Elite for free!

[martydaparty4u]

Epic store will be giving it away next week starting on the 19th!

[LoboFH]

Hopefully Fdevs get money for any copy we claim. I will claim one and never download it in that horrendous platform.

[FREEZED]

Originally posted by rucky:

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

And the "I finally bought it after Horizons was made free and now the game itself is free.".

haha, lol, yes,.... ^^THIS!


// on a serious note, no one can argue that against lifetime pass owners paying 240€ for that, right?!! (60€ Game + 180€ LEP) //

I bought game and life time expansion pass and it has been best purchase ever, no regrets even if people now get it now free.
Next expansion most likely will not be free anyways so we will see.

[Joe]

Originally posted by LoboFH:

Hopefully Fdevs get money for any copy we claim. I will claim one and never download it in that horrendous platform.

Is that bad? I think it is good

[WolfEisberg]

Originally posted by Hugotaru ITA:

a friend want take it on epic game, it's cross play with steam ?

yes, it is cross play with Steam and with Frontier store version.

[WolfEisberg]

Originally posted by Mordegar:

Well, i guess their analysts calculated, that they would win more Players on EPIC than they would actually loose on Steam cause of foul buisiness practices.

Ohh and btw, no Steam VR and WMR support on EPIC...

That's false. I play VR games on Epic, even SteamVR games on my Windows Mixed Reality headset as well as my Oculus Quest 2 through Virtual Desktop and through Oculus Link.

[Joe]

Originally posted by Eisberg:

Originally posted by Mordegar:

Well, i guess their analysts calculated, that they would win more Players on EPIC than they would actually loose on Steam cause of foul buisiness practices.

Ohh and btw, no Steam VR and WMR support on EPIC...

That's false. I play VR games on Epic, even SteamVR games on my Windows Mixed Reality headset as well as my Oculus Quest 2 through Virtual Desktop and through Oculus Link.

let them, they just hate epic games cuz they give games for free

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Pathogenic:

I collect a bunch of epic games, but never play them, and certainly have never bought anything from epic...

This. Only I'm signed into a vpn with a junk email i don't use for anything else. They won't get anything from me.

Epic loves to ♥♥♥♥♥ and moan about how they are needed to compete with steam (when they weren't) then they take titles so the customer has no choice but to use them, the very antithesis of being competitive.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Joe:

let them, they just hate epic games cuz they give games for free

Not for that, but for their bad behavior. Like "stealing" at the last moment Steam-promoted games to their own platform, and making it 1 year exclusive, to be sold only on Epic.

If I needed another Elite copy (and I already have 2), $10 is something that I can afford to spend without thinking much. Free on Epic is too expensive for my taste. I would rather pay for the ability to avoid that store.

[Pickle Bath]

I've been on the fence with Elite since it was launched. I saw some of the DLCs, and some kind of Frontiers or Horizons re-release or something?, and I still never took the plunge. Seems really promising, hopefully it's fun solo and not dull. I'm glad I didn't so that I can just get the game for free on EGS and try it without a hassle. Can't believe how much stuff they give away to try to lure people in.

[iceman1980]

I honestly don't get how people whinge about "how does X do Y" ummmm my advice RTFM....

[Boomer]

To be fair, elites manual is not the greatest :p

[malorob]

i wonder if the game will go through steam or just open elite client???
could be cheaper to get arx as well?

[iceman1980]

Originally posted by malorob:

i wonder if the game will go through steam or just open elite client???
could be cheaper to get arx as well?

It just uses steams download CDN not the login api. You still need a Frontier account.

[Gared]

Originally posted by Mordegar:

Well, i guess their analysts calculated, that they would win more Players on EPIC than they would actually loose on Steam cause of foul buisiness practices.

Foul how?

Originally posted by Joyride:

I've been on the fence with Elite since it was launched. I saw some of the DLCs, and some kind of Frontiers or Horizons re-release or something?, and I still never took the plunge. Seems really promising, hopefully it's fun solo and not dull. I'm glad I didn't so that I can just get the game for free on EGS and try it without a hassle. Can't believe how much stuff they give away to try to lure people in.

I've been on the fence about ELITE for several years, until I decided to give it a shot this year.
Easily my best find in 2020, over 600 hours clocked.
I'd say this game needs a mindset.

These two videos nudged me towards purchase:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeXpUnw8410

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlDvysntkYE

[Gared]

I'll be picking up a second account so I can be an opportunist pilot again and delve into piracy and being a merc without worrying for my main account reputation, who's an explorer and scientist.

For the record, I don't blow up player's ships. I just like to tease and get and give a thrill.
Maybe they drop some cargo, maybe they don't. It's not worth it blowing them up, whichever side I look at it. Still don't understand people who do that