50 minutes ago, Vontoothskie said:why split it more? the reason everyone hates hyperspace is because you cant play with what you own from 1.0 even after paying to convert it. why extend that bad practice to extended?
The reason is, while there's usually 1e ships to be had, it's not always easy to convert. There are at least some new players to the game, and having a format which is only stuff which someone can go out and buy off the shelf has a real fairness to it.
Is it a huge problem? Not really. Is it something that'll get worse and worse as time passes if FFG doesn't step up re-release content? Absolutely.