Glad you could handle the wall of text!

The reason for my posting was because of the launch on Steam. I think this is a very great decision for increasing the player base before launch. I also think it could be a bad idea... first impressions stick with a lot of gamers.

I don't think ladders are a great idea. Freedom of movement is stressed and also a big selling point of the game (as advertised in the parkour on the trailer). Most locations can be accessed due to mastery of movement. Locations that cannot be accessed by mastery of movement are either not intended ...

Some context: I've been playing Elite for about a month now. When Open Beta was released, a couple of my good buddies signed up. They're really enjoying the game, playing on their off time when I'm not on, and are pretty entry-level FPS players. The following feedback is a combination of all of our ...