Okay so it seems like the start of this event was a very CIG worthy fuck up
first they let 90% of the world wait and calm dow the anxious
potential new backers that couldn't access the game just to find out, through a 3rd party no-less, that it wasn't going to start on the 22nd at all but on the 23rd instead...at midnight (central europe)
'GREAT! Just while I'm at work and have no access to the internet'
was hoping to grab me some merch, but as expected the shirts were already sold out (if they ever were available in size M) when I got out from work...
then I saw someone posted a Video on reddit with fireworks and a
FUCKING JAVELIN! docking at Bajini Point!
'Awesome! I wasn't able to see the docking so let's not watch this now and atleast look at that beauty myself!'
Got home, turned on my pc and updated the game.
Now a nice cold beer and Let's Go!
...2h and a dozen crashes later (half of which I wasn't able to recover from) I finally managed to spawn a ship and jump to Bajini just to find......
the most beautiful thing I've ever seen wait there's nothing?
'No...nonononononononono...surely I'm still to far away right now...I mean 30 km that's quite a bit...'
get's closer 'Still nothing there...Maybe if I go there from inside the Station? There was that locked door at that security port after all.'
Lands and drowns the voice, that is telling him that he is in denial, in more beer during the 3.5km elevator ride...'See, I told you! It's open! Now I can finally go and look at...some empty space...................GREAT! I LOVE IT! LOOK AT THOSE STAIRS! AND THIS BEAUTIFUL CATWALK LEADING YOU TO NOTHING! AND THESE EMPTY LANDING PADS! WOW! I WISH I HAD THOSE! HAHAHAHA...EVERyTHING HERE IS SO BEAUTIFUL! HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH....'
proceeds to walk off the platform, fly about halfway to where he landed his ship and then just going for ALT+F4....
well...that was my Invictus Experience today....
but in all seriousness...what the fuck CIG? How hard can it be to just give us a Timezone? They can't just expect newbies to know that patches are handled by the team in texas right? And then also having the main attraction (especially for backers that have been following for a while, but haven't yet been swayed to spend some big money on the game) be gone after a couple of hours? (still hoping it was just a bug.....)
and people say that they're only after our money....only got me to by an(other) aurora + blue and 'gold' skin (should've ditched that blue as the gold is actually yellow anyway so it could make a nice TEST 'Stealth' Skin)
Well enough ranting for now as I'm drunk and now need to go and cry myself to sleep...this game will give PTSD somday...
Have a nice day