Mandalay only available through arx?

[S-P]

I've been to shipyards where it's supposed to be available but it's not listed.

[Spanospy]

If I recall correctly, it can't be purchased with credits just yet. Should change within a month or two though!

[Sighman]

Originally posted by S-P:

I've been to shipyards where it's supposed to be available but it's not listed.

Inara will show where players bought one. Those players used ARX for early unlock.

[Mini The Short]

its in game for credits. Here a link you can use to help locate one near you. https://inara.cz/elite/ship/67/

[GoatseWithTheAwesomeSauce]

Originally posted by mini:

its in game for credits. Here a link you can use to help locate one near you. https://inara.cz/elite/ship/67/

you didn't read the page you posted did you
"Mandalay needs to be unlocked with ARX in the game store first. It will be available later (early February 2025 probably) for Odyssey owners for credits as any other ship, non-Odyssey owners will still need to unlock it with ARX, though."

[BatWingSix]

Keep in mind, it will only become available for credits (once it becomes available which it is not at the moment) if you have odyssey. Base game (horizons) users will only be able to aquire it with Arx

[Kobs]

Originally posted by mini:

its in game for credits. Here a link you can use to help locate one near you. https://inara.cz/elite/ship/67/

Once you bought one with ARX you will see the credit price on YOUR ship store but it's not available to all to buy with credits
I bought one with ARX and I can buy another one with credits now if I wanted to
Edit: They're 15,478,416 Cr

[S-P]

Thx for replies.

[frumple]

Originally posted by Kobs:

Originally posted by mini:

its in game for credits. Here a link you can use to help locate one near you. https://inara.cz/elite/ship/67/

Once you bought one with ARX you will see the credit price on YOUR ship store but it's not available to all to buy with credits
I bought one with ARX and I can buy another one with credits now if I wanted to
Edit: They're 15,478,416 Cr

Are you sure?
Aren't you limited to a single one? Or is that only Stellar or other editions?
The information is a little vague.

[BatWingSix]

Originally posted by frumple:

Originally posted by Kobs:

Once you bought one with ARX you will see the credit price on YOUR ship store but it's not available to all to buy with credits
I bought one with ARX and I can buy another one with credits now if I wanted to
Edit: They're 15,478,416 Cr

Are you sure?
Aren't you limited to a single one? Or is that only Stellar or other editions?
The information is a little vague.

You only get to spawn the one instantly, you can buy more at yards that have them. The special engineered ones come as they are but still unlock buying a standard one at shipyards

[jmp470]

worth every ARX I spent, IMO. I bought both the Cobra MKV and the Mandalay and I'm loving them. I prefer the Mandalay over the Cobra due to the extra internal space.

My Mandalay has over 1K Damage per second, 500 Shields, 1200 Armor, speed of 513 and a jump range of 50.05! and this is not built for combat!

[Kobs]

I used to love my type 8 for a while that's all I was flying but since the mandalay I only use the type 8 when I see a good trade route. Mandalay is so fun to fly, doesn't heat up turns on a dime, if you have to use a scarab you don't have problems getting in or out, the feel of the cockpit is like nothing else and you have to admit it looks awesome

[anaris]

also u can hover any whichway up you like, small perk of the mandalay

[clarkeveritas]

It's 6 weeks of arx, then the ship will be unlocked for everyone with in-game cash. A pretty cool way to do it- people that want to help out Frontier can throw them a couple of bucks and get some stuff early. I'm ok with that model, especially with a game like elite where I've gotten years of enjoyment for probably about 20 bucks total.

[Red River]

a way cooler model would be to allow all ships to be purchased prebuilt instead.

[Sighman]

Originally posted by Red River:

a way cooler model would be to allow all ships to be purchased prebuilt instead.

So far they've picked a ship and build for each type of gameplay, but if they made an explorer Vulture or a combat Asp Scout they'd be a laughing stock. (Although I've built and own both of those.)