All sizes, captial, fighter, cargo... ALL of them... Panther clipper was huge in Frontier
Stelly
Ooooh, really considering upping my pledge, always wanted to be in command of a huge capital starship
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Ooooh, really considering upping my pledge, always wanted to be in command of a huge capital starship
£60k & 12 hrs to go for +10 playable ships.. keep spreading the word
Thats what the devs are saying...
Stelly
Never got FFE working use to bomb out on me all the time... good old days of Frontier, nothing could touch the clipper
Stelly
The Panther Clipper was great. If I was being attacked by smaller ships I just used to target them on the auto pilot and slam into them. Hardly any damage done to myself
They need to add another couple of stretch goals. It'll likely hit the £1.5m mark at the current rate, but there's no real incentive for current pledgers to invest any more. If they dangle a good enough carrot (e.g. Linux support), they might be able to squeeze out another £100k.
But perhaps FD are happy with the £1.5m -- after all, the more goals, the more pressure they'll be under to deliver!
Best bit about the Panther Clipper... the landing struts
Agreed they were epic, I use to view the outside of my ship and raise and lower them
Stelly
Agreed they were epic, I use to view the outside of my ship and raise and lower them
Stelly
How did we not mind running these games at 2fps. And now we complain that we cant run games at 1000fps at 1million by 1million resolution with 2000FXAA or something
I loved the original and even some of the buggier sequels so I have backed this pretty much since day one, but I do have some concerns with the overall approach they seem to be taking.
I got in early so was able to grab one of the £20 slots, and until recently you had to pledge £30 to get a digital copy of the game. Now £30 is a reasonable price for a new game, you would expect it to be a little cheaper possibly for kickstarter backers, but maybe in a years time the price of games will have gone up, who can say.
My real concern at the moment is that it looks like the overall plan is to charge quite a high price for the initial game and then continue charging for updates. In the FAQ on the main kictstarter page it states
Now I think that has since changed so that if you pledge £80 or more you now get access to any expansions and updates for free.
Now you do not really gain much that actually costs Frontier Developments any money in the tiers between £30 and £80, so unless they are going to be releasing £50 worth of paid content it seems to be nothing more than a cash grab, and if they are planning to release £50 worth of paid content, that is just as bad.
Overall I am excited for the game, but very worried about how much money they are going to try and extort from players. If things like landing on planets and leaving your ship turn out to be paid updates, which I suspect they will, it is going to be rather annoying.
I got in early so was able to grab one of the £20 slots, and until recently you had to pledge £30 to get a digital copy of the game. Now £30 is a reasonable price for a new game, you would expect it to be a little cheaper possibly for kickstarter backers, but maybe in a years time the price of games will have gone up, who can say.
My real concern at the moment is that it looks like the overall plan is to charge quite a high price for the initial game and then continue charging for updates. In the FAQ on the main kictstarter page it states
Now I think that has since changed so that if you pledge £80 or more you now get access to any expansions and updates for free.
Now you do not really gain much that actually costs Frontier Developments any money in the tiers between £30 and £80, so unless they are going to be releasing £50 worth of paid content it seems to be nothing more than a cash grab, and if they are planning to release £50 worth of paid content, that is just as bad.
Overall I am excited for the game, but very worried about how much money they are going to try and extort from players. If things like landing on planets and leaving your ship turn out to be paid updates, which I suspect they will, it is going to be rather annoying.
Oh boy, that DDF sounds interesting, pledge upgraded to £300I must be mad, but I'm giddy with excitement which just doesn't become a 40yo man
See you there mate
Stelly
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