Giving it away? O.o £10 isn't peanuts

Because they are going along the "season" route. Each year you purchase a "season" the game - it has a 10 year plan. If you dont purchase the new season, you are locked out of part of that content. Elite's price will jump back up to its £39.99 price when Horizons is released, as it will replace Season 1 in Steams store.

More information on Horizons can be found here:

https://www.elitedangerous.com/en/horizons

If anyone has any questions about the game, I should be able to answer (iv'e been involved with the game since the Kickstarter campaign/Alpha). It is awesome by the way:)

It's utterly awesome with the DK2, especially if your graphics card has the balls. You go from flying looking straight ahead to being able to follow the ships you're targetting with your head as you fly.

Docking, flying, fighting... all becomes awesome, especially as you then realise most ships have loads of windows so you get an awesome view. Fuel scooping can make you a bit nervous at first, though. :smile:

The game will be £40. But as you are 8 months behind the party already grab it for £10 now. I'm sure in 10 months time season 2 will be on offer for £10. :smiley:

Now this is what I like to see!

Just remember that this will not include the Season 2 content Horizons when it is released in December. You will still be able to access the game, but not land on airless planets (which is season 2).

Why not?

Because they are going along the "season" route. Each year you purchase a "season" the game - it has a 10 year plan. If you dont purchase the new season, you are locked out of part of that content. Elite's price will jump back up to its £39.99 price when Horizons is released, as it will replace Season 1 in Steams store.

More information on Horizons can be found here:

https://www.elitedangerous.com/en/horizons

If anyone has any questions about the game, I should be able to answer (iv'e been involved with the game since the Kickstarter campaign/Alpha). It is awesome by the way:)

I didn't know this at the time when I helped to start the project. Saddened to see they are practically giving away the base game.

If you were at a certain kickstarter backer level, you will have a lifetime pass for the game, which will include all the expansions. It might be worth checking your account.

Giving it away? O.o £10 isn't peanuts

So with the next "season" coming out next month, if i buy this now will i be screwed? or penalised in any way?
Thanks.

How much will the next season cost? I was about to buy but if you have to keep spending then I still think I will pass. Guess I will never own this game again.

Heat added as I've not seen it this cheap, although I think its about what its worth.

wow great price...hot!!

Hot! Time to dust off my old Saitek Cyborg 3D. :smile:

Hot!
Also, grab some skins to support the development :smiley:

Freaking hot price!

Been selling all my accumulated trading cards recently as I'd never paid them much attention and never thought they were worth anything, but hey it means I paid a fiver for this, which I'm very happy with.

I had preordered last year but the dropping of offline put me off so I got refunded.
It's always struck me that unless you have many hours a week to sink into it (I don't) you will never be able to keep up with the "ever changing universe" (Frontier nerfs and buffs) .. now for £5 I will get to test that theory.

The fact Horizons is due soon does not bother me. By the time I have grasped what ED seems to offer I expect Horizons will be a tenner too because the next big thing will be imminent ...

Really good game to play with mates in private group mode. The online mode is almost pointless because of this option though. A bit of a waste really.

A joystick is highly recommended although I know some people play with a controller just fine.

Great time to get into this with the expansion just on the horizon....:stuck_out_tongue:

Just checked specs... Will this work on a pentium g3258?

It is compared to the money kickstarters put into the project.

Just buy it! Its an experience! I got bored, but those who stick with it absolutely love it!

Just to check when you say locked out of part of the content, is that just new content you are locked out of?

What I'm trying to establish is when the new season comes out, if you have this existing one but don't upgrade to the new season are you going to lose any game content that you currently have or will it just be new content that isn't available?

I can live with playing an old version of the game over paying full price for the latest one but if any features become disabled then that's a pass from me.

This works in VR too for those who have or plan to buy an Occulus or Vive.

wow! simply wow!!

Biggest waste of £40 ever, perhaps I'll try again in 10 years when it's finished...

curse this site...bought

Thanks can't wait try this with my dk2 , been waiting ages for this come down , cause I his tight.

Any chance of the xbox version being reduced?

Thanks for this, bought and will try out in 4K but really want to try this with Oculus Rift early next year! :smiley:

Just checking and there is no reduction when buying the new elite horizons if you own this version. Does the community think they are getting ripped off? If I had bought this last week for 30 quid then I would need to pay 40 quid for horizons. That is a dreadful business model.

If only I still had my model B to run this on...

Purchased, thanks OP, mixed reviews but have to give it a try!

This is very cheap for a very decent game...

is Elite Dangerous anything like Frontier Elite 2?

For those who purchase the game a lot of people would highly recommend a HOTAS control setup (ie joystick and throttle). The following was on Amazon for £20 very recently so keep an eye out over the next couple of days as I suspect it might make a reappearance: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thrustmaster-T-Flight-Hotas-Joystick-PC-PS3/dp/B001CXYMFS

When I learned this was their business model I decided not to buy. As sad as this makes me I almost wish the whole project will fail- at least other developers might think twice before using such a greedy and unfair model. I hear its just like Euro Truck in space anyway lol

I think it's a fair model. That developer cannot be expected to give away content got free. They are running a business. I do not want them to fail. We need to do more to support British devs.

