<SporkWitch>
it shouldn't be surprising. I'd have to look up when science mode was added in KSP1, but I'd wager that's where you saw the big spike and sustained player counts. The fact that KSP1 exists and has an extensive modding ecosystem only exacerbates this issue. Sandbox alone isn't enough to keep a lot of people (myself included) engaged; I bought at launch to support the project and because I've no
<SporkWitch>
doubt we'll get what's promised, eventually.
<sandbox>
If You Build It, They Will Come...
<sandbox>
they launched before they built it
<SporkWitch>
to be fair, they didn't want to launch it when they did. Was a pretty obvious publisher push. We know from what they've shown, interviews, and data mining, that EVERYTHING is at somewhere around the 70% mark. They didn't intend to do EA. Forcing them to break it into pieces for an EA release introduced added complexity and delays, and they can't move to the next milestone until the core stuff
<SporkWitch>
in the current one is 99%
<sandbox>
full price early access is never a good idea in my book
<SporkWitch>
wasn't full price
<SporkWitch>
at the time, 60USD was standard MSRP for a full game, 70USD for latest gen consoles.
<packbart>
at least they have the decency to prefix version numbers with a 0.
* packbart
looks at Star Citizen eArLy AcCesS aLpHa version 3.21, 11 years into the making
<SporkWitch>
that's not actually an issue. there's no one way to do it, and Alpha 1.x is just as valid as 0.x; the fact it's appropriately labeled an alpha (as it's feature-incomplete) is what matters. When it graduates to beta, SC will in all likelihood reset the numbering
* X
asserts is validity under all naming schemes
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<darsie>
.mission add You put an unmanned probe in keostationary orbit piloted by Valentina.
<LunchBot>
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<FLHerne>
.outcome add The object of this expedition is to see if you can find any traces of last year's expedition.
<LunchBot>
Added outcome: The object of this expedition is to see if you can find any traces of last year's expedition.
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<FLHerne>
.mission add The KCC orders you to submit details of your CommNet routing policy, but you instead submit "a .PNG file depicting an indiscernible object".
<LunchBot>
Added mission: The KCC orders you to submit details of your CommNet routing policy, but you instead submit "a .PNG file depicting an indiscernible object".
<FLHerne>
(other submissions included a printer test page and "a blank page that contained only the word 'NOTHING.'")
<FLHerne>
.outcome add Unfortunately, you are unable to can.
<LunchBot>
Added outcome: Unfortunately, you are unable to can.