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To be fair to Frontier they did give backers loads of warning that the old backer portal would be closed (6th December) and the new store put in place. Any upgrades to Alpha should have been done before then. I decided not to at the time, and am only kicking myself because the Alpha looks so good.
I decided I'd rather play something that was more complete and like the finished game so stuck with the first round of beta which should be early next year.
The £200 version on the store is aimed at new backers and not preexisting ones. If you buy the £200 version now, you are buying the game again if you previously backed. If you are a beta backer like me, you'd end up with 2 copies of the game and alpha/beta access and then another beta access.
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Won't the backer app be reopened in a limited capacity? Read something a few days ago about it. Hopefully with an opportunity for cheaper alpha access and pledge upgrades... And not just for people to update details.
Fair comment. But I guess I didn't understand exactly what they meant when they said they would be migrating everything to the new store and infact you would lose the ability to "upgrade" rather than having to purchase "from new".
Nonetheless, silver lining and all that. Same point of view as you. Wait for the Beta and more "complete" game.
Besides got plenty to be playing atm!
I emailed Frontier this arvo about upgrading my pledge to get me into either the Alpha or the beta and was told this was no longer possible since the closure of the backer portal. Only option would be to refund it from scratch.....I'll wait until its out and watch some YT/Twitch until then.
Backers had the chance for the alpha, and now I think the high pricing is deliberate - to keep numbers manageable. Makes sense to me as I suspect every man and his dog is itching to have a go after that alpha video.
The only thing is stress testing may be an issue, but what the hell, what game has not gone Bang! on the day of release?
The only thing is stress testing may be an issue, but what the hell, what game has not gone Bang! on the day of release?
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It's purely combat stuff, learning how to switch power systems between shields, engines, weapons etc..., how heat/cooling works in keeping stealthy. It's very smooth, really impressed.
http://www.twitch.tv/zallestial - this chap has a live stream running currently!
I can't wait for Beta but I really do like the idea of shutting down systems to make you go 'quiet'. Hopefully it has configurable shortcuts for various defined power management states that players can implement.
On this stream - http://www.twitch.tv/kerrashlanding
He's using an X52 Pro and works fine, don't know about TrackIR though.
Gave it a quick blast, got to the silent running scenario and trying to get my head round it.
Cranked the res up to 2560x1600, but it's noticeably chunky so hopefully it's early days, gameplay is very smooth though.
Tried playing with a mouse first and couldn't make much of it, swapped to a Saitek FLY5 and it's way better.
Edit: Actually I take that back, somehow selected a res slightly less than I thought, looks top notch!
Cranked the res up to 2560x1600, but it's noticeably chunky so hopefully it's early days, gameplay is very smooth though.
Tried playing with a mouse first and couldn't make much of it, swapped to a Saitek FLY5 and it's way better.
Edit: Actually I take that back, somehow selected a res slightly less than I thought, looks top notch!
What spec PC do you have and what res seems to run ok?
Runs fine with max detail at 2560x1600 a 3770K @ 4.8GHz + a 780GTX.
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