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We do plan to charge for additional updates, to be available sometime after the original release. These will offer additional content, features and gameplay.

Merry Fucking Christmas from Braben.

So, how is he going to keep the servers running for this game? Some kind of subscription? Otherwise who is paying for the ongoing maintenance?

chinnyhill10 wrote:

So, how is he going to keep the servers running for this game? Some kind of subscription? Otherwise who is paying for the ongoing maintenance?

Hasn't Braben already suggested it'll run peer-to-peer, thus not especially requiring a central server? Or have I got that all wrong?

Holy shit I want this game!

Keep up, Chinny!

/edit pledge cancelled anyway, can't be arsed and it's probably not going to make it. Expansion pack news was final straw. I just want to buy a game and get a whole game.

Upped. Some £20 slots have opened in case anyone here is still thinking about this.

Doesn't look like it made it. Any of ideas what happens now?

I'd be super-pissed off if I paid £30 for the game because all the £20 options had gone and then they make more of them.

I'm just going to buy it for £15 a month after it comes out.

Really? Everyone just did it at once? How odd.

I'd be super-pissed off if I paid £30 for the game because all the £20 options had gone and then they make more of them.

I imagine it'll get a last-day boost to squeak it over the edge. The trackers put it as ending up at around 98% at the moment.

Call me a crazy old traditionalist, but i'm going to wait until there is an actual game that has been developed that I can buy, before I give them any money

£1,250,687
pledged of £1,250,000 goal

I'M FUCKING GETTING A NEW ELITE GAME!

Author:	chinnyhill10 [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 22:04 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Quote: We do plan to charge for additional updates, to be available sometime after the original release. These will offer additional content, features and gameplay. That's my question answered then.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 22:55 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Pedantic point: DLC can be free.

Author:	GovernmentYard [ Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:04 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Layoffs at Frontier today, a former employee has said.

Author:	metalangel [ Sat Dec 15, 2012 6:11 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Merry Fucking Christmas from Braben.

Author:	MrPSB [ Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:20 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
metalangel wrote: Merry Fucking Christmas from Braben. T

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Author:	MrPSB [ Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:28 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
I want this game to happen and I've pledged, but I assumed the £1.25m goal would be justified by them delivering the full whack sometime in 2014, not 2016 by using that money to hire MOAR PPLS. I can live without planet landing and never believed the ship interior stuff to be entirely necessary (even if it would be quite fun), but at first it was pitched as "LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF WE'RE DOING" and now Braben has casually added "...later". Fair enough he's come out with it now rather than after the Kickstarter closes, but it is a little disappointing.

Author:	Dimrill [ Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:17 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
I so want this game to be done right though. If that means DLC updates later until they refine ideas and methods, fine by me. There are a few games, very few, where I'd flang pence at until the end of the world. Elite is one of them.

Author:	lasermink [ Sat Dec 15, 2012 14:18 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
I pretty much agree with Dimrill. I never thought planetary landings were a realistic prospect given the March 2014 "deadline", at least not at the quality people are probably expecting (and people are expecting a LOT, seemingly). I only pledged the minimum amount that gives you the game. If the game turns out to be as good as I hope, I won't mind paying a bit more now and then to make the game more awesome.

Author:	metalangel [ Sat Dec 15, 2012 17:01 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
I am extremely wary of developers with an awesome looking game who list all the great things they want to add and promise that they'll do them really quickly but want to get the main game out first. Those add-ons can languish in the same development hell the main game did.

Author:	Zio [ Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:13 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
chinnyhill10 wrote: So, how is he going to keep the servers running for this game? Some kind of subscription? Otherwise who is paying for the ongoing maintenance? Hasn't Braben already suggested it'll run peer-to-peer, thus not especially requiring a central server? Or have I got that all wrong? Holy shit I want this game!

Author:	chinnyhill10 [ Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:54 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Zio wrote: chinnyhill10 wrote: So, how is he going to keep the servers running for this game? Some kind of subscription? Otherwise who is paying for the ongoing maintenance? Hasn't Braben already suggested it'll run peer-to-peer, thus not especially requiring a central server? Or have I got that all wrong? Holy shit I want this game! I haven't heard mention if that is what he intends. The game will still need to connect somewhere centrally to get the list of peers I'd imagine.

Author:	chinnyhill10 [ Mon Dec 17, 2012 13:19 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Layoffs at Frontier. If the Elite Kickstarter fails, will there be more? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-12-17-layoffs-at-elite-dangerous-developer-frontier

Author:	GovernmentYard [ Mon Dec 17, 2012 13:32 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Keep up, Chinny! /edit pledge cancelled anyway, can't be arsed and it's probably not going to make it. Expansion pack news was final straw. I just want to buy a game and get a whole game.

