> only a "dogfighting" portion is currently playable. for most kickstarters/buyers, it's alpha 1.3 which has the hangar (ship previews/ weapons testing), comb

> only a "dogfighting" portion is currently playable. for most kickstarters/buyers, it's alpha 1.3 which has the hangar (ship previews/ weapons testing), combat (pew pew), flight (racing) and the social module (running around a small city level and emoting to other players). 1.3 is threadbare, but it's not designed for content, but to test server infrastructure and design choices. The UI is horrendous, combat is confusing, but you can get the sense of the art and an outline of how the game would work, if/when it were finished. Realistically, it's going to be 3 more years before the MMO aspect comes along, just to handle the scope creep of being a kickstarter project. (There will always be a new feature to test/design/fund, thus the time will get pushed back, sic.) Alpha 2.0 is being touted as the multi-crew module, but it's also integrating a lot of in development features to flesh out each of the segments in 1.3. The belief is, there'll be a "Persistent Universe" P.U. test solar system with ship movement, open combat areas, travel/navigation, AI crew on ships, trade and quests, before 2016. featuring most of the citizencon demo features from the video. A FPS combat module which will be a lot less polished, is coming out after that, sometime between january 2016 and the Squadron 42 game. Realistically, here's some videos of the current state of the game. i.e. The social Module in 1.3 https://youtu.be/38gofAbkilE?t=60 https://youtu.be/38gofAbkilE?t=60 MultiCrew, as demo'd for the con, is not ready. The press demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrpeLpQWzTk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrpeLpQWzTk covers some FPS, travel, and landing / takeoff. only recently have they refactored the UI i.e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSNZ6oWAjZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSNZ6oWAjZ8