I dunno, the whole moaner thing can be overstated. I mean if they genuinely hated the game, they'd simply drop it, not play it and never visit the forums, let alone post in them. Someone who makes agonised posts about how the game is completely broken and unplayable and it'll be dead in a week unless
their specific fix is implemented right away is actually very obviously invested in the game, cares about it and wants more. That's the problem in fact. They've lost so much perspective because they care about the game far too much. I've seen people say it's ruined everything, or that Frontier are the worst company in the world. These are clearly people who have ended up a little too invested in the game - they may have lost touch with how to politely interact with other people because of it, but it
is a kind of twisted testament to how much they care.
And honestly, there are actually tons of threads which are people asking for help and getting it, or having reasonable discussions and generally not acting like their whole world is collapsing around their ears because a videogame isn't perfect for them yet
For my part, I've looked back to December and discovered I've only played other games for a matter of minutes. I'm a little bit scared by how many hours seem to have disappeared into Elite without me realising it. And the emotional experiences I've had so far have cast other gameplay experiences so far into shadow I can barely see them anymore. I
still feel a lurch in my stomach when I open the Galaxy Map and see the whole Milky Way laid out for me in 1:1 scale as a playground.
I'm honestly not sure how I'll react when planetary landings come in. Since I actually broke down in tears when I found my first undiscovered Earth-like (there are extenuating circumstances!), I have a suspicion it's going to be embarrassing
