The Not So Official Dev Blog

[the-GURU-man]

[Aurilius]

What you really have to do is DLC in the form of ROCKET LEAGUE's car skins.

Rocket League is praised as a HUGE success by like everyone on the internet because it has no blatantly bad microtransactions and it's an upfront bullshit-free game. Even though Rocket League has "microtransactions" in the form of car skins, the positives of the game outweigh the negatives of having microtransactions, and therefore Rocket League gets a free pass on the whole microtransactions issue. Rocket League also sells a lot of the microtransactions, too.

TL;DR: After this game comes out of Early Access, a way to make a little money is to implement unique car skins, and car skins ONLY, as microtransactions. Many people will accept it and be OK with it.

[Torben]

[Aurilius]

When do you guys think it'll be coming out on Early Access? I personally cannot wait to play it and would love if it came out a month early ^_^

[yellowquiet]

@Aurileus
They plan on coming out on early access on November 30th.

[Torben]

[Aurilius]

I really hope it'll come out long before Nov. 30th, as a surprise. I'm extremely hyped for this game!!

[Chris_CE]

[RuskiTalib3003]

[Raion]

[Sceptre]

I'm just excited we can get our hands on Grip in the near future. As for the DLC stuff, I wouldn't feel cheated if the early support rewards are given to post-release buyers. I gave early access support because I wanna see Grip happen, that's all that matters to me.
Actually I would feel that not giving post-release buyers any content simply because they were late is more cheating them.

[Torben]

[StickyBassline]

[Chris_CE]

[Roq]

Noice! I don't care about exact dates, just make it as good as you want it to be for us rather than rush it out and we have a worse experience. As for newer players getting stuff. Zero problem with it. Everyone should have the chance to to feel as involved as any other player. Don't need no cliques feeling elitist just because they got involved during development. Should most certainly be a case of "jump on board and you can look as awesome as we do!".

CAN NOT WAIT!!!

[landvaarder]

Dunno, kinda like having something unique for the early guys only.
But then again I'm a bastard like that that wants to have some unique perks to being an early backer...

However, I'm supporting whatever choice you guys end up making.

[Tiakh]

i would also appreciate to have some small thing that makes the early bakers version special. i dont care about the car skin or the weapon mods, being also available for newer player. For me it would be enough to have a "Thank you for your early support" somewhere written in the game (ofc only for the ones who actually did).
For cosmetic DLC, as long as it´s not gameplay changing i dont mind. I probably wouldnt buy any of it, but making the crowd throw more money to the devs isnt bad.

PS: im hyped to see the early access version

[Raion]

Generally, you'd want to avoid having part of the player base feel like they are "missing out".
However there's also some demand for status recognition so a compromise is in order; let any player buy the special skin, but early backers get a version with a small sticker that says "FIRST!" on it. That and an obnoxious horn sound effect, of course.

[KazzyMac]

[yellowquiet]