With over 100+ hours on 4.0, I'd like to weigh in on the launch that may or may not still be happening this year. The Good: This patch, regardless of what some say, is a massive step forward. Between the contested zones, new missions, server meshing, jump points, tons of beautiful planets/POI's, new smuggling routes, economy changes, new mining/salvaging opportunities, and a full wipe (I'm sure more stuff I missed) this is shaping up to be an amazing patch. The Bad: With the introduction of SM has lead to massive desync in both ships and FPS gameplay, invisible players in FPS (because of exaggerated desync), hit reg issues, FPS gun handling issues, hangers and elevators not working, missions still not working properly in Pyro mainly, airlocks locking up after 1 use at FOB's and POI's, falling through planets, and many more problems. While some patches have been "good" at first usually these problems only show themselves after the 24-48 hour mark. The Problem: We will not be able to recopy our account on live, if this patch goes live and you can't use elevators at Ruin/CM/Orbituary that's it until the next patch. CZ's become pointless with this much desync, doing missions at new locations doesn't matter if we're just going to fall through the planet or the mission breaks. Not to mention PTU always preforms better than live by a large margin. EX: New player tutorial for 3.24 PTU was working almost 100% of the time (tested countless times myself), after launch it's maybe 50/50 because of a broken step, elevator, hanger. CIG, please do not release this patch unless you are sure you can provide a "playable" experience. I'm not asking for perfect, just playable. I'm sure even some people reading this now are thinking "no, we've been waiting long enough". Sure, so send it to OPEN PTU asap and let the build cook. We either are waiting because it's unplayable on live, or we get to test on PTU until it is. The latter sounds way better considering the amount of people that are "waiting on 4.0 to play again" is huge. There will only be one 4.0 launch! I love this game and want this patch to get the hype it deserves! There's some amazing content in it that with servers working is extremely fun. No matter what you do, we're counting on you guys at the top to make the right decision. Thanks for reading, Berks