Elite is one of those games where you simply like it or don't. I personally find the process of repeatedly charging and frameshifting for 30 systems on end tedious, but think it works well as a game mechanic and makes exploration have more of a risk to it. After a long journey, it makes you want to get your effort's worth of scans and stellar views, and a few encounters with Thargoids definitely helps.

As for the upcoming Beyond update, I'm excited to see the new planet generation engine come into play. Also hope that the area around Barnard's Loop is unlocked soon (if there's anything story-wise the devs put in there they don't want us to see).

Elite is one of those games where you simply like it or don't. I personally find the process of repeatedly charging and frameshifting for 30 systems on end tedious, but think it works well as a game mechanic and makes exploration have more of a risk to it. After a long journey, it makes you want to get your effort's worth of scans and stellar views, and a few encounters with Thargoids definitely helps. As for the upcoming Beyond update, I'm excited to see the new planet generation engine come into play. Also hope that the area around Barnard's Loop is unlocked soon (if there's anything story-wise the devs put in there they don't want us to see).