Topic: Paint and other vanity/fun items?
Right now I've got 1961 credits sitting on my account. I bought a package for EUR 10 (wondering why you'd make that 9.99 in the first place, but okay), and used them to unlock EP coming from a character I spend some time doing assignments and stuff to see what was up right after the Steam client was released. You know, to check out the final version of the tutorial, achievements, progression and see what new players need to do get some NIC these days (assignment multiplier is awesome).
So.. here I am with nothing to spend (kind of a weird thing to be at with you guys having this new payment model) - no EP to unlock, no extensions need downgrading, no need to get more EP faster - and no useful, convenient or fun stuff is to be had with this amount of credits. I do have another account with unlocked EP to be had, but I can't transfer the credits or put in another EUR 10 - simply because I'll be left with leftover credits.
So, where's the good stuff? Or, where are the smaller packages of credits? Read some of the related threads for about a dozen or more frankly excellent ideas.
PS: industrial assignment are horrendous - industrial characters at level 1 that get the manufacturing assignments basically get to run on the terrain for about 10 minutes, then sit in terminal for another 20 minutes waiting for their job to finish - all the while having to spend all the NIC they got from the previous assignment on the manufacturing itself.
PSS: tutorial is 95% awesome now - hire a talented voice actress and have the audio sounds sci-fi to get it to 100%
PSSS: get rid of the dumb credit icon; it's a mess of yellow pixels and frankly looks stupid in an otherwise reasonably organized and clean UI. There's plenty of stuff that can use good icons.