I'm in agreement on the no pre-order stance but honestly if I were to pre-order a game it would be one by Egosoft considering how long they continue to support their games(still patches for X3). X4 is almost a guaranteed buy for me just from knowing that the company stands by their product, so many other games out there that people throw money at that shouldn't even be allowed to exist, looking at you [annual] Call of Duty
It will most likely be a day one buy for me though, and unless they stop the trend of full support for their products it will continue as such. So sad seeing negative reviews from people playing the games despite them getting 1000+ hours of play out of it. Some $60 games are a struggle to get 20 hours of enjoyment out of, and while I have played a game for over 60 hours and not had that much enjoyment I would stop long before 1000 hours if I didn't enjoy the game.
Take down those reviews that are negative because X: Rebirth wasn't the next installment of X games...please.
Wishlist:
-X4 needs to be the next X Universe game with gameplay akin to the previous installments(prior to XR)
-Some ship interiors would be nice, like a bridge, but station interiors are not needed
-Command system for better control of fleet operations
-Multiple views while on a Capship bridge(if there are interiors)
-Capships that require multiple crew members, same for stations
-Crew gained through station interaction but not necessarily walking on station
-Piloting Capships would be nice but isn't a must for me
-A heavy focus on AI pathing to improve both combat and trading
-Fighter craft commands(focus engines, focus weapons, etc.)
-Ability to set a hard stop on attacking when you board a ship, but still attack other enemy ships in the area, ship that you're boarding still attacks if it has guns left.(before I got used to sending all my ships away if I decided to board I lost several Marine crews because one of my ships that wasn't in range previously came into range while Marines on board)
-Keep modding as open as it currently is or improve it slightly, the mods made XR even more enjoyable.