Me, when I saw the Beta End announcement...

[Morbad]

dunno, how about a very highly finished polished beta build first?

Even the live release isn't going to be polished, and will need five patches to get to the roughly hewn, but largely serviceable, state.

Should a dedicated explorer wait for the Phantom or is it better to have the MK2 with the SLF?

Do you like SLFs?

If you do, the answer is pretty straight forward.

 

[Pville_Piper]

Should a dedicated explorer wait for the Phantom or is it better to have the MK2 with the SLF?

Decisions, decisions...

Well for me, I'll be outfitting and up grading a Cobra IV for mining in my main account... Not sure what to do with my second account.

 

[Brett C]

Right and be able to keep our progress too!

What happens on PTS, remains on PTS.

 

[777Driver]

Should a dedicated explorer wait for the Phantom or is it better to have the MK2 with the SLF?

As a dedicated explorer I wold take neither, only the Anaconda or T-10 (I like to pack everything including the kitchen sink) For exploring whilst traveling light, MK2 trumps the Phantom in my books.

 

[Azirphaeli]

Sign me up on the "not touching live until I get my FSS back" crew. I'm far from the nearest port and I'm not fine with honking about anymore.

I do hope they address the balancing and mechanic issues with mining given it's clearly one of, if not the, major addition to this release. If the game's release with the PWS still working the same way.... *sigh*

Still don't understand how those issues made it to beta TBH, without anyone at FD seemingly raising an eyebrow?

It seems a large portion of the beta was for testing that it worked first, then to worry about the balance. They fixed motherlode mining already by adding in the new materials. Now it's just a matter of subsurface mats and it'll be a good place.

I'm more interested in a final balance pass for the Mamba. Fixing the heat issue but then nerfing it all around seemed silly. Fix the heat, but keep it the way it was!

 

[Dutchman141]

What happens on PTS, remains on PTS.

Huh what? You guys experience the Beta as Post Traumatic Stress?
That's not a good sign my dear fellow, not good at all

 

[Morbad]

I'm more interested in a final balance pass for the Mamba. Fixing the heat issue but then nerfing it all around seemed silly. Fix the heat, but keep it the way it was!

They didn't nerf it all-round, the changes are a net improvement to it's combat capabilities...it's just less unique than it was was before, which makes it's niche even smaller.

 

[Azirphaeli]

They didn't nerf it all-round, the changes are a net improvement to it's combat capabilities...it's just less unique than it was was before, which makes it's niche even smaller.

Well, I guess that's what I mean by nerf. I don't want new ships to be "better" than other ships, I want them to feel different. The mamba had a heat issue, but the way it moved felt different enough from the FDL to make it feel like like a new ship. Now they fixed the heat, but also made it feel like an FDL with different hardpoints. Meeeeeh.

 

[Dbrn47]

Don't worry, The Beeta™ never actually ends, it just gets moved to the live servers. You'll have plenty of time to run into bugs and report them after deployment.

 

[Bunkerkind Anni]

Why? That just means we can get the full thing released soon

for me, thats even more a reason to post the meme of the OP.
there are still so many unresolved things about the new mining system, FSS and whatever new mechanics got into the beta.

i am still waiting for the promised "lighting upgrade". currently i only see post processing effects applied that we could have done with reshade too,
and fake light from dark sides beeing removed in exchange for night vision.
The engine still doesn't support multiple stars as light sources.