Author:	Pod [ Mon Dec 17, 2012 15:03 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
GovernmentYard wrote: Keep up, Chinny! /edit pledge cancelled anyway, can't be arsed and it's probably not going to make it. Expansion pack news was final straw. I just want to buy a game and get a whole game. With Kickstarter we aren't even doing that. It isn't even a pre-order

Author:	Dimrill [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 0:31 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
£1.15! Needs 100k more in 4 days I'm upping my contrib.

Author:	GovernmentYard [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:13 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Seems as if a lot of the high profile kickstarters have a late surge. It's expected to pass by most industry sorts I read.

Author:	lasermink [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:22 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Thinking of adding £5 to my £20 pledge to get the Dark Wheel sequel. I would really like a printed star chart, but the £15 international shipping is a deal breaker.

Author:	Malc [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 14:28 ]
Post subject:	Elite
Just over 82 hours to get just under £100,000! Looks like they should make it... Malc

Author:	Dimrill [ Fri Dec 21, 2012 20:44 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite

Author:	chinnyhill10 [ Fri Dec 21, 2012 21:00 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
I worry that Elite is doomed as the final 2 weeks are going to be slap bang over the holidays which will mean less/no updates but also lower donations. Hope I'm wrong.

Author:	Dimrill [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 15:50 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Passed a million.

Author:	lasermink [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 14:57 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Upped. Some £20 slots have opened in case anyone here is still thinking about this.

Author:	devilman [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 15:08 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
lasermink wrote: Upped. Some £20 slots have opened in case anyone here is still thinking about this. Thanks for the tip-off. I checked the page an hour or so ago and was disappointed that I'd have to pledge a minimum of £30 to get a copy of the game that might not even run well on this PC, but at £20, I've taken a punt on it.

Author:	chinnyhill10 [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 20:27 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
I've succumbed and pledged 20 quid. The deal breaker was the thought of the Oliver's faces when Elite succeeds. There should be a extra pledge option for a video to watch them weep if you bid 100 quid.

Author:	itsallwater [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 21:20 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Doesn't look like it made it. Any of ideas what happens now?

Author:	Dimrill [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 21:23 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
itsallwater wrote: Doesn't look like it made it. Any of ideas what happens now? Yes. Such a pity. Luckily in the real world there's STILL THREE DAYS LEFT.

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 22:08 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Maybe Itsallwater is from the future?

Author:	Malc [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 23:58 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Yeah, under 80,000 in 73 hours now, considering they've been getting over £30,000 a day for the last week or so it should be enough. Malc

Author:	Hero of Excellence [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:20 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Would donate, as I'm very interested in a modern update of Elite, but no Mac version? No dice.

Author:	chinnyhill10 [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:46 ]
Post subject:	Elite
There will almost certainly be a Mac version eventually I believe + if the fundraising goes beyond a certain point it's guaranteed

Author:	itsallwater [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:09 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Sorry I thought it finished on the 1st of Jan

Author:	CraigGrannell [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 13:45 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
I imagine it'll get a last-day boost to squeak it over the edge. The trackers put it as ending up at around 98% at the moment.

Author:	Grim... [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 14:43 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
I'd be super-pissed off if I paid £30 for the game because all the £20 options had gone and then they make more of them. I'm just going to buy it for £15 a month after it comes out.

Author:	lasermink [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 15:27 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Grim... wrote: I'd be super-pissed off if I paid £30 for the game because all the £20 options had gone and then they make more of them. I'm just going to buy it for £15 a month after it comes out. They didn't make more of them. People simply raised their pledge to a higher tier freeing up the £20 ones so new backers could get in. And anyone who had already pledged £30 would then also be able to go down to £20 if they wanted.

Author:	Grim... [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:02 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Really? Everyone just did it at once? How odd. I notice a £25 one has popped up, though.

Author:	Dimrill [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:04 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Grim... wrote: Really? Everyone just did it at once? How odd. They specifically asked people if they could do that in one of the super secret backer emails.

Author:	Grim... [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:14 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Aha! That makes more sense.

Author:	CraigGrannell [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 18:14 ]
Post subject:	Re: Elite
Grim... wrote: I'd be super-pissed off if I paid £30 for the game because all the £20 options had gone and then they make more of them. That's precisely what the Pro Pinball mob did. One minute, there's a tier (30 quid, IIRC), which was "all of the games on a platform of your choice". Half-way through, when it was clear the Kickstarter was fucked, they then added a tier at half that price, specifically for touchscreen devices (like an iPad, which is the device I wanted to use for the game anyway). I kept my pledge as it was, but it irked that they didn't think things through from the start. Mind you, it was all moot in the end anyway, given that the thing crashed and burned.