Hello its Ricardo and welcome back to elite dangerous beyond now lave Khan
recently happened in july 2019 and with that came a host of announcements that
have tickled the fancy of the entire community of which we've seen
announcement on fleet carriers that will be coming later on in the year but more
importantly something that's gonna hit in september is that of a new in-game
currency where you can buy cosmetic items called arks now they've been
several videos on this and there's quite an extensive faq on the elite dangerous
and frontier forums but I thought let's break it down and put a little bit of an
opinion on it as well like what a lot of youtubers have been doing recently
so ox what is it well I'll tell you exactly what it is axe is a new currency
that will be replacing frontier points now if you play on a console you have to
go out and you have to buy credits from your online provider would that be the
PlayStation Store or whether it be the Microsoft Store now those frontier
points you could then use to embellish your ships with cosmetic items okay now
if you play on PC you can do this with real world many on the frontier store
and just cut out the frontier points so what they want to do is use these new
currency called arcs to purchase the in-game extras to just paint jobs ship
kits bobble heads and more there you go that's it end of video no I'm only
joking so unifying that whole buying of
embellishments for your ships is being standardized across platforms
effectively of what it is frontiers also said that arcs can be earned by simply
playing the game and they won't ask commanders to change how they play
simply being an active player and engaging with the game is for that is
required additionally players are also able to purchase packages of acts
through the platforms as I mentioned such as the frontier storm Steam
PlayStation Store and Xbox marketplace so you know there you go
it's not play to win it's just gonna be for the embellishments the cosmetics the
paint jobs the engine colors the weapon colors that sort of thing which is good
because if this is gonna go play to win I would stop playing straight away I
don't do play to win I don't look particularly like these
microtransactions that give people an advantage and to me I think he just
spoils the entire dynamic but that's another rabbit hole we're not gonna go
down so it's also safe to assume and it's been mentioned on the FAQ that arcs
are going to replace frontier points they're not gonna replace credits you're
gonna be able to buy your ships and your weapons in game with normal credits that
you're gonna earn through whichever method you use to earn credits with that
be mining whether it be piracy whether it be trading combat whatever you can
still use your credits and buy your ships in that way so it's no way it's
arts gonna replace the in-game credit system this is just for cosmetics now
here's a very important point they mentioned will the rewards for missions
change because of arcs and they say no rewards submissions will not be adjusted
with the introduction of Earth's which i think is great you'll go out you'll do a
mission and as a result of that if you get credits you get credits you will not
be getting arcs so an awful lot of this is is elite dangerous gonna go free to
play with this in-game currency for embellishment potentially propping up
from a financial aspect no they have no plans to go free-to-play which is great
because again if that was gonna happen yes it may increase the amount of
players who would ever go up and leave dangerous but then they have to make
their money from somewhere and that's going to mean adverts and all the rest
of it so you know if you've been playing a long period of time would they retro
actively award you arcs and they say no if you've already bought or have you
been playing for 20 weeks of playtime does this mean you're get you know given
additional arcs when they are introduced and they say no so any playtime that
you've been doing prior to the st. September update will not be rewarded
retrospectively with any arcs so you'll not be able to buy arcs using in-game
credits and also someone's also asked will it be possible to purchase paint
jobs directly with many and it's saying no because arcs will be the only
accepted currency for game extras cosmetics once the update goes live also
arcs are going to be available in packs and then added to your account total
once a purchase has been made you can use the leftovers towards other
purchases or save them and wait for you to top up your arcs and for something
that you really want to go and buy in the shop so acts standardized all the
way across the platforms whether it be PlayStation Steam PC or you know good
old Xbox you can be able to get to the livery section now just from the main
screen and not when you're at a space station where it's got one of those
sections so you're gonna be able to embellish your ship with a new paintjob
just from the logon screen just gonna be good I think you know and you're not
just gonna be them to them to get to a space station that this or take a little
bit I think away from the realism of the game however you know a it's only a
paint job and it's only a game so you know let's get over ourselves now in
relation to the lore of the game which elite dangerous law is very important to
certain players especially those people who go out dancing around with rocks and
things like this you know the way just arcs come from well how does it fit into
the galaxy and they state that arcs is an alternative currency right created
and regulated by the bank of Zeon's and that's why I'm going to present it
everybody seance which to me to be honest all well and good you know using
something from law it all fits in very nicely as a little bit of continuity but
if you can purchase it in-game with in-game credits then why have it linked
to a bit of lore in the first place it just seems that well they perhaps they
started to think about that and having purchase aboard with in-game credits and
then thought no caps are not gonna make any money with that so perhaps we
shouldn't but I like the name so that's what we're gonna do
so there you have it um axe coming in September that's how you're gonna be
able to buy your cosmetics for your in-game ships and your in-game pleasure
it's not going to replace credits it will replace frontier points it'll be
unified across all the platforms there you have it so thanks very much for
watching that's a little bit about arcs the in-game currency that's been really
revealed at lave con 2019 this year a little bit late with the videos being on
holiday in the Sun what can you do about a or these things always happen when
you're away from your PC but there you have it hopefully this will put a little
bit of extra life back into the game of it works out thanks very much for
watching I've been Ricardo like in subscribe if you haven't done so and
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