I´m still a bit pissed at Frontier but for the pricing but waiting 5 months to save 20 bucks is far too much off. And now I´m at work. And I want to play. FUCK. Ramblings.
The price for those having bought the game during "season 1" is steep. No question. The game still has issues and lacks a lot of content, no doubt about that either. And now additions to the game that'll remedy that a bit will be behind a "season pay wall".
The way I see it though, is I'd rather throw money at a small dev doing something unique that I love, rather than spending 60 bucks on the next big AAA release (when I can get the "GOTY version" with all the DLC jazz a year later at half the price, if I'm so inclined). There's enough yearly 12 hour rollercoaster rides with high production values or epic RPGs out there. There aren't enough online space games with direct ship piloting and a persistent galaxy.
I want to see
Elite grow and more of its potential eventually realized. So I consider the money recently spend on the lifetime pass a good investment. Same with Star Citizen, although my initial hype for that has fallen off a cliff, but I've backed more than enough and will be back once its closer to release.
As for expanding the game's features, I've followed the discussion about player group/guild features on the official Frontier forums a bit. There's so much ridiculous opposition to such features, yet
FDev is seemingly going to expand into that territory somewhat. The whining on the official forums will be unbearable for a couple of weeks, once such features are introduced. >.<
