Lets sum it up:
FD had not much for gamescom (no News about 2.3, 2.4, Season 3, not even a schedule), so they announced a "mega-event" for today. They didn´t even code a single line for this "event" but forcing their interns to fly ingame to keep us "entertained". That forces us into open, which is NOT my preferred playing style due to those pewpewkids having fun blewing us out of the sky just for teh lulz. Not mentioning instancing problems, server disconnects.
Worst ingame experience in 2 years of playing. Really.
If it weren't for the fun I had flying my ship around with friends on planets while we
killed time during this hyped up event I would uninstall the game right now. I love ED but I am just so let down by FD now, after a number of completely unacceptable updates they throw this cold dish at us. And this is meant to get us hyped for 2.2. At least it's probably representative of the quality we can expect in future.
We in Australia stayed up till nearly 3 in the morning on a work night for this, and NOTHING. We got even more shafted than the players in the UK or USA, because thanks to FD never
bothering to make functional their instancing system, we could not have possibly even taken part! What an absolutely shady, nasty way to treat an entire nation in the culmination of a year long story full of frustration and painstaking slow progress!
I can't put in to words how disappointed and ripped off I feel. This game always has issues, and we make excuses because we want this aspect of the game - but FD can't even deliver on that! Sick of the excuses! I'm done till there's a formal apology for the issues and a guarantee that they're resolved.