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This was the reaction of some of the fan base to the fact that X Rebirth will restrict the player to personally flying one roughly M6-size ship (as opposed to any manned, non-Kha'ak vessel in the universe for every other game except X:BtF).
The Albion Skunk'sAttack Drones have taken flak as well: though you can take control of them remotely, if the drone gets blown up you return to controlling the Albion instead of dying. This takes some of the danger out of being a fighter jock, for those who enjoy it.
Another thing much of the fan base is up in arms over is that X Rebirth will be sold exclusively through Steam, whereas the other entries have been available without it.
A minor flame war ensued over a rumor that X Rebirth was going to be an MMORPG. ("It'll be an EVEclone!" "No, it won't! It'll bring new players!" "No, it won't! It'll wreck the modding community!"note Come to think of it, it probably would have.) By far the biggest worry was that it would open the noob-friendly X community to griefers and other trolls who pwn noobs For the Evulz and brag about it online. Thankfully, the flames promptly dissipated when Egosoft stopped laughing and confirmed the rumor was false.
It should be noted that the idea of an optional multiplayer feature (such as an online arena) was generally fairly well thought of.
Very averted with the announcement of the new multicore- and 64-bit-compatible game engine. The consensus is that it's well overdue.
