Ben on if buying ships in the final game with UEC will unlock ships permanently in Arena Commander

1- People need to wait and see or ask questions before freaking out (as CIG have almost always clarified or gone to the forums to clarify these things).

2- Pre-REC is alpha. Post-REC is alpha. AC is not about PvP or about winning or about being on top of the leaderboards or anything else for that matter. People like to think so because CIG have already implemented some very basic mechanics that make it look like we have win states or make it look like we have what could even be considered a half-honest leader board system (which is a joke). AC was not designed for players to test anything or everything, it is slowly moving towards that but it is a work in progress.

3- REC was literally just implemented, I don't think kill counts will be the only thing rewarding players with REC (I don't think KDR/points are going to stay much longer for leaderboards anyways, outside of death match). If people are so concerned about earning x-amount of REC per hour regardless of how they play then maybe REC should only be available to people who actually submit bug reports? It just seems like these people are the exact same people who want to earn UEC while idling offline.

People just want everything. They don't even want a fair way to do that, they want the entire system to be slanted towards the players. This is not that game. I've said it from the beginning but this is not the game for at least 50% of the backers, they are not ready for a game like this and the mechanics which will be implemented.

People are not ready for how hardcore this game will be, in the PU the REC will probably be the only hope in hell that 80% of the playerbase will even be able to fly certain ships with certain layouts consistently. I garuntee people will be praising the REC eventually, this whole debacle will just continue into the PU anyways, people wanting things handed to them for just sitting down and playing (not actually earning, just showing up and expecting handouts).

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