[General Battuta]

The BP trailers are awesome. I loved them.
But I may be prudent to show the Human struggle. Human emotions and Ideology struggles, that draw one to the characters. The FS2 Creators used Bosh's monologues for that. But the FS2 does not come with a movie maker with Characters and bridge backdrops. It would be a nice tool for campaign makers to tell the background of Characters. Limiting the need for in game chat to describe the cultural, family and emotional backgrounds. using in game chat instead to show reactions of the Characters to new situations. Does the new interaction bring out the normal projected emotion? Or does promote a degeneration in the Characters personality or Improve it. You highlight and preview history: but the player experiences the change.
And also show "what is the adventure of playing the campaign". The fun stuff the a pilot would enjoy. The original FS2 intro showed both a great Capital ship battle and an epic dog fight battle that made one want to play the game. The "Bastion Dies", there was a little dogfight too.

No, uh, I just meant the FSO trailer we had.

[Capt_Thunder]

O.K. I understand, Don't shoot, (he says, ducking for cover)
But What I am saying is that every significant step forward needs to be animated. And every significant campaign needs to be Highlighted.
Can your beta testers with "beast machines" play through select missions, recording their game. Then compile a mini movie Highlighting key developments in the FS2 Mods Storyline, and the "fun" of game play.

[StargateSpankyHam]

I have other games, so I do periodically end up AFKing from Freespace for a while. But I always come back around.

There is just so much win in Freespace, nothing else can compete with it in the long-term. In fact, I would even go so far as to say that Freespace (and the Stargate TV series) pretty much defined what sci-fi is to me. Then Blue Planet came along with its giant pile of awesome and redefined sci-fi for me again, in ways I did not even know sci-fi could be redefined.

Do I get bored with Freespace from time to time? Yes. It's like eating nothing but chocolate ice cream loaded with chocolate sprinkles and chocolate chips. It may be the best food on the planet, but even that can get boring after a while.