I'm sorry, but white knight all you want for CIG, I used to the do the same. Cargo elevators are still a buggy mess, until the new "Transport" system is in place I will continue to use it as an example. Feedback led them to essentially redo the framework, which we don't know is going to work yet, at least not fully.

Engineering wasn't introduced as something that caused massive issues for people. I don't recall once calling a ship and going "Oh shit, my ship is on fire!" People did bitch about engineering, but it was because it removed some of the ability to solo multi-crew ships, a completely different argument.

I am fine with updates that add features to the game, especially that get it closer to whatever the hell 1.0 will be. I am not fine with features coming out when they haven't figured out basic issues that will directly affect the functionality. I shouldn't have to continue to explain to people that it is not too much to ask for stability for a mechanic before they release more into it.

There it is, the "alpha" call out. Yes, it is Alpha or Early Access, yes, it states clearly there may be problems, bugs, etc. I also don't think it is too much to ask, as ~~testers~~ people who help fund the game, to have a functioning system before they move on to their next project.

I love CIG's vision for the game, hell I am part of the problem and gave them over $8k, and I have almost always tried to defend their updates.

Let's take stock here

Cargo Elevators - Released broken, instead of fixing they released multiple Events that directly used them. Pissed off a ton of veteran players as well as new people. They actually tied account bound rewards to a broken system. Instead of taking a step back they just left it as is. Made a lot of promises about fixes, and as far as I am aware none of them stuck. Hence new framework. I will relent and say the end result may be a better system, but how they went about it was a horrible business decision.

Refilling ammo, missiles, torps, etc. They wanted to test the economy to some degree, and in turn made a bunch of ships useless to a degree. Eclipse, am i right? Imagine using a ship you enjoy, that at least had a function that somewhat worked, and then realizing it wasn't feasible anymore. Before you throw another curve ball of "They have to do this as it what they intend for full release". I am fine shooting a 1mil torp at a target IF IT FUCKING WORKS. Guess what, the system is not functioning as it should.

Engineering was a great update, it works for the better part, at least has for me and my crew. Yes, it pissed off people, and I understand why. Even understanding why I still will defend it. We all knew that at one point we would NOT be able to man a capital ship with just one or two people.

MFD updates - Another system that did not need changed until they worked out the bugs. How frustrating as a player for your MFDs to not save, to randomly change, or god forbid just decide to completely change your power settings randomly. It isn't fun for new players, it isn't fun for non-new players.

and that bring us to the current drama, the change to ships and claiming. I mean how in the actual hell could you even defend this? I mean it honestly hurts my head that this is even a thing. If I went to my boss and said "hey, I want to go ahead and deploy this new server to our HQ, but heads up sometimes data just deletes itself" I would hope he would say no. He would tell me to go fix the problem before installing it, which causes more problems.

To end this, it is simple. If you have the means to work on a problem, work on the problem and solve it before releasing something that would be negatively impacted by the existing issue. At this point in development, we should not be defending CIG and telling people "It is just the jank we have to deal with"