http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous?

 

oh my

David Braben and Ian Bell, that's me sold right away. I'll be putting £20 down

Anyone else thinking of spanking a cheeky £20 down don't hang about too long, it's a limited amount (10k) and when they're gone you have to pay £30 instead! Naturally it's the most popular choice and is being utterly hammered, a couple of K have gone since this AM.

£40 down.

I loved Frontier: Elite II

Yeah it is a bit, I think they will make it fine though. There's always that last big push, some people hold out to see if it looks likely then buy in at the last minute.

I looked at the upgrades to see if any would be worthwhile, but that would need to move to the £30 tier PLUS the upgrades are all expensive on top (e.g. concept ship and star charts which I thought would be nice to have are £20 each!). So yeah... I won't be bothering to raise my pledge at all, not at those prices. The cost for better starting options is ludicrous too.

Agreed, it makes it sound like you'll start in a sh*t way if you don't cash in. In some ways I can understand randomising the starting more since its now multiplayer friendly, but while pricing people out of being able to start off in the familiar Lave system is a bit sh*tty I hope it doesn't mean that people will troll with better starting ships/more credits to play with too.

Well, it's been funded, good job Can't wait to see the finished product now.

signed up to pledge -  didnt realise he not doing a mac version unless he gets more money.
Tempted to withdraw my pledge as I no longer have a desktop IBM PC