Whatever Happened to Earning Arx Through PP?
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Yes. But maybe it shouldn’t be this way. PP could be part of this change.
I was away until very recently - did they ever say that it was a thing?
Apparently it was visible during a development preview, shown in this thread. ETA I'm not sure I would support the claim that it has ever actually been a thing. It seems to have been considered at one point.
Yes but they specifically announced that PP2 would provide Arx (on top of the normal 400/week thing) they had screenshots showing the rewards.
That might have been before store prices went up. Based on those figures in your screenshot and what current prices are now, you're talking about needing to consistently be in the top 10% for any noticeable Arx reward.Yes but they specifically announced that PP2 would provide Arx (on top of the normal 400/week thing) they had screenshots showing the rewards.
No that was after, that screenshot is just from a few months ago. It was never going to be a lot of Arx, just a bit extra like doing the titans was a bit extra, but just on a permanent ongoing basis. I’m surprised it has been so easily forgotten but I’m sure that’s what FDEV have been counting on.
The key words in that image are “Work in Progress” so if you PowerPlayers aren’t seeing that in the game then it could be that it was dropped.Yes but they specifically announced that PP2 would provide Arx (on top of the normal 400/week thing) they had screenshots showing the rewards.
Or they aren’t going to add Arx until they have everything running better.
Ah, fair enough. However, the actual amounts of ARX in that picture are pitiful unless you're one of the lucky/insane top 10 commanders, so I don't feel like we're missing anything at all...
Imagination is a wonderful thing.
They didn't "announce" anything. They didn't mention Arx in the segment where your screenshot was shown, at all. There's a reason for the big fat "WORK IN PROGRESS" notice you can see, top right of the image you posted.
"Work in progress" means "subject to change".
From the recorded segment, 1:32:46:
Sure, there was a lot of discussion about the screenshot following that livestream, it didn't go unnoticed, but FDEV never explicitly referred to it though Arx rewards were conspicuous by their absence in the Powerplay 2.0 Q&A posted last September:
I'm not saying FDEV did or didn't at some point intend Arx rewards for Powerplay, nor that they did or didn't knowingly and deniably suggest the possibility by including a "WIP" screenshot. But to say FDEV "specifically announced" Arx rewards is simply not factual. That never happened.
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Yeah, I wonder what that was about exactly. I was expecting some kind of cosmetic difference along with the rest of the Powerplay stuff that's turned up on station concourses. But I just checked now and didn't see anything that might fit that description.
Do the mission terminals look any different?
Or perhaps they haven't introduced the proper vending machines yet...
And we still can't order a drink, or even coffee, from bartenders, dangit!
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This would be my guess too.
