Since I haven’t seen anyone post this, I thought I’d share the new Star Engine demo video from Cloud Imperium Games.

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    The only time you have to wait for the ship is if it’s destroyed or lost. If you fly it to the station or landing zone and stow it, the delivery is immediate.

    And you can buy and rent ships in-game, using in-game money. This is about preventing you from instantly jumping back in the same ship repeatedly which could have huge implications for PvP, for instance.

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      The point still stands though. Arbitrary time restrictions like this make it more difficult to enjoy the game because you don’t get to fly the cool spaceships anymore, now you’re stuck on land or in a station somewhere until the timer expires.

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        Or, you know, you could

        a) do stuff there since the landing locations are not just empty waiting rooms,

        b) use another ship that you bought (in-game),

        c) use another ship that you rent (in-game), or

        d) fly/ get a ride with someone else.

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          Exactly. One could spend at least 10 mins just getting provisions like food liquids and gear by walking/running across the station and trams. Plenty to do with how spaced out (no pun intended) the facilities are. Maybe they should put ship insurance kiosks near the apts so that by the time you get to the space port you’d have to wait a minimum amount of time.

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      Those are excellent points if the game wasn’t a broken mess where your ship will blow up on the pad for no reason. It’s a tech demo, they even say as much, so I don’t understand why you have to insist that it’s a real game that people totally play for realsies. There are like 14 people who play the current iteration seriously, everyone else are just trying to keep up to date on the status of SC.

      I would be a much bigger fan of SC if I didn’t have to grind for days to experience half of what this tech demo wants to demo me. Are we alpha testers or are we suckers? Also the game ate my money, anyway.

      The time restriction will make sense when there is a game to play, not while it’s a tech demo.

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        There are like 14 people who play the current iteration seriously, everyone else are just trying to keep up to date on the status of SC.

        At this point you are just flailing.

        If you actually had any clue about SC or had bothered to Google it, you’d know DAU numbers (50,000 average daily players across all regions, in 2022), and you’d never have made such an inane claim.

        And no, CIG does not call it a tech demo, they call it an alpha, the 2 of which are not remotely similar.

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          I’d like to meet those 50000 average daily players, because they sure aren’t on any of the server I play on.

          I’m glad you’re having fun. This is not a reasonable response to criticism of your favorite space toy simulator. I have invested money into this, too. I also want it to thrive. I hope you have a lovely day.

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            “I’m just spreading literal, factual misinformation, but if you call me out directly then you’re being unreasonable and rude.”