returning to the Alpha after several months away

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Two things, Styg:
Your barter system is the worst I've seen since the invention of the Graphical User Interface.     I liked Fallout's system fine, and I realized what makes yours so painful: 

you need a number counter for breaking up big stacks, especially credits.  I mean I should be able to type in '256' instead of grabbing a slider. 

An auto-complete in the barter menu to round out items on your side or the merchant's side with the correct amount of credits would be a fantastic feature as well.

After playing the alpha many many times, I hope you'll provide an option (maybe only for alpha backers?) to skip the introductory missions.  Maybe the player could start with those missions resolved and an arbitrary number of character points to distribute, and better starting equipment and some credits?

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Thanks for the reply.  I'm obviously a little bit out of the loop.