boots_1588

- Officer (To fight the baddies)
- Ship builder/designer (If someone       doesn't want to build or needs help)
- Miner (Gathers materials)
- Hunter/ Farmer (If they decide to add hunger)
- Boss (Company, city, space station exc)
- Builder (Basically a construction worker)
- Architect (This can be a cool one)
 
Those are all my ideas for now...

That's what I like to hear "A simple post that answers the question or links to the answer, goes a long way. " +rep

- Officer (To fight the baddies)
- Ship builder/designer (If someone       doesn't want to build or needs help)
- Miner (Gathers materials)
- Hunter/ Farmer (If they decide to add hunger)
- Boss (Company, city, space station exc)
- Builder (Basically a construction worker)
- Architect (This can be a cool one)
 
Those are all my ideas for now...

Comments have been hidden to prevent this into turning into a flamewar and going off topic.
 
To answer your original question @boots_1588, the cost is unknown, (wether NQ releases information regarding server cost, is up to them) and no, NQ has not said it's "one" server, quite the contrary. The games "one shard" or one universe runs on a cluster server, which is composed of multiple servers and multiple systems, as Haunty mentioned above.
 
Single Shard does not mean single computer.
 
As a reminder to all, while yes, the question(s) may have been asked a million times, this does not mean that one should be rude or bait someone into a flamewar over what's already been answered. A simple post that answers the question or links to the answer, goes a long way.
 
 
Best Regards,
Meldrik
 
 
 
 

It's all about clever marketing or picking the right approach.
 
I mean, countless people also played and play EvE Online which also has monthly cost, as far as I can still assume. It's been almost a decade since I touched it.
 
When getting to that particular topic the key is mentioning the compromise, that you do not necessarily HAVE to pay monthly to play.
 
Someone could gift you DAC, letting you play - although chances are strangers wouldn't just do that for nothing in return, and assuming it's not some lottery where those owning them throw them out like that. But that means you can earn those and use them to obtain game time (1 DAC should equal 1 month). Maybe you pay initially but then obtain sufficient in-game funds to buy DACs in the game and use them for game time.
 
My point being, unlike some other games, you do not have to necessarily pay to play. How (un)likely that becomes is of course dependent on too many factors to list or fantasize about, but it is possible. To give an example, any backer of a certain status gets free DACs, from a few to a lot. Some could hoard them, some could sell them for in-game currency and some could gift or grant them to other players relatively free of charge or under specific conditions.

I don't know but I think quite some right now?
Maybe it's going to be higher or lower when they do improve their technology 

- Officer (To fight the baddies)
- Ship builder/designer (If someone       doesn't want to build or needs help)
- Miner (Gathers materials)
- Hunter/ Farmer (If they decide to add hunger)
- Boss (Company, city, space station exc)
- Builder (Basically a construction worker)
- Architect (This can be a cool one)
 
Those are all my ideas for now...