*** The Official Elite: Dangerous Thread ***

[Jokester]

Will be funded by 6pm

 

[Havana_UK]

Will be funded by 6pm

Hopefully true, and the £1.4m stretch goal is definitely within range at this rate, maybe the £1.5m too.

 

[Havana_UK]

Lots more £20 pledges available now (over 100), so clearly a lot of people also upping pledges to the higher tiers.

 

[Cavallino]

Whatabout the "fake" bids? (what are they called?)

 

[picnic]

I just joined in

 

[Havana_UK]

£41k pledged so far today!

Just £34K needed to hit the funding target

 

[Stelly]

10 additional ships would be so cool, doubt it will get that high though

Stelly

 

[xaldub]

Ok, just made a pledge too. Played Elite to death when I was kid ( and got Elite status ).
I just hope Mr Braben and co. can do the business and create the game we all want !
Happy Birthday to David Braben btw.

 

[Beasty]

Great to see since I last checked that backing has picked up massively.

 

[Art]

Maybe I'm being a little dense, but the tiers are a little baffling now.

-£20: Digital copy of the game.
-£25: Digital copy of the game, plus 500 Cr, plus everything above except the £20 reward.
-£30: Digital copy of the game, plus everything above.

I know they've been put in at different times, but surely it would have been better to streamline them a little. And why does the £30 tier include everything above, while the £25 includes everything except the £20 tier, when they all give you a download of the game?

 

[xaldub]

Yup, I noticed that too .... it's made the old £30 tier somewhat redundant

 

[Glaucus]

It doesn't need stream lining this is usual on kickstarter.
The £20/25 are limited, the £30 has no limit. So although it's the same it's always available.


I want the explorer start, but I can't justify the money I would love to start on the edge of known space.

I'll up to £25 for the extra money though.

 

[Jokester]

The £20 (and now the £25) pledge level was a reward for early adopters, the £30 tier is really only there for people who still want to give a little bit more.

 

[Art]

It doesn't need stream lining this is usual on kickstarter.
The £20/25 are limited, the £30 has no limit. So although it's the same it's always available.

Yeah, but that still makes the wording of the £25 a bit odd. The £30 includes everything above, like the 500 Cr, but then why note in the £25 tier that it doesn't include the £20 reward but not make that distinction for the £30 tier? It almost implies that the £30 tier comes with the £20 digital copy as well but the £25 tier doesn't.

 

[Relapse]

The £20 (and now the £25) pledge level was a reward for early adopters, the £30 tier is really only there for people who still want to give a little bit more.

They should have really closed it off, so that if someone gives up a £20 pledge, then it's gone for good.

 

[Montala]

Still trying to make up my mind whether it is worth increasing my pledge from £20 to £25!

I would love to go higher, but funds are a bit tight at the moment!

 

[Glaucus]

There's limits to what you can change on kickstarter once it's submitted.

 

[Art]

Yeah I thought that might be it, but the wording still seems a bit odd to me.

 

[xaldub]

Would be lovely if it could somehow reach the stretch goal for 10 extra ships - variety is the spice of life, and all that !

If I win the lottery tonight then I'll up my pledge to £3000 to have a star-system named after me

Out of curiousity, I wonder what the largest pledge someone has made from OcUk ?
Jokester may take that honour if he's gone for having a planet with his moniker on it.

 

[Havana_UK]

Just over £1.22m now, and while the rate appears to have dropped off of its £10k/hour peak a little it's still climbing fast.

I reckon today will see this funded to £1.25m, possibly even by 6pm like Jokester said, and there's a real chance at the stretch goals being hit too.