Observers on beta should include lights and ewar. So you can get lone Observer and the  OBSERVER SQUAD!

Work won't mind you playing computer games instead of working! Pffft!

You can't win Zoom.
I just wish Alexadar would stop hounding me for almost everything I say. It's got to the point where I say ANYTHING he turns around and says "You're not a GM and the Devs hate you" or words to that effect.

Such nice players this community has.
*Bitter Mode*

This game needs SOME limitations of supply.
The price of hauling is usually included in production/market prices so I think having something that is limited is a good thing.

It's easy to find and harvest a lithus load of stuff but currently it's not hugely valuable. I would expect to see prices for items that require Helio to increase in price.

Also Recycling gets a HUGE amount of minerals back from junk and as Helio is used mostly in simple materials it's easy to farm all day and get a nice stockpile for production without even looking at a harvester.

This was a very smart move but I think lowering trial restrictions was a MUCH smarter move.
It's left the barn door open for abuse but it wouldn't be a sandbox if SOMEONE didn't abuse it.

REMOTE MINE ACTIVATION.

This thread is now totally off-topic.
Beacon drop rate is perfectly fine in my opinion.
Thus this is down to the devs and not us weak mortals.

Indeed, modules cost more than just their minerals and build cost. CTs can become very expensive and get more expensive the more they're used.

Working out the real mineral cost of a item before you produce it is very difficult.

This has always been in issue for some reason. Memory leaks have been plugged and created almost every patch.
To ensure stability when running multiple clients you need to run at least 2GBs of RAM per client. The client wasn't designed to be run multiple times so past 3 or 4 accounts online at once there isn't a huge amount of support.

However I'd love if they fixed the memory creep because after 3 hours I notice a difference on two clients.

Insurance covers build cost, not purchase cost. If you want cheaper robots, make some friends in trade channel or find a corporation who should always be able to sell cheaper than the open market.

Missions are getting a revamp. They'll become beacon based which means that the NPCs will spawn in small waves already tagged to you for 1 hour (Assumed because that's how artifacts currently work). Assignments are very easy to make a bit of extra NIC from but they aren't a great income. The only real reason to do assignments is for relation. It's much more effective to stay at a spawn for 20 minutes longer (The travelling time taken to get back to the terminal and back to the spawn again).

The world isn't large but it's already been doubled in size before when a lot of new players joined. As previously stated assignments are changing and they're already half way through changing the way they work.

You're correct in saying that the new player experience is poor. The low level NPCs swarm new players and without special pre-tagged spawning mechanics there isn't any you can do against older players farming better than you. It's a shame that SWG has destroyed your faith in MMOs.

This game has come a long way in a very short time and it's JUST starting to pick up again. Come the end of the week I believe there is a patch planned that should really get people back in and playing.

It would be really nice if the new player experience could be focused on but we know the old vets are out there waiting to come back but retaining new players is much harder.

Some very nice feedback here, if a little negative.

T4 is fine as it is.
T3 is a worthy substitute.
Gropho fitting T1 is laughable but you'd be surprised that it can do.

Fit mighty Gropho with T1 and die easily.
Fit mighty Gropho with T4 and feel like king!

I believe that there should be SOME random spawns guarding "Something". The rest should be roaming spawns and beacons.

More NPC based events and intrusions. NPC ambushes. Anything that removes static grind but leaves it as an option.
Got to remember solo play though. Alpha should have more random spawns and less roaming spawns where beta should have few random spawns but they should be guarding something good. Then increase roaming spawns on beta that when attacked spawn reinforcements.