Wow, touched a nerve there did I?
I'm sorry but I'm well aware how this game is being funded. I'm all for the whole kick starter pledge system, but not for paying £200 for a ship in the game.
Not at all, I just don't get the whole "I think it's this way, so I'll not look into it" Especially when you consider that Elite: Dangerous had a high cost of alpha access and they didn't drop beta access much either. Star Citizen let's you in on the game development for as little as $20 if you time it right and $45 if you just pop on and pledge 24/7.
That's all you have to pay, nothing more. If you do pay more all you get is a space ship others can earn in game at release, again nothing special. There is no pay to win here, the game will be PLAY to win as those with the time will, like in Eve Online and just about every MMO I've ever seen be the ones to beat.
I'd rather recruit you as an additional backer for the game than turn you away. So here goes:
If you think you may be interested in the game, buy a $6 skin and start accumulating the backer rewards, if at a later date you decide you want to fully back the game and get a copy you can reclaim that $6 and use it as store credit against the retail cost of the game, or if you buy it before release get the retail copy and a starter ship.
Regarding pay2win (which comes up a lot from those who haven't followed the development process) - Nothing you can buy can't be earned in game and as I've stated already those with TIME will dominate, even post-live any in-game money that can be bought is capped so it doesn't influence the game and other stuff is all cosmetic, heck most of the items.
Lastly if it's pay to win why is it that with the REC system you get rewarded for playing in the alpha/beta phases? You can use the REC points to rent out equipment, test stuff out etc. Not a penny has to be paid extra for this.
I'm a massive fan of Star Citizen, but I'm also a fan of Elite
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Want to know more? here's the features list:
https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/103019/squadron-42-star-citizen-feature-list
Actually just to toss this in - I'm a kickstarter backer of Elite, I get a free upgraded Cobra MK III whenever I start a new game, that gave me a head start in the public universe, I still dont' consider that pay to win, but many do.
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