP content... When?
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Thanks mate!
But I definitely feel you should get a discount for your faith. The game could have turned out to be crap and that would be that, wasted money. I figure that's why early access is usually significantly cheaper. I also feel that FD did the right thing in making beyond free, because it was all core content updates. Logically that delayed the creation of premium content, another reason lep holders deserve some love. 4 years is a long time for a season pass to come to fruition, although I would accept it if someone said, "well, elite is a marathon game with a 10 year dev plan, so norms don't really count", and if so then a few store freebies aren't a bad idea to tide over those that just want 'value', cos that doesn't cost me or FD a single thing and makes more people happy. Win-win? Im not a lep holder, as I said, so I really feel like I'm looking at it objectively. Just another opinion I guess.
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As a LEP licensee (none of us own anything to do with Elite), I understand the frustration and the feeling of not getting what you paid for. I sometimes feel the same. However, I also recognized upfront that there were no guarantees. Notwithstanding this, I chose to purchase a LEP license anyway to tell Frontier thank you. Thank you for ignoring the industry belief that only FPS games are viable and for creating the game you invisioned was possible.
Now that we are several years further on from the initial release, we have a plethora of space games available or in development to choose from. Eg. Star Citizen, X4, No Man's Sky, and Rebel Galaxy Outlaw just to name a few. Each of these is so often compared to Elite with the declaration that "such and such dev" has put Frontier to shame or the "such and such game" is the Elite killer. What is forgotten is that if it were not for the success of Eliteangerous, none of them would exist. If Elite had failed, it would have been proof to the entire industry that, outside of FPS style games, space is dead in terms of profit.
Elite: Dangerous is still the Gold standard by which every other space game is judged. And if my purchase of a LEP license has contributed in any way to the success of Elite and the revitalization of an entire video game genre, then I have only one thing to say. You're welcome.
Now that we are several years further on from the initial release, we have a plethora of space games available or in development to choose from. Eg. Star Citizen, X4, No Man's Sky, and Rebel Galaxy Outlaw just to name a few. Each of these is so often compared to Elite with the declaration that "such and such dev" has put Frontier to shame or the "such and such game" is the Elite killer. What is forgotten is that if it were not for the success of Elite
angerous, none of them would exist. If Elite had failed, it would have been proof to the entire industry that, outside of FPS style games, space is dead in terms of profit.Elite: Dangerous is still the Gold standard by which every other space game is judged. And if my purchase of a LEP license has contributed in any way to the success of Elite and the revitalization of an entire video game genre, then I have only one thing to say. You're welcome.
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Thanks mate!
I also feel that FD did the right thing in making beyond free, because it was all core content updates. Logically that delayed the creation of premium content, another reason lep holders deserve some love. 4 years is a long time for a season pass to come to fruition, although I would accept it if someone said, "well, elite is a marathon game with a 10 year dev plan, so norms don't really count", and if so then a few store freebies aren't a bad idea to tide over those that just want 'value'. Im not a lep holder, as I said, so I really feel like I'm looking at it objectively. Just another opinion I guess.
I agree that making Beyond free to update and fix or even introduce core mechanics was a great idea. Just really hoping that the new Mining/Exploration mechanics are good.
HAHAHA you want to get the one that faces out to canopy so its the first thing a player sees when you ram them
Why does OP think 'continuing making these posts' hasany influence on when FD gives info? No amount of 'are we there yet?' will hurry things up...
It was only free for us non LEPers. Beyond was financed purely with LEP money.
Evidence for this? And did you see the bank note with your name on it go into the FDV slot marked Season 3?
The LEPers in umpteen previous threads said so.
Four times more, to be precise. [blah]
And your source for this statement is?
They were included in the full Horizons pre-order expansion price as far as I know, but pieced out later as options.
No, at full price, the Horizons LEP cost 4 time more than Horizons, accounting for the 15 USD/10 GBP discount for already owning the base game.
Essentially, Horizons LEP owners are waiting for 3 more full priced expansions worth 45 USD/30 GBP at the time of their release (inflation and changing exchange rates not withstanding) to break even.
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At this stage, I'm not. I think a more mature response should be forthcoming from FD on this, such as what they have in mind, and when they intend to do this (even if it is to say in a few weeks, or at years' end). Not sure I like the idea of keeping this information back from us, unless it is associated with what is to be revealed in 3.3, for which I would have sympathy.
But to be honest, they could come out straight and say this, if it were so.
Mine hasn't.
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