Part of the problem is that most gamers only know that Star Citizen has been in development for 5+ years they don't understand that there's an Alpha with dozens of hours of gameplay. Starter ships will get more gamers into the Star Citizen Alpha, and they'll realize that there's an actual game to play. I've said this a lot lately, but it warrants repeating: CIG should be focusing on broadening the base of the Star Citizen backer community with more Starter Packages (like the Origin 100i), rather than preying on whales using premium ships, like the indefensibly overpriced A2 Hercules warbond for $600, which comes with a free Tonk ($105 value). CIG should know better than to release a game package like this. How do you honestly argue against accusations of 'Scam Citizen' or Pay2Win when the Legatus Package exists? It does nothing but damage Star Citizen's dubious reputation in the gaming industry.

Non-backers will now look at Star Citizen as the game perpetually in-development that is charging $27,000 to get every digital ship in the game. WE understand how Star Citizen funding works. For example, Star Citizen wouldn't have procedurally generated planets in the Alpha if CIG hadn't kept the crowd-funding campaign going and declared PG as the $41 Million stretch goal.

The more funding CIG raises, the more developers they can hire and the more content they can generate. WE backers know that the money we spend on Star Citizen is used for the game's development, and the ship and other in-game items are rewards that we receive for our contributions. The $27,000 Legatus Package demonstrates how CIG is so out of touch with the way non-backers perceive Star Citizen as a money-making scam. UWC Service Uniform (Exclusive Early Bird VIP Item)

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