Fucking gag me if the F8 goes on sale. It's barely tolerable as is locked behind the 10,000 USD pledge gate.
There are some things that shouldn't be on sale- the UEE Navy's brand new still highly classified heavy fighter should absolutely be one of them.
Concur. Keep the apex fighter in the Navy and out of the hands of players.
CR has always been adamant that we will not be able to buy military ships in game, which is why we have the F7C and not the "A" version (the Hornet upgrade that people erroneously call the military version is actually really just a skin), although he did make it sound like we could potentially "acquire" some military ships through other means...
He did make the F8 available to people pledging at the 10k level, but at the same time said you could also unlock the ability to get one in-game by completing SQ42, which I thought was cool, in that everybody could potentially get a really awesome ship, without having to pay cash.
I always used to joke that if CIG was desparate for money, they could just have an F8 sale for $300 a pop and they would probably raise $20 or $30 million from that alone...even with the pandemic, though, I don't think they are in any trouble.
And yes, #GIB