Hahaha I remember those days.... I loved playing all of the Wing Commander and Privateer games I just wanted a successor to that... I didn't really want all of this that is being created. I wanted them to tell me a good story and have it change depending on my success or failures. Yeah of course having all this scope in the game will be great when it is done.... but if its void of real content or narrative it would be many year wait for nothing.
Would I have purchased one of those expensive ships.... Nah, I am old school like most of us here. If I cannot touch it in real life I am not paying hundreds of dollars for it. I will earn any ship I have in game.
RSI/CIG in a way should treat us special we backed this game 7 years ago and are still waiting patiently for what we paid for. I load up the game like once a year to see how its progressing and if I need to upgrade my machine hahaha They should have focused on Squadron 42 first and put out some great content and built out a solid base and then start building on the open world portion of the gam (SC). So now we are stuck in pre-beta hell with two games being worked on in parallel, where possibly a snag in one can slow down development of the other.
I can't wait to finally play SQ42 I just hope I can see it before I turn 50

thats in about 2yrs hahaha come on RSI grant me a birthday present.