July 29th 2014 saw the release of the Elite: Dangerous Standard Beta. While the Premium Beta had whet the appetites of many fans of David Braben’s epic space trading sim, this release was more of a full on starter of 55 playable systems as opposed to the amuse-bouche of the five presented previously. With the SB release came an influx of new players, and an influx of opinions that have courted some controversy on the Frontier Forums. More on that later. First I have to tell you what this old dog thinks about Standard Beta…