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    Quote Originally Posted by diabolus View Post
    Thing is, i would actually PREFER paying a sub, not only is it easier on my pocket, but paying for an "annual sub" ahead of anything is a slippery slope into disappointment. With a monthly sub, i can gauge progress on a regular basis and show my unhappiness by stopping the sub, which will keep the devs on their toes. There is also a real concern that i might not even be playing the game after 3 months, so forcing me to pay for content that might only release in 12 months is a bit disingenuous.

    I guess this model will work great for the fanboys and hardcore space sim players, but for the more casual players, this will never fly. It actually makes Star Citizen's eternal rounds of community funding (without actually releasing anything into production) look like cake.

    Either way, i will stick to vanilla Elite and wait for a price drop. The real problem with something like this is, it splits the community (this is an online game after-all), you will eventually get people who is going to remain in different versions of the game because it is just too much of an initial investment to "upgrade" .

    As for Star Wars Battlefront, i'm not comparing a shooter with a space sim here, i'm comparing business models. The concept is identical, be it an online shooter with new maps / new weapons / new game modes vs. a space sim with new ships / new game modes / new planets ... same concept of paying for a "season pass". You might argue it is really DICE vs. Frontier and how they work with the community, then yes, big difference there, but doesn't mean i am suddenly comfortable with paying for season passes because it's not EA.
    Yeah, you all have valid points that I did not consider. Not to mention the fact that I'm also on the fence about what is going on. But in all honesty the other drive behind my thinking is the fact that I bought Premium beta. And as such I never have to spend a dime on the game again. So I'm very biased in this case.
    Please keep all extremities tucked in...

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    This game and it's beauty never ceases to amaze me, I don't regret all the money I've spent on it.



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    Decided to download the 64bit client to my pc outside of the Steam version. It's been running all damn night on "Sync files" and this is chugging at 0.21MB/s - has anyone else had this?

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    So, I know this is in the PC gaming subsection,but screw PC gaming.

    I bought this game for Xbox One, and it's something I'm supposed to love, and this game ticks every single box for me. I should love it, but I don't. I am getting more and more frustrated and agitated with the game.

    I and starting out things and want to make money, and from what I've read, the best way at the start is to do some mission. After flying to more than 5 different stations I didn't find even a single bloody mission I could do. All of them were marked unobtainable.

    I can't do trading as I don't have enough money to effectively do it, and my ship is very squishy so bounty hunting is also out of the question. So how the hell otherwise am I supposed to make money?? So frustrating.

    Then, finally, after flying around for over an hour, I finally got one mission I could do, one of those you have to fly around until someone contacts you with the drop off point for the cargo. I flew around for over an hour, got contacted, the game crashed, and when I logged back in, the bloody mission was failed. Urgh!!!

    I really want to like Elite but dammit, starting out is such a frustrating thing

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    Quote Originally Posted by DieGrootHammer View Post
    So, I know this is in the PC gaming subsection,but screw PC gaming.

    I bought this game for Xbox One, and it's something I'm supposed to love, and this game ticks every single box for me. I should love it, but I don't. I am getting more and more frustrated and agitated with the game.

    I and starting out things and want to make money, and from what I've read, the best way at the start is to do some mission. After flying to more than 5 different stations I didn't find even a single bloody mission I could do. All of them were marked unobtainable.

    I can't do trading as I don't have enough money to effectively do it, and my ship is very squishy so bounty hunting is also out of the question. So how the hell otherwise am I supposed to make money?? So frustrating.

    Then, finally, after flying around for over an hour, I finally got one mission I could do, one of those you have to fly around until someone contacts you with the drop off point for the cargo. I flew around for over an hour, got contacted, the game crashed, and when I logged back in, the bloody mission was failed. Urgh!!!

    I really want to like Elite but dammit, starting out is such a frustrating thing
    Damn, I was hoping that they had reworked the missions. That's exactly how it was when I last played and I was really hoping that it would be better by now. Didn't they "improve" the missions in 1.4 or 1.5?
    When an anti-piracy method is affecting the game for people who legitimately bought it and causing other people not to buy the game, there is obviously something wrong with it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DieGrootHammer View Post
    So, I know this is in the PC gaming subsection,but screw PC gaming.

    I bought this game for Xbox One, and it's something I'm supposed to love, and this game ticks every single box for me. I should love it, but I don't. I am getting more and more frustrated and agitated with the game.

    I and starting out things and want to make money, and from what I've read, the best way at the start is to do some mission. After flying to more than 5 different stations I didn't find even a single bloody mission I could do. All of them were marked unobtainable.

    I can't do trading as I don't have enough money to effectively do it, and my ship is very squishy so bounty hunting is also out of the question. So how the hell otherwise am I supposed to make money?? So frustrating.

    Then, finally, after flying around for over an hour, I finally got one mission I could do, one of those you have to fly around until someone contacts you with the drop off point for the cargo. I flew around for over an hour, got contacted, the game crashed, and when I logged back in, the bloody mission was failed. Urgh!!!

    I really want to like Elite but dammit, starting out is such a frustrating thing
    They don't do a good job at explaining a lot, and there's no hand holding. Maybe I'll pick up an Xbox copy and come help you....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wyzak View Post
    Damn, I was hoping that they had reworked the missions. That's exactly how it was when I last played and I was really hoping that it would be better by now. Didn't they "improve" the missions in 1.4 or 1.5?
    I read than on the Frontier forum as well. Seems that there are some glitches in generating missions on some systems that are not eligible for starters like me.

    My final chance I'm giving the game I'll try some mining to just get some money and buying a new ship.
    Quote Originally Posted by BeoTeK View Post
    They don't do a good job at explaining a lot, and there's no hand holding. Maybe I'll pick up an Xbox copy and come help you....
    I get the no handholding thing, but the game is supposed to be fun, not frustrating. It's supposed to give then some kind of way to find the info for yourself. But I've played this game for over 10 hours now, and I've made about 2500 credits. Where is the fun in that?

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    Hmm, that's odd. My starting out was really not that tough. I was flying around in a Type 6 Transporter on my third day.

    Try to earn some cash for an Eagle through trading. Do very basic bounty hunting in High Rez zones (only attack ships when they're being attacked by the police) and work your way up to better ships. Rinse and repeat and you'll make loads of dosh. My first day of bounty hunting in my Vulture earned me about 12mil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DieGrootHammer View Post
    I get the no handholding thing, but the game is supposed to be fun, not frustrating. It's supposed to give then some kind of way to find the info for yourself. But I've played this game for over 10 hours now, and I've made about 2500 credits. Where is the fun in that?
    Can't be as bad as that. I don't understand why or how you having such a hard time. Any idea if you'll need XBL to play together? (probably).

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeoTeK View Post
    Can't be as bad as that. I don't understand why or how you having such a hard time. Any idea if you'll need XBL to play together? (probably).
    Yeah probably would need that. Maybe it's my advanced level of stupidity standing in the way of me enjoying the game. At least I can dock and travel like a boss now. I'm gonna give the mining a try and see if I can make some money.

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