With orgs the ability to set access to who can use the ships would be left to the leaders of that org, or however the org leaders decide to delegate that responsibility. I'm not sure who would "own" the ship.
I see. Yea, I can't say I'm a fan of not owning something I put my time and treasure into. Will there be no AI crew options for people who want to buy a bigger ship (like one of those yacht looking ships)? You telling me
all of the people buying these bigger ships all have groups of friends who will fly with them all the time?
None of them plan on being mostly solo players? I'll take your word for it if so.
As far as I know the plan is in the next patch in a few weeks they're putting in "platform persistence" that should stop wiping what you've earned every patch, other than in emergency cases where there is no other solution to fix a DB issue. Whether they'll do wipes before a beta or launch is something that's too far away for me to speculate on.
Wait, what now?
Don't you realize that was
the essential and consequential part of this conversation? How can you endeavor to talk to me about being able to "earn things now no problem!" (paraphrasing) in the context of a conversation where people can *pay money* and have guaranteed access in the final release? The assumption in you bringing this up as a counterpoint is real,
permanent ownership by way of earning it in-game...or they are not equal options. I assumed this was confirmed by the developers for you to even have brought up the counterpoint. Access in the final release as a prerequisite and core premise in the conversation should have been very obvious, no?
If permanent ownership of ships earned now (or in the next beta or w/e) has not been
confirmed as remaining unlocked through the final release of the game, a comparison can't be made because it would mean that a way to earn (and keep) the ships does not exist presently. The reason I asked, of course, is because virtually no games I've ever played or heard of in their Beta releases allowed players to keep things unlocked in the final release. It would have been really cool if that was the case here. Refreshing, even. But again, your mentioning this as an alternative implied something you didn't actually have any insight into.
Your point that
players can access and earn most ships right now so they can choose what's best for them financially isn't actually a choice right now at all: you either buy the ships with your real money or you [most likely] have to wait until final release to truly earn and own anything since it is highly unlikely that anything earned in the beta will carry over to final release. Right?
With respect, I'm going to be honest: I feel like this should have been obvious and it feels like you tried to give me a shady, bullshit answer on the most essential part of the conversation. I don't really appreciate it and I hope that's not the case but I don't know what else to think. If you didn't know the answer, it would have been better to not imply that earning ships in game was an alternative to buying them in the beginning. Because if those unlocks aren't going to be in the final release (they probably won't), then it isn't an alternative at all.