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

£20 deded here , I don't care if 2014 is ages away

oh my

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

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on November 06, 2012, 09:42:22 AM
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.

hijack   http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen?ref=category - ANother game maker vet

£40 down.

I loved Frontier: Elite II

3 days left, £100k to do, looking a bit dicey

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.

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on January 01, 2013, 15:39:20 PM
The cost for better starting options is ludicrous too.

It's a pretty desperate way to raise money, and I'm pretty peeved that it won't be a level playing field, certainly will not be adding more than my bog standard £20 because of this.

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.

does it matter? clever way to raise money, they cant have everyone starting off in the same system. The starting credits prob wont make much difference either. Its a little headstart with a better ship & a few more credits, but I bet nothing more than a casual player would earn in a week or two.

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

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on January 03, 2013, 11:44:30 AM
Well, it's been funded, good job Can't wait to see the finished product now.

I'll wonder when they will open up the name pre-registration and how it will work.



I vonder if it will be raining.

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