Multi Crew Ships

[AndyBee]

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/13288-Multiple-Package-Clarification

I'm not aware that this statement has been changed? If not then we can either buy packages to gain character slots or simply buy them for real money (one of the very few things purchasable with real cash when the game goes fully live). My plan is to buy NPC characters, my own Firefly crew, in the store rather than buy additional pledges. This is a better option for me as I always tend to play MMO's with a single main character. I know some players can happily run a whole collection of characters (I';m looking at you TeaLeaf :worship: but I can barely look after one!

It would be good to know if the ability to buy personal character slots has gone away?

I'd forgotten all about that second link you put in, jeez this game really does go back a long way .... I remember them saying now we can gift character slots, extra maps etc to friends, I wonder if the plan was to extend that to SQ42 ? I mean it DID a include SC packages ... but that statement, even if it's from CR, is so old, this whole project has just escalated wildly since then, I mean the Alpha/UEC payout was never on the cards back then either....

[Kal-Nor]

May be it would be easier just to let players with multiple packages to have multiable copies of SQ42 which they would then give to friends, which would then encourage their friends to buy into the PU. But eitherway I'm sure the forums will flair up as whatever CIG do they are going to upset someone.

[AndyBee]

Sadly I think you're right ... Forums won't be happy whatever, personally I think letting people with multiple copies of SQ42 gift it away devalues it, but a lot of people will have the mindset that they bought multiple copies of a single player game and it should be there's to use as they see fit,  it's quite a huge thing now SQ42, looks like it could to be on a par with the likes of Far Cry and other FPS style standalone story driven games, I'd prefer they did like the Alpha business and just said here's 5k/10k UEC thanks very much now move along