Imagine dropping a massive update for a game on a Friday, when people are looking forward to playing it over the three-day weekend, only for it to cause issues. This is the exact problem that the Star Citizen developer, Cloud Imperium Games, is currently facing.
Star Citizen's hardcore fanbase didn't take very long to make their complaints heard after the crowdfunded sim was largely inaccessible following the "biggest Star Citizen update yet."
The Alpha build 3.18 promised to usher in the addition of the Persistent Entity Streaming feature, which would let players leave their mark in-game. For example, items would remain after death while their cargo would look like an actual physical storage unit that others can move around.
The said update will also introduce several highly anticipated experiences into the game, like the salvaging profession, prison missions, and racing, among several others.
All of the new additions are certainly welcome to Star Citizen, which has remained in "alpha" state for over a decade despite raising more than half a billion dollars already.