I was under the impression you were an active player. I'm not very good at impressions tho...
Emphasis on the past tense, you are correct, I
was an active player, a very active player. You'll see my name written in the stars if you look closely enough.
When I returned a few months ago, I had already given up all hope on anything being fixed.
Me too, but I love being proven wrong in this regard. I never expected the system map to be fixed after all this time. I thought they would have done that in 4.0 with all the other UI changes, and when they didn't.. But supposedly here it comes in U15, and I must confess, I didn't see it coming!
I just enjoy ED for what it is now. There are no bugs that will cost me more than an hour of my time. That's a drop in the bucket compared to my overall time playing ED. I now see any fixes that affect me as almost miraculous.
I do get what you are saying, because the other space game that shall not be named has its own share of bugs, and I still enjoy it "for what it is now". Elite, not so much, but that may be because I had the pleasure of enjoying it "before the dark times, before the
Empire Odyssey."
Either way (your take on bugs vs. mine), this UI improvement re: carriers on the system map should not be controversial at all.
Everyone should be happy about it IMO.