So some quick background first.
I'm married, have 2 kids and a full time job. So for me what used to be the main part of my life, gaming, now is my off time, get to spend a few hours playing, maximum enjoyment or why bother....part of my life. So I tend to be very critical of any product I drop $60 down on. (yes dollars, I'm american lol) And monthly sub fees for any game is something I used to have multiples of, but now I limit myself to one.
In Nov 2014 I was playing EVE online and had been for a while and I got a little bored and didn't like the monthly fee, or the monthly scramble to make more and more isk, just to give it to someone else for a monthly fee. And a buddy told me I should check some videos of the game coming out called Elite: Dangerous. So I'm like ok sure. And I watched every damn video on youtube I swear it. And I even bought a cheap hotas, which btw for $50 still works just fine and was a good decision. I've even considered buying a better one,but we'll see about that. And at release I was not disappointed. It was exactly what I was expecting and even now I still find myself just staring at the insides of the stations, or binary stars orbiting each other in the middle of the vastness of a single galaxy in all of spacieness. But I had a personal issue with the game which was the mining. And at launch it was a chore, and it ruined the part of the game for me that I was really looking forward to. But they fixed it! The mining limpets are my best friends! So that really made the game phenomenal for me.
However like any really open mmo it gets grindy and it's good to switch it up and play other things. With no monthly fees it's perfect. I don't play often but I keep it installed and updated. From time to time I log on, and I'm still so blown away by how much fun I have flying out into the rings of a planet and mining rocks, and now supplies for making my own ammo, and weapons etc.....awesome. Horizons however I did not purchase. Here in the US the $50 price tag was a bit steep for the amount of content when compared to the amount of content at launch. And for a penny pinchin old man it was a deciding factor. But they didn't take anything away from me like some games would, they just didn't let me access the new stuff. And since I'm the one that decided not to purchase it I have no complaints. I still log on and mine when I get the urge. Hell I even run a few bulletin board missions, or kill a few Wanted npc's at the nav beacon. The point is though I do not play constantly I enjoy the game.
Ahh but the next paid for update isn't too far in the future, and I'm hearing about the first person aspect as being a part of it. And if the marketing stays consistent then it should be $50 and should include ALL updates. So I would get Horizons as well. Hopefully. That I would pay for.
Let me be clear. I don't want a Shooter. I don't need it, there are dozens of them. I don't need a first person action game, again, there are many. What I want is to warp into a system, set my supercruise for the nearest station and make yet another perfect landing. (that's just a scratch...we can hammer that out.) Then hop out of my seat and walk out into the station and just stand there staring at the inside of the station. Or land on a planet and get out and just stare at the alien moons and star in the distance. For me the immersion level would be 9999! If they add the ability to forcibly board other ships, npc or otherwise...I would probably enjoy that as well, but it's not what I'm looking forward to, or willing to pay for.
So Frontier, I would simply like to say please continue to flesh out this universe and make it even more fun to play, and if...by chance...that might include me walking through one of those badass eco rings I've flown past, and looking up and out into the cosmos, well ladies and gents, that would just be something.
EDIT* As of Friday Sept 9th I purchased Horizons. I crashed into the surface of a high grav moon...costly, but satisfying. lol
I'm married, have 2 kids and a full time job. So for me what used to be the main part of my life, gaming, now is my off time, get to spend a few hours playing, maximum enjoyment or why bother....part of my life. So I tend to be very critical of any product I drop $60 down on. (yes dollars, I'm american lol) And monthly sub fees for any game is something I used to have multiples of, but now I limit myself to one.
In Nov 2014 I was playing EVE online and had been for a while and I got a little bored and didn't like the monthly fee, or the monthly scramble to make more and more isk, just to give it to someone else for a monthly fee. And a buddy told me I should check some videos of the game coming out called Elite: Dangerous. So I'm like ok sure. And I watched every damn video on youtube I swear it. And I even bought a cheap hotas, which btw for $50 still works just fine and was a good decision. I've even considered buying a better one,but we'll see about that. And at release I was not disappointed. It was exactly what I was expecting and even now I still find myself just staring at the insides of the stations, or binary stars orbiting each other in the middle of the vastness of a single galaxy in all of spacieness. But I had a personal issue with the game which was the mining. And at launch it was a chore, and it ruined the part of the game for me that I was really looking forward to. But they fixed it! The mining limpets are my best friends! So that really made the game phenomenal for me.
However like any really open mmo it gets grindy and it's good to switch it up and play other things. With no monthly fees it's perfect. I don't play often but I keep it installed and updated. From time to time I log on, and I'm still so blown away by how much fun I have flying out into the rings of a planet and mining rocks, and now supplies for making my own ammo, and weapons etc.....awesome. Horizons however I did not purchase. Here in the US the $50 price tag was a bit steep for the amount of content when compared to the amount of content at launch. And for a penny pinchin old man it was a deciding factor. But they didn't take anything away from me like some games would, they just didn't let me access the new stuff. And since I'm the one that decided not to purchase it I have no complaints. I still log on and mine when I get the urge. Hell I even run a few bulletin board missions, or kill a few Wanted npc's at the nav beacon. The point is though I do not play constantly I enjoy the game.
Ahh but the next paid for update isn't too far in the future, and I'm hearing about the first person aspect as being a part of it. And if the marketing stays consistent then it should be $50 and should include ALL updates. So I would get Horizons as well. Hopefully. That I would pay for.
Let me be clear. I don't want a Shooter. I don't need it, there are dozens of them. I don't need a first person action game, again, there are many. What I want is to warp into a system, set my supercruise for the nearest station and make yet another perfect landing. (that's just a scratch...we can hammer that out.) Then hop out of my seat and walk out into the station and just stand there staring at the inside of the station. Or land on a planet and get out and just stare at the alien moons and star in the distance. For me the immersion level would be 9999! If they add the ability to forcibly board other ships, npc or otherwise...I would probably enjoy that as well, but it's not what I'm looking forward to, or willing to pay for.
So Frontier, I would simply like to say please continue to flesh out this universe and make it even more fun to play, and if...by chance...that might include me walking through one of those badass eco rings I've flown past, and looking up and out into the cosmos, well ladies and gents, that would just be something.
EDIT* As of Friday Sept 9th I purchased Horizons. I crashed into the surface of a high grav moon...costly, but satisfying. lol
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