IceMan
I played the base on day one (PC) - stopped due to bugs impacting missions. Got back to it after two months (and several patches) and it was awesome, give it a try. At least on PC after first few patches everything was golden for me. As for lack of content - yep, in comparison to what the trailer “showed” it seemed a little underwhelming, but the game felt complete and enjoying as it is :)
To protect the world from devastation!
I’ve seen a video of US Navy using an Xbox controller (arguably for experimental weapon iirc but still). If it just works why overengineer it? I would be more concerned about that hull (scuttlebutt says it was just carbon over titanium frame, not titanium hull overlayed with carbon). However I guess we will have to wait until they find the boat to know the reason for failure.