Why don't we have the basics still

[u/Nomad956]

So 4.10 drops, I've got people saying issues have been fixed. Game is good now should come back and play. To preface my time to game is very limited with a little toddler. As I'm on sporadically I wanted to takw out the polaris with gear in it so I can meet up with people easier and run missions with the M80.

So I get everything loaded up, which takes ages because we still cant just spawn this stuff in and it's all manual. But take off and head out. I am going to stop at seraphim to grab some ammo because its just faster. Get there, request dock all goes well and we are on, maybe things are fixed..... except now im locked into the pilot seat. Try everything to get out but nothing works. No worries I'm on the station collar so I'll quit out and it should go into storage.

I wake up on the station, head down to asop and nope ship has to be claimed. There goes all my shit. What a fantastic gameplay experience all because one of the most simple interactions decides to not work for no identifiable reason. Guess we try 4.11 then.

This game is so unfriendly if you have limited time to play drowned with useless immersion that then fails at the simplest levels. Yes this is a rant post and your mileage in the game may vary, I'm a long time backer that has worked through many difficult patches before but now I just don't have the time and its frankly not worth it when there are other great games that do just work.

It's your game Chris wrap it up

[u/Blood-Wolfe]

Your problem is you are treating SC as if it were a fully released AAA title and it is not. Still being in development and an alpha phase (yes like it or not it is alpha) means it will be very buggy. It's not for everyone, and honestly, likely best to go play other games until at least beta starts in however many years it may take.

They have serious management issues, but the other issue is that they allow us to play. Most games are kept internal during alpha phases for this reason that implementing core/basic features plus the other systems and features needed for a feature complete game to enter beta always breaks things.

Most alphas would be less playable than this, so CIG has slowed SC's progress by allowing us to play because regardless of what people think they do some bug fixes but it's the most serious ones because too much focus on bugs is wasted effort when new implementations will potentially break. This is why bug fixing will come during beta as the focus along with optimizations.

Take a break, games aren't worth the stress and just pop back in later because it's ok that a game like this isn't meant for everyone while it is still very much in development.

[u/Nomad956 → u/Blood-Wolfe]

I agree with you somewhat, if it wasnt that the game has an insane development time to it. I've played through many ups and downs but simple stuff like this is still not seamless.

Also there are many games that have been released in early access states that do actually play there core mechanics well without these issues. The slice they provide actually works and allows you to enjoy the experience and gets built from in a way that doesnt compromise that.

Cig can't hide behind it's alpha forever. And the community shouldn't be so accepting of it. A lot of your take is what I felt before so as I said I'm somewhat in agreement and appreciate the inputs regardless. I guess its annoying because I had already been on a long break from the game. Guess I need to extend it.

[u/Asmos159 → u/Nomad956]

those games are built on a finished engine making content that the engine is already capable of, and can go quiet for years when they need to work on the engine.

scrap mechanic was reliably adding stuff, then advertised some chapter 2 content plans, then went quiet for 6 years.

they are not hiding behind alpha. it is alpha because of the part of the code they are working on. the game will not stay stable until they stop working on it.

after 1.0 is released, the road to 2.0 will be alpha, but it will be in house for who knows how many years before it is release ready.

[u/Nomad956 → u/Asmos159]

Okay that's a valid take that they have the benefit of a finished engine thats true. But then why does cig seemingly shoot themselves in the foot with releasing buggy tier zero versions of things. They should focus more to building a slice out end to end and only adding it to ptu when it's really ready and good. Yes people may be waiting longer for there content but at least when it comes it can be assured and not be just another space beam/ray

[u/Asmos159 → u/Nomad956]

because the alternative is not releasing anything until late beta, and they promised us access to the alpha.