QuadratureSurfer

I looked into this a bit more and here's a quick video of someone testing out the demo that they have online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7iyWO8XaT0

Direct link to the demo itself:
https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo

Yeah, after going through and reading the criticism in the spectrum thread there are a lot of good points. One of the things that really drew me in to this game is that practically everything/anything is lootable (I'm a bit of a loot goblin at times).

So going back to the days before physical inventory really kills this for me. There's not much of a reason to loot if I never lose my gear. Once I find a good loadout, I'll never lose it again.

I'd rather inventory recovery be limited to whatever you can reasonably buy at the city/station you spawn at. If it's for account bound gear there should be a delay to getting it back (at least). Ideally weshould get a blueprint to craft any unique account bound gear, but it doesn't sound like that's what will happen now.

I'm not a fan of T0, but at least we're finally getting something in the way of restoring subscriber/reward gear.

T2 sounds great... But hopefully we aren't stuck with T0 for 2 years.

The whole thing is worth a read, but here's a brief summary as well:

T0 - Initial Implementation

• Player equipped gear can't be looted (items in containers can still be taken), Everyone respawns with their gear.

T1 - Loadout & Ship Registration

• Register gear at a terminal, and reclaim it at specific kiosks/freight elevators
• Register decorations and gear in ships, the price will be paid when claiming your ship at an ASOP terminal.
• Players can activate a "Dead Man Switch" on lost gear. Once the switch is activated, the gear can still be used for a time, but it will eventually become "bricked".
• Bricked items can be sold

T2 - Restoring "Bricked" Items & Crafting Integration

• Bricked items can eventually be restored with credits/crafting items, but they will lose any cosmetic skin.
• Bricked items can also be scrapped for parts or sold.

Note: Zac Preece is a CIG Dev - FPS Designer

Looks like they applied a mitigation patch about 20 minutes ago. Doesn't sound like a complete fix, but probably enough to get most people back in:

A patch has been applied, players should be able to log back into the game. Thanks for your patience.
- Nicou-CIG

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/lobby/1/message/59267376

The quickest way to check for news on this situation is the status page: https://status.robertsspaceindustries.com/

Nicou-CIG also mentioned that they're working on better in-game notifications for maintenance:

Response by Nicou-CIG:

We're working on an improved in-game notification system to better alert you about events, like an upcoming maintenance.

Developing and implementing features takes time, but this is on our radar. The same goes for Spectrum, where we aim to enhance clarity as well

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/3/thread/server-maintenance-without-notifying/7768323

I feel out of the loop on this one. Is there a particular individual on the project that this is about, or is this a company policy issue?

Well, at least I can tell you that there are 3 Rs in strawberry.

Ladybird looks promising.