I can't believe how difficult the game is and how punishing the game is for every decision a player can make.
It could actually be really fun but no, the player is constantly stripped of all ships, due to clicking on the wrong piece of space or going down a wrong jump hole.
Missions are all pretty much the same, there doesn't seem to be any real aim after completing the tutorial mission.. Or Story, even after this many years in development..
* There seems hardly any point in amassing a fleet and trying to fight pirates or anything, it always results in a loss of earnings, non profitable. *
Bounty hunting seems the only legit reason to even fight in this game, or to defend yourself, which is all the time..
Supplies are required way too much for everything, and are way too expensive to replace, doesn't make the game fun at all, it's just an outright chore to play..
So disappointing, I preferred the game in its early alpha, why have you had to make it so complicated and difficult to play?
This post from another fella also puts it quite well:
The ratio of cost/reward is horrificly unbalanced. I slowly but surely get drained of resources to the point where I'm stuck in a random sector somewhere, out of fuel, and unable to do anything. As you progress the AI ships and fleets get bigger and more powerful, requiring you to match or outmatch what you would normally encounter. This means more resources, fuel, etc to keep playing the game. Eventually those resources run dry. There's no way to "farm" anything in this game, as every attempt you make after the first attempt yields less resources at a heavier resource drain to do said farming.
I've been waiting for an update that alleviates this. I've had SS sitting on my desktop, staring me in the face, saying "hey, play me". But I put about 20 hours into this game the first month I picked it up, and haven't played it since. As it stands, if this game were on steam, I would give it a negative review. I feel like I threw $20 away on a game that is so punishingly hard, the mechanics make it so that you are beaten down to the point of defeat just as you are getting your feet off the ground. The push to constantly explore new sectors, that get farther and farther away, at the increased cost of fuel and resources, only to find nothing in those sectors, really makes it so that you can never beat this game. It is literally impossible to beat this game. And I don't want the hardcore super experienced players say "just keep playing it". I'm telling you, as a newbie to this game, I find it unplayable, and I have put it down months ago and haven't come back to it.
Of course, fan boy hate is incoming, surely other people must experience this?