The following is only my (wasted) opinion, nothing more.
I don't know what's happened to the game it seems to be really crap and not a lot of fun. Despite drinking copious amounts of alcohol I really don't understand what's gone on.
Trading (as far as I'm concerned) has been nerfed. Missions are really boring and prone to being unable to complete if you do the 'Fetch me this' types. Combat is, meh. The Eagle still has no reason to exist and the Hauler is a complete waste of space. Add to that the bounty hunting has netted me no cargo drops at all, so what's the point?
I've spent the past seven hours making about 20,000 credits and it's been a rubbish experience on the the whole. As it stands I don't see the point of leaving Eranin to do anything. I'm now back in a Sidewinder after flying the Hauler as the combat with the loaned pulse lasers is at least a tiny bit exciting compared to running crap missions.
I bought the Eagle to see if it was any better than in Beta 1 but it's not. How can you have a ship that can't mount basic lasers in its three slots without going the oxygen depletion route when it deploys them? It beggars belief that you have to go somewhere to upgrade bits to enable it to function. Absolute crap.
As it stands this (apart from the pretty graphics) is a retrograde step compared with Beta 1. If this is the route the final game is taking then I don't know what to think of it.
I'll carry on at the Nav Beacon and FDS in Eranin until Beta 3 but I'm not liking what I'm seeing in Beta 2 so far.