When will we get Arena Commander currency and the beginning of the ship component upgrade system?asked by BerzerkButton

Good question. So Arena Commander currency is something that a lot of the community has requested since the inception of Arena Commander. The ability to have credits earned that you can use to try out other pieces of equipment that you may not own. So this is something that is definitely on our roadmap for the beginning of next year. So it's coming to a patch near you, pre-Arena Commander 2.0, and it will basically allow you to earn "Arena Commander bucks", "moon buck", a new form of currency that can be used for the purchase redemption, otherwise obtaining of items for Arena Commander. So they will not carry over to the Persistent Universe, but within Arena Commander you will be able to use items that you do not own if you've earned them using Arena Commander currency. The ship component upgrade system, I'm not actually entirely sure what you're specifically referring to, but the components themselves you will be able to purchased with Arena Commander currency just the same as the ships. So if that's what you meant, there's your answer.

So with the Arena Commander currency you're saying... "I like the way that laser gun looked on my opponents ship, and it really tore me up" ... I can just rent one? And, you know, pay for it and pay a monthly fee, or some kind of ongoing fee to keep it on my ship?

The exact design of, like is it a recurring fee, or is it a one-time fee, or how that's gonna work hasn't actually been fleshed out yet. But that is something that we'd probably actually like to hear community feedback on.