Comment on Star Citizen Introducing a $48,000 Ship Bundle, but Only for Players Who Have Already Spent $10,000

• waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  www.aerotrader.com/aircraft-for-sale?sort=price%3…

  Neat you can get a shitty plane in need of a major overhaul.

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• littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So, you’re not accounting for the required training and licensing to operate those, I take it? FYI, even if you “fast track” the training and go straight for the written exam that precedes logged flight hours (sim and real, both), you’re still looking at ~$30k just to be allowed to fly. Then, there’s the routine (& frequent) maintenance, storage, fuel, etc.

  Sure, you can buy a cute li’l death trap for <$50k, but it’s a lawn ornament without licensing.

  Don’t get me wrong: fuck Star Citizen sideways with an alien chode tumor. Just, don’t point to garage-tier aviation “solutions” as a fair comparison. 🤗

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  • FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The parent poster was correct: you can buy a plane for that kind of money. Respectfully, your point about training and maintenance is irrelevant. The truth is the parent poster was right, and the comparison is an eloquent one that furthers the point that the offer from SC’s developer is ludicrous.

    Nobody actually wants to buy a plane or a boat, don’t worry! 😜

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    • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To be fair, I’m uncertain whether you can actually complete that purchase legally without being licensed yourself or a licensed pilot under current contract. 🤓

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      • flynnguy@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You can, you just need to hire a pilot if you want to fly in it. How do you think rich people fly around in their jets? Do you really think the pilots own the planes?

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      • tagliatelle@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        To be fair…

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  • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Inb4 Star Citizen tries to feel more exclusive by instituting spaceship pilot training that requires logged hours and such…

    …you know, so people don’t ruin their “investments”! D:

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    • wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t forget, you gotta pay for those licenses and classes

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  • nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you can afford to spend 60k on a video game, you can afford to get a license and a plane, I’m pretty sure…

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