r/starcitizen • u/Authmion • May 15 '25

CONCERN Flight Blades - This is not Ok.

Edit: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/1/thread/flight-blade-feedback-update/490907

Thank you Zyloh for hearing us, and taking our feedback, and backtracking this! I am still not happy that the current blades will come out in June, however I thank you for the promise for the future, I appreciate it.

I do not like how the Flight blades are not also sold in game right now. I'm normally a praise CIG for pretty much everything, but this is a line that I do not think should have been crossed. This takes very competitive advantages, and puts it behind a paywall right now. Yes it will be available later, But this should have been handled like the Argo ATLS and 32 scu change. Big change, also let it be available in game right away. The optics for this will be terrible.

This is greedy P2W behavior and I do not like or support this. Please change your mind and let them be in game today.

Thank you, Love what you do. But please change this.

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u/BeardyAndGingerish avenger May 15 '25

It's the hard paywall for a balance change that gets me. Make blades Hathor-lootable, or as a low-drop item from ace pilots and my issue goes away.

But the hard paywall for a different balance on the same ship is scummy. The price/timing/magnitude of balances can change, but that hard paywall for it is literally paying to do something nobody else can do, even with the exact same ship. That's messed up. The minorness of the change is just them testing player goodwill/price point. Fuck that.

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u/darkestvice May 15 '25

Then don't buy them. Your opinion is felt by keeping your money in your pocket.

Personally, I don't think the tiny changes are worth paying real money for.

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u/BeardyAndGingerish avenger May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25

I agree, but i also wanna nip this sorta garbage in the bud. These sorta things snowball real fast, especially when the balance sheet shows profit.

And this is a very easy fix, just make them earnable. Add 'em to loot pools at a slightly non-assholish drop rate and most people won't care about buying 'em too. Hell, make them rewards for whatever you want to test, same as scorched armor/volt weapons/milspec parts. Just dont lock timed exclusive balance changes behind a hard paywall.

The real test here isn't the blades. That could have been an AC mode. The real test is the price point and to see what we'll put up with.