Yeah I saw this when browsing through the anniversary sale items this past weekend. Didn't read up what the intention will be though.
Printable View
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/12/...ff-a-ign-first
Just a cinematic, but looks pretty cool.
It looks like all backers can try the PTU 3.0.0 now.
I've been putting in quite a bit of time in 3.0. It's still a touch on the buggy side but great fun. Planetary landing is awesome. Have a look at these if you're interested:
https://youtu.be/YIz1btJNdz4
https://youtu.be/GhUOjvWfIlo
Here is the full hour's worth of SQ42 gameplay that CIG demo'd.
https://youtu.be/BHR1aEdTA4M
3.0 is currently unplayable for me. sub 10 FPS even with the BoredGamer config, I get it to 20fps is I leave it for a while and come back. But if I do too much then it drops down again. I managed to play on my first launch but since then I was unable to play again.
What are your system specs? Remember that the performance issues are mostly server-side, so anything above 15fps can be considered par. Below that though, something else may be wrong.
I've played for hours at a time with around 20fps on average. While not ideal it's certainly not too bad. I don't have a beast of a PC either; Ryzen 1600 plus RX580. The extra cores certainly help in my experience.
2.6.3 was fine for me though.
My specs are:
i5 4590
16 GB Ram
GTX 980