I don't think camelcamelcamel is fast enough to respond to items that go on lightning sale. Something like this might be a better bet: http://www.followthatpage.com/

£10 Was planned to be the original asking price according to a financial report from Fraudulent Developments but the game was considered by FD to be of such high quality at the end of development they bumped the price up to, what was it, £40 or so.

Over time Braben and Co have sadly proven to be such an untrustworthy bunch. Glad I took my £150 Kickstarter back pledge and walked away from them and this game.

Added heat at this price as this is what the game should have cost in the very first place.

Wait till its £10 again this time next year then.

Of course you can upgrade by later on getting Elite Dangerous Horizons, stop spouting lies. The base game at £9.99 is still a good deal, and great for new players who might not be sure and don't want to commit £39.99 to pre-order Horizons right now. Most likely Horizons will be in a sale next-year as Frontier are pushing Season 3.

I often wait for some games to be in a sale, and skip the latest iteration until it's discounted.

I bought it because from what I understand you get £10 off the next season so if I did decide to upgrade to it it would be the same price as just buying it then I think, plus a ship.

Does any one have any proper tutorials? The "in game" ones are shockingly bad and frustrating, firstly I loaded the launcher up and it gave me the option "single player combat training" which plays different to the actual game (so im not sure why its there), which also has the same "tutorials" and those tutorials tell you to click on a link to watch at times not very helpful youtube videos.
For instance the wolf pack tactics training says "learn wolf pack tactics, attacking from safety etc" but when i load into the mission i just sit there, get attacked by a ship then i destroyed the ship. But didn't learn anything to do with a wingman.
Launch is a good tutorial as it explains which keys do what to fly, but it should be put at the beginning not near the end.
Im stuck on docking. When I load the tutorial it tells me to "request docking permission from the contacts tab on the left." but not how to do this, so I exit the tutorial then click on the video which minimizes the game and runs in a browser, but that guy doesn't explain it either he just says "using the button bound to UI panel focus switch your view to the left hand view" So I switch back to the game and in to the control options menu scroll all the way down to find out its shift, reload the tutorial press shift and it just sort of zooms back abit but doesn't go to the left like in the video. If move the mouse to the left the ship just spins. Can some one help?

Also every time I load the game it prepares the shaders is that normal?
Thanks.

You can buy star citizen for a £35. Not a fair comparison.

Hmm...should I buy this so I got an alt to do "the bad things" with?? :confused:

Dont like their upgarde model, but its the same as Guild wars 2.

Bought as I am not sure about this game and if I get 10 hours its cheaper than buying 2 Mag's

For anyone looking to buy the Thrust-master. I got one last year and for the money its a decent joystick. force feedback is fine and works well with FS

Great price. It's obvious they have dropped the price before the release of Horizons. I haven't played for a while. Saved up to buy a Diamondback Explorer. Started earning money again. Got blew to hell twice in concession (by the same effing pirate) and lost any remaining money on insurance. So I have to basically start from scratch, all be it with a Diamondback that I had been saving for.

Ah smart, thanks for that, i've signed up and hope I'll see some movement in the next few days.

Another unrelated question, but does anyone know what time we can see Amazon's Lightning deals tomorrow? Is it midnight?

I think I remember games that cost £10 back in the 1980 - they were on tape and were mostly rubbish... I think you need to adjust your expectations. Oh I get it, maybe you have a nut allergy?

It's not lies! It's not an "UPGRADE", as Horizons contains all of Elite Dangerous. It's like Skyrim: Legendary Edition. It contains all the DLC and the main game. If you have E:D, and want to play Horizons, you have to buy Horizons. There's no DLC upgrade option. You have to buy the base game for a second time.

Been years since I played games. I know my PC is below the recommended spec, but can anyone advise if Elite will play at all even with a lag during times of high activity? My spec is below:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5670

Cheers.

so much vitriol in this thread.

It really is not rocket science and FD have been upfront about it all since day 1 (aside from offlinegate where they refunded those who wanted it).

ED will be removed from sale on ED:H launch. this is to minimise fragmentation.
Buy ED now ******(from frontiers store - not sure if it will work from steam) ****and get £10 off ED:H when it launches
On top of this you will get a ship skin for all your ships and access to the Cobra IV.

OR
dont buy now and buy horizons for £40 which will include all content from the base game.

if you want ED horizons buying now from FD store is a no brainer as you in effect get to play now and get a few extras free.
if you are unsure if you want Horizons but want a dabble again, its a no brainer, and then enjoy the space part of the game which will not change or be limited on horizons launch, and then maybe upgrade to Horizons in a future offer.

This as I understand it how most MMO games (like WOW eg) work, only in the case of ED you do not have to pay monthly.

