Geddon

There's no patent on Square Enix's Cross Bar for Final Fantasy XIV (example), which allows for up to 48 button inputs on a standard console controller without switching hotbars, and then there are 8, 16-button hotbars easily accessible with a simple button combo. And that doesn't even consider the fact that you can plug in a USB mouse/keyboard to your PS4 to play the game that way. They intentionally didn't patent the Crossbar design to allow other MMOs to incorporate it if they wanted to. Like, have you forgotten that Discord exists? The idea that playing on a controller can't be done just as well as with a mouse & keyboard is simply a decades old concept that has no basis in reality with modern technology. It's just tired & lazy gatekeeping. That being said, I totally understand NQ's decision to solely focus on mouse/keyboard oriented UI & controls for the foreseeable future. They're a relatively small development team and can't split their manpower & resources otherwise they risk not being able to fulfill their dev roadmap for DU. I'd rather they get the game completed with a m/kb UI than having to allow the quality of the game to suffer in order to incorporate another control scheme.

Some years back, in Second Life in the BSG Pacifica sim before they got lawyered by Universal, I played a human trader from Tauron. I'm partial to the new Galactica design; I like over-engineered, variable configurations in my capital ships.

Looking forward to finally playing this game in the next few months. Plan to eventually build a space station to act as a trading hub, and a big carrier ship to explore with. Huge fan of Stargate, Wars, and Trek, as well as Battlestar Galactica and Metal Gear, so much of my inspiration will come from those. I think it's awesome that somebody has already made one ship inspired by Stargate, I look forward to buying the blueprints off of them. Once the NDA is lifted, I'll be streaming the game on Twitch whenever I'm not bogged down with homework.