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Backers got unlimited insurance…
This needs clarification. Early backers got "unlimited" or lifetime insurance as it's called (LTI) only on ship hulls (there is also insurance for cargo and equipment that everyone will have to pay). Lifetime insurance has also made a comeback on certain concept ship sales and it can still be bought if you buy one of the expensive packages so it's not really exclusive to early backers anymore either.
However, in the final game it is only supposed to be a small perk for early backers and everyone else who has it. Ben Lesnick of CIG has gone as far as saying literally that "LTI will not matter" so the whole circus around it is absolutely inexplicable.
Anyone who does not have LTI will just have to renew hull insurance on a regular basis (every few months or years) for a small fee and you can be certain there will be HUGE warning signs if you try to take off in an uninsured ship so you can't really forget it either. It's just a very minor inconvenience to not have LTI.
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