This is the first ship I've seen in SC that made me say "Wow!"
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That is a sexy beast.
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That is a sexy beast.
Holy crap I had no idea. I have one of the Vanduul Scythe with LTI of course. Had no clue those were selling for ~$2k in the grey market, damn.
Ugh, it's 4:00 a.m. here and I'm already awake and watching the stream.
Well, at least it's working without problems for now.
The 890 jump page:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14199-Interstellar-Splendor-The-890-JUMP
and brochure:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/e5xooqepktsw7r/source/890-Jump-Brochure-V6.pdf
The first 890 jump wave is gone already (after a few seconds...):
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/Standalone-Ships/Origin-890-JUMP-LTI
Well, at least it's working without problems for now.
The 890 jump page:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14199-Interstellar-Splendor-The-890-JUMP
and brochure:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/e5xooqepktsw7r/source/890-Jump-Brochure-V6.pdf
The first 890 jump wave is gone already (after a few seconds...):
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/Standalone-Ships/Origin-890-JUMP-LTI
Iced_Eagle
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For the big spenders out there, the 890 Jump is now up!
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/ships/890-jump/890-JUMP#buying-options
Please take me on a ride!!
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/ships/890-jump/890-JUMP#buying-options
I REGRET NOTHING
Please take me on a ride!!
kutthoat5150
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and its sold out already
Looool, of course.)) Hi Rommel!
My fleet isn't what it used to be sadly. Getting married forced me to liquidate 3/4ths of it. But now that all that is in the past...
Iced_Eagle
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God damn!
Supposedly there were 890 available (how fitting). That means within the course of 10 minutes they made $534,000... Wow!
Was about 3 minutes. I got one of the first ones
Iced_Eagle
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Cutlass commercial debuted. Pretty funny. Variants (Black, Red, Blue) shown and on sale now.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14200-Unshackled-The-Drake-Cutlass
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14200-Unshackled-The-Drake-Cutlass
Okay. So much of this game is associated with HUGE price tags...
Is this just a crowdsourcing method to bring in a nearly endless amount of development money? Or is the game going to be legitimately INSANELY expensive?
This game looks like it'll be phenomenal, but I have absolutely no interest in giving a penny to a developer that's going to charge hundreds of dollars for a single freaking ship and artificially limit the number and inflate the cost of accessing digital content.
Is this just a crowdsourcing method to bring in a nearly endless amount of development money? Or is the game going to be legitimately INSANELY expensive?
This game looks like it'll be phenomenal, but I have absolutely no interest in giving a penny to a developer that's going to charge hundreds of dollars for a single freaking ship and artificially limit the number and inflate the cost of accessing digital content.
it's just a method of fundraising. once the game comes out, every ship will be obtainable in the game for free (besides the cost of the base game).
If we had a dollar for everytime we answered this question in this thread, we could start working on the first mission pack for Star Citizen.
Long story short: the first thing you said.
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GODDAMNIT DUBBED
FUCKING GEORGIA/ARIZONA/FLORIDA/WHEREVER YOU ARE
Iced_Eagle
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It's purely for crowdfunding. When the game goes live you will no longer be able to buy ships with money.
All you need is the $30 package and you're set.
*Edit* Also, I got myself a Cutlass Red! Space ambulance here to save your asses. Downloading the patch now and can't wait to also see the asteroid hangar too.
THANK YOU! Great to hear! I browsed the official website for at least five minutes and that answer wasn't readily available, so I really appreciate the quick response. Maybe it should be included in every OP?
I can totally support this kind of development! Looks gorgeous, and some of the concept art is giving me huge Battlestar Galactica vibes, which makes me uncontrollably want to jump into a viper or raptor lookalike and fly around.
I did trim down this OP a lot and don't plan to expand it much in the future, but this is what I included in the OP about that, in attempt to stress that the game itself is $30, and that anything additional is optional while requiring people to put in their own effort to understand what it is they would be paying for with the more expensive packages.
Sax Russel
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I don't follow SC so sorry for the dumb question but that was another one of those concept sales right? For ships that don't have in game models yet?
Is there a reason they don't wait for the in game stuff to be done before selling them or is the model not expected to be complete forever or something.
Is there a reason they don't wait for the in game stuff to be done before selling them or is the model not expected to be complete forever or something.
A combination of the things you said, but I'd say mostly to maximaze sales / crowdfunding and keep the ball rolling.
Welp mission complete if they just made $534,000. Is the demand for new ships always like this (re: selling out that fast) or is it just the LTI ones?
There's no stopping this train. New ship / variants comes out, people start throwing money at the screen. Endless cycle.
Just as well, since it's pretty clear that this is the most ambitous game ever. They'll need every dollar.
The demand for these is especially high because they're limited. They're only selling so many of them right now. Usually when a ship goes on sale, it's an unlimited number of them for a limited amount of time (like a week), so the demand isn't as immediately insane.
Sax Russel
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All AC capable ships are available to everyone to fly for this next week =O
Dubbedinenglish
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Was the anything else on the Avenger?
I came in late at 10:30 EDT, but I didn't hear anything about the Avenger, unfortunately.
staticneuron
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Life time insurance I would guess. And the sheer fact that they have basically made the ships they said they were going to make before. No reason to believe that they won't continue the the job.
Personally if the Carrack has the specs and the looks as speculated, I might actually get that concept. I believe because I actually can see the other 3 ships I own and fly one of them.
Nope.
Iced_Eagle
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No. :-(
However, IIRC, it will be a part of AC 1.0, so we will be able to fly it by the end of the year at least.
2015 is going to be a great year for SC. It always felt so impossible before that they could do all of this work and actually get things out the door (somewhat) on time, but it's finally starting to look like they'll get it done. It's great being able to see how their progress from so many teams is starting to come to fruition. Multi-crew demo, planetside demo, FPS demo this month, SQ42 is surely coming along well and of course, continued releases of AC. They've been doing a great job on the production front, and I can't wait to see how it all starts coming together next year.
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