What's in your Hangar?

[Gizmo]

You can just ping it back to me Fitz >.>  <.<  unless you want to be standing in front of a scratch so I don't see it. You haven't dented it have you ?

And thanks again for sorting out the LTIs the other night. Much appreciated.

[=CfC=Fitz]

No problem, just wanted you to be able to confirm you'd received it just in case!

I'll ping it back now as you're on...

[Gizmo]

Got it thanks muchly.


Mmmm my precious

[=CfC=Fitz]

Ahh, my hangar is small and dingy again 

[Gizmo]

Turn the gamma up, that'll get rid of the dinginess 

[=CfC=Fitz]

I couldn't help myself, I got an Avenger. Looks like Beans on toast till payday!

I'm also considering melting the Avenger and Aurora for the Avenger package and then using the remainder to go towards a Cutlass after payday.

[Gizmo]

Beans are nice, beans on toast are supposed to be a complete meal. You did the right thing Fitz 

Don't forget the sales coming up at the end of the month, there might be something new that takes your fancy.

With regard to my Cutlass, I'm tentatively playing with the idea of gifting it to an alternate, somewhat nefarious account and using it to smuggle goodies from the seedier parts of the verse to my Chuffy character. No, scratch that, an Aurora set for stealth could do that just as well or better and be cheaper.

[cjwebster]

Ah, Fitz... that one's been teasing me for a while to downgrade for it's practicality compared to the 325a - and then have the extra cash left over.

I've been trying to look at it from the point of view that the cash put in gets me the most valuable ship in my budget, and then use in-game cash to work toward an Avenger or whatever my taste my fancy. I think I'll try and stick to my guns (no pun intended) so I don't trade in my specialised dogfighter just before the dogfighting module!

I'm coming for a ride in your Avenger, Fitz!  

[=CfC=Fitz]

Looks like your starfarer will be available on the 26th Gizmo which luckily is a chuffy's night so I can sort out LTI for you. Let me know if you want to buy and gift it to me or want to send the cash and I'll buy it for you.

Also looks like there will be new ships for sale on or around the 26th.....

[Gizmo]

If I'm reading the news correctly  it'll be from midnight @ start of Monday 25th for 24 hours. (PST)
The 24 hour wait before melting is from time of purchase so gifting it to you and melting won't work.
I can send the cash to you, can we do that online somehow ? (Not sure if I even have a cheque book anymore)

Ships and packages will be available for 24 hours (midnight to midnight PST.)
Monday, November 18 â€" ORIGIN M50
Tuesday, November 19 â€" ORIGIN 350R & Lightspeed Package
Wednesday, November 20 â€" Drake Caterpillar
Thursday, November 21 â€" RSI Aurora LX
Friday, November 22 â€" Anvil Gladiator & Aegis Retaliator (running through the weekend)
Monday, November 25 â€" MISC Starfarer

I'm going to try and resist new ships but I do lean toward impulsive on occasion. Got X:Rebirth on the 15th 

[=CfC=Fitz]

Do you have a paypal account? If so it's fairly easy to transfer funds, otherwise, if you can do online banking, I believe you should be able to do a bank transfer without too much fuss.

I'm thinking of melting the aurora and using the funds to go towards a cutlass on payday myself....

I heard X Rebirth was a bit of a flop, what are your thoughts compared to the previous offerings?

[Gizmo]

I guess 'a flop' might describe it. It's very buggy but Egosoft games always are on release. They'll be working on it though and will get the wrinkles smoothed out.
Unfortunately a lot of people unfamiliar with X games got caught up in the hype and are now screaming like princesses who didn't get their piece of cake as soon as they sat down.
It's also a step away from their usual format and playstyle so I'm not sure yet if I'll actually like it. The graphics aren't my cup of tea either but might grow on me.

Have both Paypal and online banking.

[CFC_Conky]

Ok Fitz, I don't get it yet, how does one get lifetime insurance (LTI?) in this bloody game?

[Gizmo]

LTI is only available to people who backed the game before a certain date.
For us new people to get it we have to buy a ship and then gift it to someone like Fitz who will sell it and get the credits. Then he buys it again and it will come with LTI and he gifts it back.

After the 26th of this month it will no longer be available to anyone.

[Gizmo]

Eh Fitz I just realized all the ships coming in the sale are limited so they will have LTI anyways.

@ Conky Don't feel too pressured to rush into the game now just to get LTI if you only intend to buy 1 ship at the moment. Especially if it is a starter package because you will soon be buying more ships in game you will then have to insure. It has been said there will be well over 50 ships and probably added to as time goes by. Many of the ships people are buying with LTI now will most likely be obsolete later.

LTI only covers the hull so everyone will be buying insurance to cover upgrades and cargoes as well.

It's been stated insurance will be very affordable. Also it will only run during the time you are ingame. So if you buy 6 months insurance, play 4 hours a day it will last you 3 years before re-insuring.

Hope this helps put LTI into perspective.