So, I've played almost no BR since 1.3. Had a baby, got busy, whatnot.
Decided to jump back in again tonight and give it a shot. Started out great...had a few beers and loaded up the M50.
Then the aces showed up and took me to school.
Ah well, I had a blast getting blown up. This game is so much fun, and it offers you so many different ways to have it.
There's going to be dogfighting and FPS, and then there's going to be non-combat roles like mining and cargo hauling. Whether you want to fight or just carve out your stake in a mineral-rich asteroid, I think this game is going to have something for everyone.
In the end, I'm hoping the exploration mechanic is really fleshed out. I want to look for dangerous anomalies, undiscovered species, and take a crew out into deep-space, looking for whatever unknown might be out there.
It's that stuff that I'm really looking forward to the most. As much as I love darting around in a dogfight, what I'm really looking forward to is loading up the Freelancer with a full hold, putting her on cruise control, and kicking back with a drink to enjoy the ride to the next system. Land on the dock and maybe slip into the local bar to drop some dancing emotes.
No doubt CIG has a lot of work ahead of them to make all this happen. If I have to wait a year, two years, that's fine. I think it will be worth the wait.