Second save slot

[Linkan]

Are there any plans for it or is it never going to happen? I'd love to start all over again but I won't ever erase my current save with almost 1000 hours into it. And yes, I know it's possible to buy another copy and have two accounts that way but nah... Why not give us two save slots? Please :)

[Agony_Aunt]

As far as we know, there are no plans.

[Edelweiss ✿]

people buy multiple copies of the game for this willingly, I don't see why they'd stop that

[Liduska77]

Originally posted by hesavi:

I know it's possible to buy another copy and have two accounts

You've answered your own question and also gave the reason as to why. FD will agree with you 100%.

:)

[HamakiBCN2]

Originally posted by hesavi:

Why not give us two save slots? Please :)

Because that would cost money, and probably quite a lot of it?

Remember, this is not a single player game where all it takes is for the game to write another savefile on your hard drive. All your player stats have to be kept, secured, and regularly checked server-side.

Give players a second save slot, and you've instantly doubled the amount of player stat data those servers will have to deal with. It would be as if the playerbase itself had doubled overnight, except there would be no extra revenue to pay for the necessary upscaling of the server infrastructure to support that.

I'd say that's probably why they don't just give us what would be basically a second account for free.

[Rick]

Originally posted by HamakiBCN2:

Originally posted by hesavi:

Why not give us two save slots? Please :)

Because that would cost money, and probably quite a lot of it?

Remember, this is not a single player game where all it takes is for the game to write another savefile on your hard drive. All your player stats have to be kept, secured, and regularly checked server-side.

Give players a second save slot, and you've instantly doubled the amount of player stat data those servers will have to deal with. It would be as if the playerbase itself had doubled overnight, except there would be no extra revenue to pay for the necessary upscaling of the server infrastructure to support that.

I'd say that's probably why they don't just give us what would be basically a second account for free.

As much as I would love a second save slot, you can't argue with the logic here. I would cost frontier a fortune to give them for free. However, I am surprised they haven't sold them in the shop they way they do everything everything else. I might be missing something but from a player perspective, you could switch characters much faster and easier than exiting the game and starting version 2. It would also save a ton of space on your hard drive because 95% of the required info is already there with your first copy. Fronteir would still make thir money as the pricepoint for a second slot could be the wholesale price they are selling the game to retailers like steam. Everyone wins.

[HamakiBCN2]

Originally posted by Rick:

Originally posted by HamakiBCN2:

Because that would cost money, and probably quite a lot of it?

Remember, this is not a single player game where all it takes is for the game to write another savefile on your hard drive. All your player stats have to be kept, secured, and regularly checked server-side.

Give players a second save slot, and you've instantly doubled the amount of player stat data those servers will have to deal with. It would be as if the playerbase itself had doubled overnight, except there would be no extra revenue to pay for the necessary upscaling of the server infrastructure to support that.

I'd say that's probably why they don't just give us what would be basically a second account for free.

As much as I would love a second save slot, you can't argue with the logic here. I would cost frontier a fortune to give them for free. However, I am surprised they haven't sold them in the shop they way they do everything everything else(...)Fronteir would still make thir money as the pricepoint for a second slot could be the wholesale price they are selling the game to retailers like steam. Everyone wins.

First off, they already do exactly that...it's called buying a second account

Second, i don't know if it would be a fortune. Probably not. But even if it's a small amount, without related revenue, it would be eating off their profits. Companies don't usually do that.

[Rick]

Originally posted by HamakiBCN2:

Originally posted by Rick:

As much as I would love a second save slot, you can't argue with the logic here. I would cost frontier a fortune to give them for free. However, I am surprised they haven't sold them in the shop they way they do everything everything else(...)Fronteir would still make thir money as the pricepoint for a second slot could be the wholesale price they are selling the game to retailers like steam. Everyone wins.

First off, they already do exactly that...it's called buying a second account

Second, i don't know if it would be a fortune. Probably not. But even if it's a small amount, without related revenue, it would be eating off their profits. Companies don't usually do that.

Buying a second account, is different in every aspect from what I said. You have two full versions of your computer taking up double the space that would be needed and switching character would require exiting the game and restarting with copy two....so, no they don't do anything like what I suggested.

[TinfoilChef]

Originally posted by Rick:

Originally posted by HamakiBCN2:

First off, they already do exactly that...it's called buying a second account

Second, i don't know if it would be a fortune. Probably not. But even if it's a small amount, without related revenue, it would be eating off their profits. Companies don't usually do that.

Buying a second account, is different in every aspect from what I said. You have two full versions of your computer taking up double the space that would be needed and switching character would require exiting the game and restarting with copy two....so, no they don't do anything like what I suggested.

From what I've read having a second account does not require a second full install of Elite. All it requires is logging in to the launcher with the second account. NO second download or install needed.