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I was looking at buying this game and noticed the beta sale has a disclaimer/warning on it that the Mercenary pack does not.
IMPORTANT: The Beta edition does NOT include any expansion downloadable content. These can be purchased separately as they become available.
Does this mean that if you pay the $75 US vs $50 that you'll then get tapped for more when it goes live?
Also - will there be the day 1 DLC stuff going on?
Thanks in advance for replies.
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The warning is a hold over from when you could buy the expansion pass up front. In the future there will be a number of expansions and anyone without the (now unavailable) expansion pass will have to pay for them, that goes for both the $75 and $50 packages.
With beta ending / gamma starting on the 22nd I wouldn't spend the extra $25 unless you really wanted your space fix, or if you're keen on the extra money going to expansion development.
Also remember this is a beta its here for testing and helping to find bugs.. do not buy into it if you are expecting a 100% finished and working game.
I think they're in mega crunch mode trying to get the game ready enough to release this year. I doubt they have time to worry about making day 1 DLC. Personally wouldn't buy into Beta unless you just can't wait or want to support Frontier more.
Thanks.
As far as all the 'beta' comments go; I own some 20 or so Early Access games on Steam. Some have turned out really well, others really clunky. All, during the EA alpha and beta tests, I've filed bug reports on. That doesn't bother me.
What does concern me is the idea of something like Dead State - a demo of a game that you help get built to then be expected to buy the full game once it goes live. (it's simply the first part of the game - not the game itself).
E:D is not that. Beta access gives you the game, plus access to the beta (now Beta 3.03) and gamma testing phases before launch next year - to help with testing and bug squashing. No point paying for beta unless you want to be in on that.
DLC will be when they add things like planetary landings, walking in stations etc. We all have to buy those, even the £200 alpha backers.