Like many people I was pretty excited to see the mini-DLC 2 "Envoy pack" unveiled.
However, after reading a lot of opinions raised by the community here or elsewhere, I might have some grudge about the cloacking mechanic, a feature seemingly asked by long standing players.
( which I'm not so I won't spend a lot of words here writing for them )
This feature should have been something for vanilla alongside an update for every ships.
To me the ships and particularly the Envoy are unique enough to raise excitement, wishlists and in the end to be a good content from Egosoft.
The ships, alone.
To back that up, the Hyperion had no such interiors nor moving parts, was simpler design-wise and above all, didn't have that gimmicky mechanic.
However, if we've got a mini-DLC #2 in the first place, it likely meant the first one had as a bare minimum decent to very good sales, per Egosoft's words :
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app ... 8304123197Depending on the success of the first Mini DLC, we may follow up with similarly sized DLCs to accompany other free base game updates. As you can see, our focus in 2025 is on consistent, impactful improvements to the base game and, as in the past, those base game updates will be free to existing X4 players, with Mini DLC purchases supporting ongoing development.
( plus the good reviews on Steam )
So, what are the incentives to make a full blown mechanic under a mini-DLC ?
If Egosoft wants to really make a case on how important the Envoy is, there are plenty of ideas to please most people like having a better and free cloacking device on that one, while the others would have only a "Mk. 1".
Don't get me wrong the suggestion isn't necessarily because we have to buy that, but because we are having a feature that's been asked by many people, under a single & personal ship, on a DLC.
The game is championing itself ( for a good reason ) to have a simulated galaxy full of possibilites with everyone playing by the same rules, yet ... this one feels unfair.
I really hope Egosoft can acknowledge that opinion.
Realistically if a positive case has to be made, I would hope the said feature could be offered for any ships later one after the DLC is sold enough, which I'm sure it will.

Thanks for reading.