Star Citizen: Organization!

350$ for a virtual ship.

oh boy..

actually cancel that.
I just saw one of the packages, 15 thousand.
Yup....

 

As I understand it, it's expensive so we won't have 1000's of them flying around at game start. Right now you buy those packages to pledge money to support the game. Ships are only a bonus that comes with it.
All of the ships that are being bought right now will lose a lot of value when the game goes live. I read somewhere that those constellation ships(200$+) will take around a week to get in game.

With that said, I did spend 180$ on a package but I justify it as pre-ordering a AAA singleplayer game + a huge mmo with no subscription fees and some virtual goodies. Not to mention beta access and such.

 

literaly over $500 canadian

you guys are insane. gamers are worse than people who buy high fashion clothes

 

Yeah, I'm the sort if player that will find the cheapest way into the game and will then just grind to some of these ships.

It sounds like it'd be pretty kickass to roll out with a small crew in a modestly large exploration ship. The carrick looks pretty nice.

If everything turns out to be polished, then this might turn into a better eve online. We'll see.

 

i only bought these clothes to support the designer so that all designers keep making things like this
theres no high level of entry into ridiculous expensive clothes, you just have to work more hours to buy them
im beta testing these clothes before they get into forever21 so i understand the high price

*completely ignoring the whole point of this is for them to make a whole bunch of money being as its capitalism


i have never heard of people buying expensive clothes neglecting their children but i've heard plenty of stories regarding fat ass gamers living in squalor neglecting them

 

Meanwhile, the like $45 ones are a steal, and the $70 ones spot on for price, and anything more is for style aND simply a bonus.

By the way, having those Carracks early on are going to be key to finding our hidden jump points first, and then the reclaimers can go to work on all the exclusive stuff :D

 

There is some contradicting information around. Read this post on their official forums. Personally, I think it's just some bs to calm the masses. Or maybe it takes a week just to get the ship with no equipment at all. Just the bare hull.

I think people are too concerned about ships though, I'd rather just bum on someone else's ship tbh.

 

Finally I have my Reclaimer. Not spending any more money...

 

i doubt you are buying a different game. buying a cheap ship means you cant go near others, its in fact reducing the game, not changing it. you can wear a t shirt out without a jacket, noone will give a damn

the fact is you dont see people throw out bs excuses like "im just supporting the devs" when it comes to fashion. they flat out say "i like the clothes" or "i like looking superior", something that gamers try to distance themselves from

its the same thing where nerds act like they're nothing like jocks when they are infact 100% the same except they cant catch a football

lets be more honest. you want to be cool and strong with your fake ship

 

Complete is for once not talking out of his ass.

Whatever happened to just buying the game?
Why do people feel the need to put micro-transactions into a game?

They got 2 million dollars to make the game, why do they need to have a subscription service plus a in-game store?
Why cant they go with Eves business model?
Where the game is free but you need to earn your keep to play it, or pay a monthly fee to keep playing it.

I would get it if you got all this shit via backer rewards, but the kick start is done.
Why do you need to buy anything else if you kick-started the game and spent over the normal asking price of a triple A title.

 

As much as I love the idea of Star Citizen and want it to succeed, I have to agree, spending so much money isn't exactly smart. It is preordering of games at its worst and everyone should already know that you should not pre-order video games ever.

I highly doubt that you will get end-game multi-player ships with just a few weeks of playing the game. Every MMO I know of has a progression scheme that usually requires years to get to the absolutely best stuff. Sure, Star Citizen could make the weapons and equipment to be the decisive and expensive factor, but a ship is your avatar in game and nothing is more important to MMO players than their graphical representation. If everyone gets a Super Hornet after two weeks of playing, it would be considered basically worthless.

A game community that is willing to spend so much money on ingame items will also make it more difficult for buy-to-play people to enjoy the game. I have experienced that in Guild Wars 2, where the absolutely most retardest of my guild mates are running around with multiple legendaries and other bling bling stuff that takes a normal player years of playing and they just got it by spending hundreds of euros. That is pretty frustrating and destroys the immersion.

 

Then why is there a subscribe button?
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge
And has 10 and 20$ versions.

 

I actually prefer games with monthly subscriptions over microtransactions and sometimes even over "pay-once" games like Guild Wars. If the core product is already good, monthly subscriptions tend to ensure that it has consistent, quality development.