... in wanting to wait until after the planetary and faction ownership additions before really playing? I think that maybe waiting until those additions, as well as the early mods which come out, will lead to a better first impression, and an richer experience overall. Does anyone else feel this way? is anyone else considering holding off on playing until the post release content is included?

Not I, because I'm eager to sink my teeth into LTSL. (Figuratively speaking, of course.)

I'll probably start with exploration when the game comes out. When planetary/faction ownership is there I'll probably switch to empire building when I grow tired of exploring.
And when I finally become tired of that I will look into mods.

Heck no. Plan on playing day one. (I feel a sick day coming for release day...)

I really want planetary ownership too, as I plan to be a an empire builder.

You may not be alone in your choice to wait for planetary and faction ownership, Hyperion, but I am sure most of what I'm looking forward to will be available in the initial release.

Those things won't be in 1.0?

Daniel wrote:Those things won't be in 1.0?

Nope, they will be released as a free update some time after the initial release of the game.

I considered not playing until certain mods were available, I believe that I mentioned this in another post somewhere on the forums, but now I am not so sure. I think that I may just get it and get in, I really want to play LT and why not play from the start and watch as the game develops further as you play. If you really want to play a different way or explore a different way of progression after a certain update then you could always just start a new game.

There seems to be to loads of content ready for enjoying on release kinda weird leaving a game until certain content is implemented, each to their own.

I shall be a humble minor, slowly building up my cash reserves until I can afford a small squadron of fighters to protect myself and pick off evil pirates to plunder their booty (hmm, sounds kinda wrong). Slowly my empire will grow as I create small squads in various systems to fuel my exploration of the great unkown.

Really interested on what kind of restrictions will be in place when it comes to amount of ships which can be 'controlled' and over how many systems, beta can't some fast enough.

I have to admit I will play as soon as I can, but limitless empire building is my prime interest in LT. I really hope it will not be glossed over (though I have no reason to believe it will be, other than the overall time it might take to implement); I really think LT would be incomplete with out it.

strolva wrote:There seems to be to loads of content ready for enjoying on release kinda weird leaving a game until certain content is implemented, each to their own.

I shall be a humble minor, slowly building up my cash reserves until I can afford a small squadron of fighters to protect myself and pick off evil pirates to plunder their booty (hmm, sounds kinda wrong). Slowly my empire will grow as I create small squads in various systems to fuel my exploration of the great unkown.

Really interested on what kind of restrictions will be in place when it comes to amount of ships which can be 'controlled' and over how many systems, beta can't some fast enough.

While I on the other hand plan on starting a small band of pirates.

N810 wrote: While I on the other hand plan on starting a small band of pirates.

Yarrrr

I'm just going to get it and play

Who knows how busy I may get in the future - if I have time to play LT when it comes out I will definitely do so - planning to be one of those games I play until old age (TFC/Eagle Dynamics/DCS flight sims being one of the others!)

Fortunately, since it's a single-player game - Hyperion waiting until certain features appear is entirely their busines and I will at least admire the strength it will take to ignore all the fun everyone else may be having and posting about

I'll also be playing from day one. I'll be getting a good idea of how the game mechanics work before exploring LTSL. There is a respawn mod that was discussed on these forums which I will be attempting to implement.

I'm gonna beta is so hard Really hoping research is gonna be fun and well-layered, I'm looking for the whole faction-owner/fun progress side in the game, and the old model of r&d is just too generic RNG+1 for me. Anything atop that is just candy c: