• @Conyak@lemmy.tf
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    31 year ago

    I haven’t played the game but is it true that the ships cost real money? Do you also have to pay for the base game?

    • @root@aussie.zone
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      51 year ago

      You purchase the base game which comes with a starter ship. In the game, you can do missions or do cargo trading to earn in-game money which you can use to buy ships.

      You can absolutely use real world cash to purchase additional ships, which funds the development of the game. You don’t have to if you don’t want to. Almost all the ships can be purchased with in-game currency.

      The main plus point for purchasing ships with real money is they are acvound bound and will stay with you after a database reset.

      • @Seudo@lemmy.world
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        11 year ago

        So the devs are insentivised to keep it in a perpetual alpha stage, wiping users game progress every couple months.

        • @root@aussie.zone
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          21 year ago

          Well, not all the gameplay loops have been fully fleshed out yet which is why it is still in the alpha stage. Database resets happen as festures are added.

          I don’t know if i will go so far as to say they are incentivised to keep it in alpha.