The game is in alpha, no one is arguing with that point. However, when CIG's PR is selling it as a "playable" game, Then PU has to be stable. "stable" in this context would be the ability to log in, call your ship, fly around, try the features (missions, mining, salvaging, etc.), bugs are still to be expected. When PU is not in a stable state, such as 3.18, the use of "this is an alpha" is not a valid reason for the state of the game. In summary, think about when you should defend CIG, rather than blindly defending CIG (by throwing "this is an alpha" around) whenever something negative is said about them. a video on the same topic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zi6ccGLJ_Q&ab_channel=Farrister Edit: I'm seeing some people trying to respond and explain the game is an "Alpha", read the first sentence of the thread, "The game is in alpha, no one is arguing with that point." Here is the TLDR in case you missed the point of the thread: To the people that are blindly defending CIG, "Alpha" is not an excuse for every situation. If you want to know when it should not be used, see the 3.18 example above, or the video. Edit 2: For those people having reading comprehension problems and labelling this thread as whining and complaining, I'll make it even simpler for you: Game is being sold as "Playable" The ability to log in is the most basic feature for any playable game, this statement is true even for an alpha Game is playable when anyone (not just you) who purchased the game can log in, otherwise the game is NOT playable, this statement is also true even for an alpha Now, apply the above to the other basic features such as calling your ship, fly your ship, when these don't work, then the game is also not in a playable state. Therefore, in this context the usage of "this is an alpha" by white knights is irrelevant, misleading, and simply an attempt to twist words, gaslight, and troll. If you don't understand this then you may want to move on rather than responding, because your wall of text is off-topic and has no bearing to the topic being raised by the OP.