Giving ED to a friend or family member

[Salty Exxer]

I went ahead and bought Horizons (even though I disagree with the pricing).
So I have my original Elite Dangerous and ELite Dangerous Horizons (which comes with Elite Dangerous), thus I now have two legit copies of Elite Dangerous.

I'd like to give my original ELite Dangerous to my son. My hope is that he gets into the game and we end up playing together (which undoubtedly will result in him buying Horizons)

So is this do-able?

[Agony_Aunt]

Did you buy from the same account? If so, then you only have one copy of ED.

Did you get the $15 loyalty bonus for owning the base game? Then you cannot ask to transfer it.

Well... maybe you could but it you would lose Horizons and would have to add the $15 loyalty discount since your son doesn't own the base game.

[Gertymoon]

Originally posted by Gard:

I went ahead and bought Horizons (even though I disagree with the pricing).
So I have my original Elite Dangerous and ELite Dangerous Horizons (which comes with Elite Dangerous), thus I now have two legit copies of Elite Dangerous.

I'd like to give my original ELite Dangerous to my son. My hope is that he gets into the game and we end up playing together (which undoubtedly will result in him buying Horizons)

So is this do-able?

You can give Elite Dangerous to a friend as a gift by buying it again on Steam, obviously if you have Horizons and want to give that as a gift through Steam to a friend, you will only have to pay £29.99, if you already own Elite Dangerous

[The Muppet Surgery Special]

Wait for 22nd December for Steam sale and get ED on discount (most likely).

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by Gard:

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

Did you buy from the same account? If so, then you only have one copy of ED.

That's funny, because I see two entries in my library. One for ED and one for EDH.
And I see two distinct game folders. Also, I have two CD keys. One grants access to ED only, and the other grants access to EDH (which includes ED).

That sure looks like two copies to me.

Still the same game licence. Its just a different install of the game, one with Horizons, one without.

Feel free to contact FD support if you believe my information is wrong.

Another way to test (don't do this!) is to delete your commander under one game, and then go check your other. You will see your commander deleted from both. (Again, don't do this unless you want to delete your commader for real).

[Crystal]

the reason they are saying this like this is because that is the only way how steam will work.
In addition to them setting it up as a 'loyalty discount' which is just beyond fake and simply greed.

You cant be logged in to the same account twice and you cannot gift a game (program) that is already in your library. That is basic steam functionality.

Because the makers of ED set it up as a 'loyalty' discount, you cant simply refund your copy of the 'expansion' and rebuy it on your son's account at the discounted price.

its a joke and a scam and who is to say this isnt going to happen every other time.
six months later, a new 'expansion' comes out with the base game and previous expansion for the price of the base game.


But, yeah, they are expecting a huge portion of their clients to simply not care about money at all.
I throw my spare change around heavily, but I dont appreciate this kind of dealing, tbh.
Its not that I feel ripped off, it just makes me not interested in playing for a very long time.

[Nosscar]

quite simply, the game does not allow 2 cmdrs using the same account in the game, as save games are for that cmdr. So if that was allowed, and your son played with the basic ed acc, he would have the same money\ships\starting position as you, and anything he did would effect your acc. This is why it is not possible.
So what you should have done to avoid this was bought horizons with a new acc, then give your old one away. It is just the way it has to be.

If you contacted support, and explained it was a mistake, they may be able to split accounts for you if it was a recent purchase, but then you would start Horizons with a sidewinder and lose everything you had (but your son will have it all)