 This is Witchspace news for Friday the 13th of September 2019 I'm CMDR Buur In this week's news, Frontier Streams are content reveal for the September update The price of the new virtual currency Arcs is revealed And MAD7's Galactic Archive is one year old Remember to hit like and subscribe and click the little bell icon to get a notification next time we upload a new video You can also come and join us on the Buur Pit Discord server This is where we organise all our outings and community events And if you want to help support the work of this channel You can also join us on Patreon Links to both of those As well as all our social media feeds And the Buur Pit Community News email address Are in the description below Frontier Streamed their content reveal for the imminent September update last night Showing off the fully voice acted and guided tutorial for the first time As well as the updates to the livery system And of course the new Arcs virtual currency Also visible was a small stylistic change to the on-screen throttle indicator To the right of the central display That graphic now shows as a series of chevrons rather than solid bars And also pulses in the direction of movement To give newer players a better idea of what direction they're thrusting in Something that's not always clear to the less experienced players As I mentioned the starter tutorial is now fully voice acted And guides the player in a starter sidewinder Through the basics of flight controls, scanning and supercruiser navigation Before leading them into a very basic combat exercise around a megaship The tutorial finishes with the player completing their first hyperspace jump Before docking at a space station It's worth noting as well that the training is voiced in all of Elite's supported languages The new livery system which will now be accessible from the main menu Rather than requiring a commander to be docked at a station Now has a neat new steerable camera To let commanders get a full on proper view of the changes they wish to make to their ship's appearance Something that has been sorely lacking You can also view any ship in the game in the camera And look at the skins or kits and decals etc on that ship It even shows coloured engine trails It remains to be seen how useful the guided tutorial will be for new players going forward As I've said before I strongly believe that bringing new players into the game And then keeping them engaged in the first few difficult hours Is absolutely crucial to the long term health of the game For everyone that plays it It's no secret that Elite has a learning curve that is more akin to a vertical cliff And something like this guided starter experience is long overdue And is absolutely a step in the right direction And benefits everyone who plays and enjoys the game Whether they use it or not It's worth noting that our very own Commander Rene Who plays the game in a very different way to a lot of other commanders Saw the tutorial last night and is now really interested in trying it out And exploring some aspects of the game that perhaps didn't appeal to her before As I've said the tutorial is absolutely a step in the right direction It currently only covers the absolute basics of what is a huge game And I'd personally like to see it expanded on as the game continues to grow As part of the live stream reveal last night We got our first proper look at the Arc's currency system That was initially talked about at Lavecon earlier this year The virtual currency is a completely new addition to the game for PC players Players on console have had something similar since day one And so for console players the change to the Arc system Pretty much equates to a branding change And a slight shift in exchange rates Arc's are purchasable in packs And can also be earned just by playing and engaging with the game The amount of Arc's that can be earned in the game is capped at 400 per week We now know that Arc's will start at £2.99 for 5000 Arc's And go up in pack sizes to as much as £49.99 for 85,000 Arc's The larger packs also contain bonus Arc's points as an incentive to buy them We don't yet know how many Arc's an individual item or paint pack from the store will now cost And we also don't know how quickly Arc's will accrue while you're playing Typically at the moment a pack of 6 paint jobs costs about 3 quid The equivalent of the base Arc's pack of 5000 Arc's Individual paint jobs are generally about £1 to £1.50 depending on the paint job itself With the introduction of the new livery system Frontier have said that commanders will be able to break up most of the packs And buy just the paint jobs they want How much one of those paint jobs costs is still an unknown And without waiting for the Arc's points to accrue through playtime You'd still need to buy a minimum of 5000 Arc's, 3 quid, to buy that one paint job There's a huge amount of unknowns with the Arc system at the moment And Frontier as of my recording this are not being forthcoming with any more details However, I'm an adult and I'm also a realist From my perspective it breaks down to this The introduction of the Arc system is designed to bring in more revenue for Frontier They are a publicly traded company and they have a duty to their shareholders to do just that If Elite doesn't continue to make a profit and it makes a tidy profit right now Then Frontier can't justify running and supporting the game They also have a duty to us the player base to keep the game running And the only way to do that is if it makes money for them The key to making this change to the system palatable to that player base Is the cost of paint jobs and ship kips etc in Arc's If Frontier can get that right then I don't see there being a problem If I can pay 2.99 and still get my impulse purchase skin pack then happy days If however the system means that a paint pack costs 5500 Arc's for example And I can only earn 400 Arc's in the game And then I need to either wait or buy another pack of Arc's Most of which I won't use for that impulse purchase Then it will change fundamentally how much money we as a household will put into the game Everyone is different however And what difference it makes to the rest of the player base will have to see After all is said and done Frontier have stated that Arc's will only be used for cosmetics There's nothing here that you have to buy in order to play Elite And there's nothing that affects gameplay And if you don't put a dime into the game but still continue to play and enjoy it You'll eventually get some free stuff off of the store And finally the Danger Zone Galactic Archive founded by Commander Mad 7 is this week 1 year old Over the past year the Archive has grown into a colossal library of Elite related tips news And importantly crowd sourced information on everything inside and outside the game And it continues to grow as the game moves forward Huge congratulations from everyone here to Mad 7 and the team at the Danger Zone here's to another year There's a link in the description below to join the Discord if you haven't done so already It's size as a source of Elite related information cannot be overstated If you're not on there already do jump on it's an invaluable resource That's it for now thanks very much for watching We'll be back later this week with more videos until then 07 commanders follow the greens on the way out and do keep clear of the toast rack We very much look forward to seeing you next time