Star Citizen

[Dusty Lens]

1. It's their money.
2. They support developers before the game is released (even before alpha).
3. There will be no ship that one cannot buy or get in-game.

So basically, leave the spenders alone or praise them that they are adding to the development of awesomeness out of their wallets.

I myself would buy a cool ship if I had spare money, not to get advantage over other, but to have more fun in game.

Though I start to see the strech goals as a way of milking more money as such functions (Hibernation, pistol) should be no-brainer.
It's like adding arrows to Tomb Raider for reaching final strech goal when the bow itself is an iconic weapon.

Also, it feels as eternity untill alpha.

The pledge goals are basically just announcements of stuff that was going to be in game anyways. Hibernation/carrier/etc. That's all stuff that has been on the drawing board forever. TBH after the sound and mocap studios they depleted the "would be nice but we can't get this with investor money" shopping list and they're now on full steam to just put as much distance between themselves and third party investment.

Stuff like the laser pistol is like the RSI suit. Little high fives.