Ok, I'll bite. We all have our gripes with Elite and as much as most of us probably like Elite, I don't think anybody here would mind playing a game that was more deserving of the spotlight and did things better. Please name those games and give us a rundown of what they do better.
The bolded is incorrect. I followed this pretty closely and that never was mentioned or even implied. Horizons did start out as "
standalone" release however, meaning you only had the option to buy it with the base game ("season 1") included (and get a slight discount). But it then already was what they call "a season of expansions", meaning an addon distributed across the coming year. That pricing was a bit of a middlefinger towards existing players, who already bought the base game at full price. Long story short, it's been separated and is now sold as DLC/expansion at reduced price, but you have to either have the base game already, buy it separately or buy a bundle.
As for anger, there is a lot of anger and drama about any of Frontier's decision. A bit understandable in this case, as we're talking an addon with substantial functionality updates for a substantial price one year into a horribly incomplete game. But then again, you don't keep a 100 person dev team running on a meagre 1.x Mio. pound kickstarter and the initial sales for years to come. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯ If you want to have a dose of the righteous anger and resentment some people with apparently little else to do with their lives foster towards Elite Dangerous, have a look at the kickstarter comments. Where an individual calling themsxelves "Oldscool Shadowrunner" and some other guys have been talking trash for years now (and some other regulars mocking them/defending the game
).
