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[Sarzael]

I will personally refund anyone who promises never to play it. Consider it a community service.

Well I am not going to make any pledge like that unless I KNOW these rumors are true anyhow. Besides I'd probably just give away my key anyhow.

What rumors?

[mendonca]

Don't think there is any obligation to pay for this DLC, which sounds completely up-in-the-air and conceptual at this moment in time anyway.

I'm quite sure they would sell the full-featured game without this.

[Rose]

I will personally refund anyone who promises never to play it. Consider it a community service.

Well I am not going to make any pledge like that unless I KNOW these rumors are true anyhow. Besides I'd probably just give away my key anyhow.

Gimme.

[Neonivek]

I will personally refund anyone who promises never to play it. Consider it a community service.

Well I am not going to make any pledge like that unless I KNOW these rumors are true anyhow. Besides I'd probably just give away my key anyhow.

Gimme.

Ok deal. If I decide to loathe the game before it is release you got dibs.

[Tiruin]

Why can't anyone just wait until the game is out to confirm whether or not those things happen :/ Rumors and all that..I can't believe the effect of it, especially since the current decision on after you paid is unchangeable..

[Rose]

Awesome.

As for my take on the thing with their servers, my guess is that they're hosting and running events and stuff on them that uses the new content.

[alexandertnt]

With respect to the chaos and controversy surrounding Starbounds release...

*Eats popcorn*

[Sarzael]

It's like we're all nervous husbands married to Tiy who wants to give birth to our big, 20 pound (and still growing) baby Starbound 'naturally' (ouch) and we have no idea when the due date is except for sometime this year.

[Twi]

It's like we're all nervous husbands married to Tiy who wants to give birth to our big, 20 pound (and still growing) baby Starbound 'naturally' (ouch) and we have no idea when the due date is except for sometime this year.

Toady One needs to sig this.

... :v

[Wolf Tengu]

It's like we're all nervous husbands married to Tiy who wants to give birth to our big, 20 pound (and still growing) baby Starbound 'naturally' (ouch) and we have no idea when the due date is except for sometime this year.

This is both slightly disturbing and also completely true.

Anyhoo, on the subject of rumour, there's a part of me which wants to avoid rumour, and there's a part of me which wants to hear ALL POSSIBLE INFORMATION. I think the second part is armed.

[ECrownofFire]

This Reddit post has more on that stuff if anybody wants a source. The Starbound subreddit has some decent info on it, just avoid the comment sections...

Here's the relevant quotes:

Oh jeeze.
Ok, this was explained very poorly, let me try to relay how this idea was explained to me.
All content from this subscription thing will be released as updates for free. The subscription thing is for access to servers where we run the story event live, weekly.
But any server can run these events. Any extra content will be released to everybody. And essentially no one gets left out. Let me see if I can't find the chat logs where he floated this idea to me.

Hey!
I've heard there's some DLC-based controversy surrounding that PCGamer article linked earlier. Unfortunately, things were taken out of context quite a bit there. Just to be super clear:
We currently have no plans for DLC outside of the free, post-launch content updates we've always promised.
When asked how DLC would appear if we were to do it, we'd brainstormed and the idea of episodic missions came up, sort of like a TV series. But there would be no microtransactions, no shiny horse armor, etc. If we did do anything of the sort it'd be part of a large expansion.
Sorry for any heart attacks caused!

Basically they might do stuff like TF2's event maps that anybody can run, but also have official servers that you can purchase access to. This is still only theoretical, and there are no plans for DLC.

[Flying Dice]

Wait, you mean that wasn't already fairly obvious without needing an explicit explanation from the devs?

* Flying Dice glances back several pages.

Huh, I guess not.

[Darkmere]

Eh, it was worded poorly. I think what threw me was... why would anyone buy access to free content? I'm still unclear on this...

[Frumple]

Presumably reasons similar to those of folks that go to the concerts of bands that release their music gratis.

[Neonivek]

Ok listening to Starbounds music and I am just begging for SOME epic music.

Even the battle themes are extremely ambiance.

Not that I hate ambiance (I like really well done ambiance like 600ad from Crono Trigger) but come on!

Then again there is no rule these are all the themes... maybe they got the touchingly beautiful or heart racing battle themes hidden somewhere. Every theme cannot be unstated...

Ok good... I found one... but boy was that a tough one to find. It also could use a remix. Arctic Battle 1 I think you are on the right track.