[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;48411690]Anytime is a good time to get in if you're prepared for the alpha experience. It's quite playable (where playable means you can fly single-seater ships in a 20km-wide map in round-based gameplay), but it's still very unfinished. When the fps and multicrew modules drop later this year, that'll expand the horizons of the game, but only so much--the fps module's coming with one new map with another (zero-g sport arena) being polished, and multicrew will come with a new, huge map.
[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1446574"]We have a small community of people[/URL] getting organized again (after months of not bothering because the matchmaking was too unstable--the hacked-together system they were using has been tossed and replaced with a proper one), so you'll have opportunities to fly with other FPers, so there'll be something to do.
Basically, if you want to participate in the game as it's built and give feedback and test things, jump in. If not, wait.
On the topic of ship pricing, you can now rent ships and equipment using in-game credits earned from gameplay, allowing you to try out and fly ships without spending real money on them. However, the rate at which rental credits are earned changes as they balance it (first it was way too generous, then it was nerfed to Scrooge levels, and it's bounced around towards the middle since), so I don't have any solid info on setting expectations as to how grindy it'll be.
[highlight]BY THE WAY[/highlight]
Everyone who wants to try SC out without buying in can play single-player for free this week until the 17th, with all flyable ships (except for two very specific alien ones, AFAIK). [URL="https://robertsspaceindustries.com/promotions/gamescomflyfree2015"]Use this link[/URL] with this code: [B][U]GAMESCOM2015[/U][/B]
...and then download 25GB. Note the system specs, they're steep and the game is unoptimized. You may also get a 15% discount on the two $45 starter packages after the end of the promo period but don't quote me on that.[/QUOTE]
Your fucking awesome.
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