That doesn’t seem to do much for me unfortunately. In my case the potential time I need to reserve for a gaming session tends to take precedence over hype whenever I’m in a lazy, scroll-focused rut. Still trying to get back to a recent(ish) release I was super hyped playing during its beta period… At least I have a semi decent explanation for this one, I guess.

While I can’t provide you with a proper scientific answer I can offer a basic explanation - it’s effort.

Browsing through the never ending amount of content online requires no effort but provides you with a dopamine rush as if you actually managed to accomplish or do something with your time. Other stuff, like watching movies, playing games, reading books, etc. requires attention and active participation, the payoff on the other hand is largely delayed (especially compared to the lazy option).

As for hacks… I don’t know any. The only ways I know how to deal with it is limiting your time scrolling through this stuff and forcing yourself to do other things - it can be rough early on but you’ll eventually get used to the “normal” way of functioning.

Pretty much stuff we already heard before but now in one place.

TL;DW:

• Master Modes applied to all of the ships as archetypes (individual tuning to come later)
• archetypes:
  • snub fighter (fast, low attack and defense)
  • light fighter (agility, decent power)
  • medium fighter (relatively agile, good firepower)
  • heavy fighter (low maneuverability, high damage)
• sub archetypes (can be applied to any of the above):
  • interceptor (less agility/rotation, more speed)
  • fighter-bomber (less agility, more defense)
  • gunboats (Connie-sized ships, no info about specifics)
  • corvette (Hammerhead, no info about specifics)
  • frigates (Idris, 890 Jump, Carrack etc, no info about specifics)
• precision targeting:
  • allows to see and “paint” specific components so gimbals will try to hit them
  • slower fire-rate
  • “you can watch the ship you’re aiming at”
• weapon archetypes:
  • anti-fighter (high fire-rate)
  • anti-material (highest damage)
  • mixed
• no more fixed guns, everything will be gimbaled (turrets will get exclusive “auto-gimbal” mode, lower fire-rate)
• “players are happy with squad battles but not so much with 1v1’s at the moment”
• “it feels more cinematic”
• “flying in non-combat mode allows you to not be harassed as much”
• request for feedback (both positive and negative)

Both features looks pretty neat and are something I’m really looking forward to. Now if we could also get a (non hologram?) UI that’s actually readable on light backgrounds that would be great.