Will there be other start options for those who did not join at the kickstarter.

[Chazzie]

So the kickstarter pledge starts are known about, but I would like to know if there will be any basic options placed in the release version for those that missed the kickstarter.

Examples like -
Federal start - 100 cr: basic sidewinder: Fedral space
Independent start - 100 cr: basic sidewinder: Independent space
Imperial start - 100 cr: basic sidewinder: Imperial space

You get the idea, just very basic options without the real benefits of the kickstarter pledges.

To be clear I'm not asking for anything special - just the ability to start in the right area of space would be nice!

Edit: Now I think of it, these options would probably be liked by the kickstarters as well - if they just wanted an old style Elite start!

No prizes for guessing which area I'm after!

 

[Chazzie]

Really? Nobody knows?

 

[Shadowdancer]

Having different starting locations would be cool. Apart from that, I wouldn't even see an issue in having people start in a Hauler, an Eagle, or why not a Cobra in exchange for some microtransaction money? It's not like people would be resetting their single commander slot all the time anyway: the only reasons to do that would be progress-blocking bugs together with unresponsive support, or some "permanent" decisions that the game would not allow fixing, i.e., bad design in a persistent world.

Really, if there weren't some more options and the entire functionality was just there to pamper backers, it'd be wasted screen real-estate

 

[Moritasgus]

Maybe in future but can't see it happening any time soon, I'm a KS backer and still had to make the trip down to Imperial space as all my good starts were far from it.

In 6months time or at the first expansion i don't see any harm in it.

 

[CMDR ONI Vox]

It would be nice. I didn't know about ED in time to be a kickstarter. I would like to have been. I'll pay now if I can please?