I wonder how long it will take me to be able to buy a Freelancer in game. I am hoping it will be possible with credits earned in SQ42 and the 32K UEC I have currently.
Will we be buying ships using UEC?
You're a long way from buying any ship in the universe with 32k UEC tbh, but even with military service payment in SQ42 it'd be 110k for a Freelancer, but in the PU itself, the point where buying something makes it yours (rather than it being wiped every other month etc) there'll be an aggressive curve on the price of ships.
- Right now an Aurora MR would be 30k ($30), and lets leave it at 30k in the PU.
- A Hornet would be 110k ($110), and could be 200k in the PU.
- While an Idris would work out at 1m UEC ($1k), but expect it to be >10m UEC.
The more expensive the ship, the greater the price will inflate by within the PU.
Whats currently happening is the expensive ships are being priced !cheaper! than they should be, because they want players to own a variety of ships to create diversity, but when we're buying them in the game with credits, they need to be realistically balanced, and to manufacture 3 Auroras would be far cheaper than a single Hornet.
A Freelancer would be comfortably 5x an Aurora IMO.
Also, just using the current in-game prices, isnt armour about 15,000 aUEC? 2 sets of armour the same price as a ship with engines, electrical systems, weapons.... The buggy certainly is 15,000 UEC.
Our current UEC will buy us some basics, but if you just compare the difference between a buggy and an Aurora, its surely worth around 3-4 buggies, let alone comparing it with a $110 ship.
It'll certainly help towards buying one, and it really wouldnt surprise me if we can get a loan to cover the difference, but military pay would need to be pretty impressive to buy a Freelancer IMO.