I am confident FD is going to release a beautiful game with only a few minor bugs. That's really something for a 1.00 release. I am impressed with the progress, the rate of updates, the stability of the game. I have not experienced crashes, connection problems, bad framerates. I had issues with the controls resetting, but that vanished after wiping the 'save game' two times and after an update. Not sure what the problem was but it's fine. I have an issue with interdictions since they basically force you to become a crack flyer/fighter (in my opinion) before you can make serious money in safe systems, but things like that will be addressed if this bothers more people. If not I should just shut up about it and play other games.
I am happy with updates in changelogs and in Youtube videos and I know that feedback is read. if developers interact personally that's something really special, working towards a deadline is always a mad house. The quality of communication is more than you can ask, in my opinion. We are spoiled with modern communications. In the old days you could write a letter and hope for a reply in weeks or even months. You had to rely on reviews and interviews in the press. If you got a copy of a game or any software title a patch was really rare. If you bought a game and opened the package there was little chance for a refund, even if you bought a title by accident for another computer system, or for i.e. your computer with memory expansion while you didn't have that. It was 'take it or leave it'.