If we’re truly “testing” or logging in to provide metrics for future gameplay, then why do we have events? If this is a test, why don’t we ever get answers like: “Here’s what this month taught us, here’s what broke, and here’s what we fixed.” And before anyone says, “they already post weekly and monthly updates,” that’s exactly the point those updates don’t actually connect to what happened in the game or what changed for backers. There’s no accountability, no follow‑through, and no clear line between the issues we experience and the fixes they claim. If we’re making things better, why is there still no foundation to the game? No stable physics. No consistent flight or atmospheric behavior. No baseline systems that everything else can safely build on. Why are we still in fundraising mode when one mission install can break another? How did NPC patrols go from “alive and everywhere” to “basically gone”? Why does it feel like we’re stuck on a perpetual merry‑go‑round of “Known issues” → “We’re investigating” → “Next patch will fix it” → "Check out this Feature" → “Known issues” → “We’re investigating.” → with no real forward movement? I’m not here to burn it down, and I’m not here to defend everything. I just want the project to do right by doing better, to reward good development behavior instead of using “it’s alpha” whenever something collapses under its own weight. And here’s my point, and my question to anyone who wants to chime in: If we want to start turning the lights back on in here, we need to ask something simple: What type of game is this? Is Star Citizen an FPS? A space sim? A lifestyle sandbox? A tech demo? A long‑term experiment? Something else entirely? We all bought into something, but clearly CIG can’t appease every vision at once. So what’s the majority rule? What game are we actually funding towards? Because if “Alpha” is going to keep being the shield for broken → new → broken → patch → break → hotfix → break → next patch, then at the very least we deserve clarity on the destination. What game is Star Citizen supposed to be? CIG says it's a "SANDBOX MMO" 3 concepts together, "PVP, PVE, Non-Combat," an Open Universe. What do you think, what part of that did you pledge specifically? thanks to @Haegemonk for the video below