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

[Glaucus]

It's not a special area, you can still get their, it's just a ton of work.
It's also not a true mmo, so makes no difference so if you want to you can just play single player.

 

[Jokester]

I view the founders system as nothing more than an Easter Egg, if it turns out though that it's the only place you can get certain non-cosmetic items or weapons etc then yes it's not something I would approve of in game.

 

[JBod]

I did £90 just to get a real map to put on my wall. I remember the big blue one I got with Frontier Elite First Encounters for the Amiga 500.

 

[Fred]

It's not a special area, you can still get their, it's just a ton of work.
It's also not a true mmo, so makes no difference so if you want to you can just play single player.

Text like

Note: any Kickstarter decal-carrier will be able to travel to this secret system in gameplay

make it sound like its a private area to which normal buyers will not have access.

 

[Cavallino]

*Hyperdrive could not engage to secret system due to lack of decal*

 

[Jokester]

It just won't appear as a destination on the star map for non-backers.

 

[Glaucus]

I thought I read some where enough could get their if you got elite, perhaps it was a suggestion.
Either way as its not an mmo, the pay to win argument is a non argument.

 

[Jokester]

 

[derfderfley]

Upped mine to the £85 level which is as much as I can justify. Mainly because I would like to see a Mac version (as I use both Mac & PC), well that and I'd like to see the extra pilot-able ships off the bat.

There was 20 £20 slots left when I upgraded my pledge, and they gone already which is good news as it looks like it's still attracting new backers.

 

[Glaucus]

Why wouldn't you go £90 to get all the updates for free.

I'm sticking with 25 as much as I would love other stuff, I can't justify the money. I'll just have to work hard, to get to the outer regions.

 

[Cavallino]

Haha... small ships can penetrate shields of bigger ships by flying near the craft... nice

 

[Glaucus]

This is how you make games, don't concentrate on how to get best graphics, really think about game play. This game is going to be epic.

 

[derfderfley]

Why wouldn't you go £90 to get all the updates for free.

I'm sticking with 25 as much as I would love other stuff, I can't justify the money. I'll just have to work hard, to get to the outer regions.

£80 and above gets you all of the expansions.

 

[Havana_UK]

Just this moment hit 23k backers, mac stretch goal looking pretty solid now

 

[Havana_UK]

Haha... small ships can penetrate shields of bigger ships by flying near the craft... nice

Going to require some pretty epic piloting though!

 

[V3teran]

That might actual put me off, getting all the rewards without putting the effort it, kinda defeats the point of this kind of game.

Yeah but your still at a mostly harmless ranking so it dont really matter.

 

[SPG]

I dont quite understand, is it single player with a multiplayer option or only online ?

 

[V3teran]

Haha... small ships can penetrate shields of bigger ships by flying near the craft... nice

Yeah but the big ship will probably have a 20mw beam laser or 4mw mining laser, 1 hit of either on a small ship and your dead!

 

[xaldub]

Just upped my pledge to Founders status. Could go higher, but I'd feel very guilty about spending hundreds on "just a game". Initially, I was put off by the concept of being granted "elite" status without actually achieving it, but then I realised that it was only the privileges of that rank you were being entitled to, not the actual title itself. That would have to be earned the normal way. Furthermore, I reconciled with myself the fact that I had achieved "elite" status in the original game, so it would make sense from a roleplay perspective if my commander was born into an elite family.

 

[Glaucus]

I dont quite understand, is it single player with a multiplayer option or only online ?

It's a hybrid.
It's set online, however you can choose who you interact with, so you can choose to see no other real life players, see just a few friends, or go the other way and see huge numbers of real life people.