Then you start to believe that maybe this isn't going to eventually work out, that maybe the game's sales have peaked. The problem occurs when you run out of faith, usually after a complete cluster fuck of bugs like in my case. You consider the potential of the game and think it's going to be ok. You just say, “oh well, I'll build something else, there's so much potential” and move on. While you still hold the overriding belief that eventually everything is going to be good, even if the end goal is quite modest, you overlook the fact that a rotor just tore through your hull, or that PMW are broken, or that the framerate is never smooth, or that survival is bland. Not only that, you could build individual systems for your creations, such as weapons, cockpits, ECM systems, all sorts. It's the creativity it allows, it's beautiful. I know this, because I was optimistic about SE for years.īut then it dawned on me, I don't really like SE any more, it doesn't really work properly and it mostly just irritates me these days. Even now, many will be happy to defend the recent updates, despite them being pretty dodgy and breaking some of the games best features. It's easy to defend SE's faults and accept the mistakes if there is the belief that one day it will come good, that SE will become a fun, unique and functional game. Lots of people love the idea of SE so much they are blind to the reality of SE. This is how I see it and I don't think I'm alone: Welder distances have been changed, the launcher design can no longer be compact. Got it, new UFAC with a tiny MLRS, just like the Wildcat, but really small, that system still works. Umm, er, what can I build that isn't affected by all these bugs. There is now no option to switch drills when they are on a piston, despite this being a feature for years. You think you know what is coming don't you? No, actually *builds prospecting vehicle* Ok, I've kept this relatively simple, let's give it a go, I’ll keep things simple and just do things manually, I'll set up timers in a bit. I once built a vehicle with a piston drill for a contest, I bet I could do that concept in a much more efficient way now. Ok, how about a vehicle, they are relatively slow. Ships are too fast, I'll need to do something slower. maybe I was optimistic about rotor, I should have known better. *accelerates to max speed, turns about 30 degrees to the left* CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG! Big holes in the nacelles, all rotors have gone. Dakka, dakka, dakka! Awesome, ok, time for a test drive, this is a pretty fast Battlecruiser, better sets the auto-lock on the turrets to a safe margin, say 65m/s. *mounts and sets up turrets* Ok, lets try this out. *Builds Battlecruiser, takes ages, but coming together nicely* Right, time for some rotor turrets, nothing crazy, small grid on large base, 4 gats. It'll be awesome, loads of PMW, loads of turrets, composite armour, drone hangar, absolute badassery. *builds and releases a guided missile MLRS Corvette, makes the FP* Well that went well, bit of a shame about this new armour texture and the lag while welding, but no worries, it was a fun concept.Ī Battlecruiser, that's what I need, a proper capital ship for space. Merges are broken still, but no problem, I've seen a sweet Gatling release mechanism on Reddit, I think I can use it to build a MLRS, maybe even guided missiles. No worries, I'll build something else and come back to it later. Oh wait, no, merges are broken, the containers fall off. *Builds planetary lifter using modular containers to lift any cargo type to space in 1x* Nice, this is going to be good, maybe I'll build a stellar freighter and a ground base to go with it. I see a lot of planetary freighters and think “That's not going to actually lift much cargo, not enough thrust, I can do better”. Not a problem, I'll build something else and come back to it. I'm going to build a Missile Frigate for the workshop, it's looking good, nice lines, six guided missiles. This is quite a long post, and not particularly optimistic. I thought I'd share how I feel about SE, in case anyone else thinks the same, but mostly just to get it off my chest.
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