Actually, perhaps I've slightly misread your post and don't mind admitting it, so let's address that.
So effectively, because I haven't logged hours on an unfinished alpha with performance issues I'm not allowed any opinion that isn't positive? Or I'm wrong despite logging into the PU every few months, seeing the same problems then moving on? How delightful to know that now. Thanks folks
I've essentially said this already, but just in case it wasn't clear;
No, I'm saying that if you've barely scratched the surface and done very little in a game that you say you're not even interested in to begin with, then you aren't really in a position to firmly comment on it's state or make arguments about there not being a game, nor can you be surprised about not being able to fathom why others enjoy it and fund it.
Nobody's saying you can't criticise it, nobody's arguing with you about it taking far too long or being buggy and nobody's saying it's close to the finished article.
What IS being said is that despite it's shortcomings, it's a unique experience and there's plenty to do and much fun to be had. That's why people play it and it continues to make money and gain new players every day. There's no mystery here.
You also mentioned that some of your performance issues might be down to the E core thing, so there's that.
Off the top of my head, have you ever done stufff like:
- Get chased for 4hrs all over the system with a CS5 by random bounty hunters because you got a crimestat after your mate ran some guy over for flipping the bird at you on a moon outpost, who then returns in a ship and you blow him up after he tries to extort you?
- Break out or break someone else out of prison?
- Driven to the edge of an org controlled jumptown with a mate, gone the last km on foot and taken out multiple ships, vehicles and players with railguns and rifles before they got you?
- Multicrewed during Xenothreat?
- Done a night time cross country road trip with a bunch of mates in multiple vehicles, parked on top of a mountain and shot the breeze while watching the sun rise?
- Been out mining in the ROC while your dozy mate's in the ship and you've ended up being murdered and having your ship and cargo stolen by a bunch of Aussies who skillfully stalked you and crept up in the dark?
- Randomly met people in game, gone on adventures and ended up being good friends with some of those people years later?
- Take a chance on losing all your money by filling a C2/Cat with millions worth of cargo and playing roulette with pirates and 30k's? Now there's a surprising rush!
- Barely escaped after trying to take on a pirate extorting another player and all his mates show up out of nowhere raining hellfire?
- Visit Santa's grotto?
- Held a bunker from multiple teams of attacking bounty hunters while you and you mates clear crimestats because someone accidentally shot a security guard on an 890 mission and now you're all criminals because you've had to defend yourselves against all the people coming after you?
- Done a from orbit combat drop in a vehicle?
- Destroyed an Idris?
- Filled a MOLE with Quantanium and had to leave someone there as a marker because there's still another half a ship full left?
- Doing bounty hunting stakeouts, chasing them across the system, out of their ship and into a cave where they get the drop on you before being taken out by the other random hunter who landed after you?
- Sneak aboard someone's ship and leave it 20m in the air while they're spawning a vehicle just to be a nob?
- Been EMP'd in atmosphere and dropped to your death?
- Salvaged big ships as part of a Reclaimer crew, whether on the turrets or down in the hold?
- Explored different biomes on a planet or moon?
- Overdosed enemy players and dropped them from orbit?
- Become a drug runner?
- Fully crewed a Hammerhead and informed the entire server that Everus harbour now belongs to you and then enforced it?
- Pretended that you totally didn't see Humbug get intentionally murdered by 'friendly' fire?
Etc etc + all the legal and criminal missions, mission chains and a hundred other things I can't even remember doing in a game that apparently doesn't exist.
Whether or not any of that appeals to you, the point is, can you really say that you've played the game and experienced a lot of what it can offer, or have you hopped on briefly from time to time, seen a few glitchy things, flew from A to B then logged off without really doing anything of note?
Your experience may be valid to you, but it seems to be pretty limited based on what you've said.