Christ, FD have to earn a crust FGS. Ed in the grand scheme of things has held its value quite well imo, how many PC games do you find for well under a 10er within 6 months of launch?. I would say many, if not most.

On top of all that, FD have periodically offered season passes which include the base game and ALL content for the game, past, present and future. That is not available right now..

Word of warning.

1) Horizons may not be coming out on Mac, due to Apple refusing to support oepn GL with the shaders needed.
2) minimum spec for horizons is going up from the base game.... DX11, quad core PC with 64 bit OS

So basically pay £10 for this "deal" and you can then pay £30 to upgrade (£10 discount price) which results in £40 being spent or you can preorder the the horizon expansion for £40 which is the same thing (plus you get the black friday paint jobs).

So i am guessing that the only benefit of this "steam sale" is that if you don't purchase the expansion it is cost efficient. Correct me if i am wrong.

Come back to me when the game is complete.

Might then be interested @ a £25 price point.

I'm glad I withdrew my £20 early bird backer; I suspected this might turn into a milking parlor.

Hmmm, thanks for replying but I think your graphics card is substantially better than mine. Shame there is no demo to try......

There is: https://cdn.rawgit.com/xaduha/Combat-Demo-Downloader/BinaryWrapper_0.3/BinaryWrapper/CombatDemoDownloader.zip

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/2yk8hp/elite_dangerous_demo/

This is apparently completely offline and the file is just 1.5MB. Not really a realistic test for the real game. Think I will buy it anyway, as it's just a tenner.

Their current business model is only really worth while for people who don't own their game.

They're encouraging people to hold off until the game is pretty much finished - by which time gamers will have moved on. I paid £35 for E:D. I'm not going to spend another £40 just so I can land on a handful of planets.

To a girl from Salford possibly not, to the normal purchasers of high end PC games it is.

The download is 1.5mb that downloads the actual demo files which is much bigger. It is representative on the full game as well, you get various training missions on combat, flying, docking etc

I know nothing about how this game works, somebody compared it to WoW in terms of the extra features, but is it like WoW also in that people with the Horizons chapter will be more powerful than those without. e.g. you can be level 85 in Wow but the new addon allows you to goto lvl 90? Or is Horizons purely content?

Point missed.

Thank you for the response. Exactly the information I was looking for. I've never really been a fan of PvP, its always been about the single player aspect. Played the original elite back in the day and loved it so was hoping this would be something similar (but more modernised obvs). Worth giving it a try at this price, can always pay for Horizon if its enjoyable.

yes, ED is a joy with a HOTAS (I bought an X55 for it). and your rig is fine.... i imagine you will be able to run ED at close to full bubble so long as you are gaming at 1080p. The horizons DLC should also run, though with that GPU you may be looking to downgrade the eyecandy a bit. We cant be sure however as horizons beta has been delayed by a few days (Monday)

Thanks for the feedback.

Bargain.

Sorry, meant unique designs. Once you've done it a few times, it'll be boring.

I need to change my pc

Good price but I've struggled to get into it, even the basic training missions drove me bonkers!
Will give it another go when I have more patience :stuck_out_tongue:

great deal!! bought this to play when errr... well when I get some time :laughing:

I played it a lot for the first few months. However, the single player missions just weren't there. They were too low value in terms of reward to bother doing. I don't know why the devs didn't realise that. I haven't picked it up since. I certainly don't want to plough any more money into it.

Bought. Lets see what all the fuss is about.

​exactly 50 quid pre market and you get boned, can't even stand to play this now

Bought just spent last few hours just doing the tutorials... plays spot on at 1080p on an i5-5200u ultrabook with settings dialed down. How the f*ck do you dock though?! Lined up on blue thing on scanner in correct bay, and just bounce off the floor.

The HOTAS is coming up in 10 min on the Lightning Deal!

ARGH! I missed it! I swear i looked this morning and saw only the Speedlink Black Widow XE which starts at 1440/1510 ? Am I looking in the wrong place?
Hopefully Amazon will repeat it, i recall them doing something like that last year I think. Or do I go with the aforementioned speedlink?

Edit: just went onto the page and it seems they have it on lightning deals for 29.22 for the next few hours. Decisions decisions!

Wow! What a great idea! Pure genius! After sending them an LBA and finally getting my £150 back from Fraudulent Developments why not!

This might suit you?

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/thrustmaster-t-16000m-pc-joystick-22-08-amazon-free-delivery-2339918?p=26647589

Good shout, but I got impatient a few days ago and grabbed a Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS x when i saw one on warehouse deals, bout 24 quid. Really glad i did, feels a lot more space-shippy with the thruster! Next step will be a Oculus when the consumer versions come out!

Tentative small steps at the moment, practising the tutorials at current. Lot of fun, just hope it retains its interest longer than a few days!

Excellent spot though, voted hot!

I have had a little go but a 360 controller doesn't suit so fingers crossed I will feel more into it with the Thrustmaster.

Feels a million times more real, youll love it, especially when you actually get the bindings as you want them.

Hi Arcturas. I have some questions. What happens when you land on a planet?