also what is the status on AI fleets? Will they be fixed in the next patch?
They don't spawn or activate correctly, our of range, essentially dead in the water. But will sometimes come to life surprisingly if you try to board them. While Pirates and Trade guild are broken the already limited gameplay is massively decreased.
The AI at least should be working every release. Otherwise what do players have to do than PvP? The AI constantly getting more and more broken is my biggest concern atm. For me this is the number one thing currently that needs addressing before telporters and racing gates.
Such a large universe needs life to not feel empty and dead. As others have stated I can honestly see racing being a one hit wonder. These kind of space games such activities only ever draw a small percentage of players from experience and only for a short term before the novelty wears off, or players cannot find anyone else willing to race.
While it might be a addition that spawned off another game mechanic, I think it should be put on hold until other gameplay that would appeal to the greater community and not the minority was implemented or fixed. Once again for example, working AI ships.
Here's hoping the new launcher with more frequent news and possible surveys might give the devs a better idea of what the majority of players may want or expect or encourage more playing the game to visit the fgorums and put in their 2 cents worth.
Sorry if some of us get a little frustrated when we aren't in the loop and only have very little info to rely on and we get the impression gameplay wise development appears to be going in the wrong direction.
This is though after all why we're pay-testing StarMade, to provide feedback both positive and negative, if we don't voice our concerns Schine won't be aware of them.
