Question about SE IV Gold?

[Richard]

It's more than a "patch". There were a ton of new features, requested by fans, and tweaks and fixes in the game. SE:IV, as a stand alone product, works fine without Gold. What we included in Gold is way ahead of what many publishers release in a "Gold" Version.

[Fyron]

I just meant that technically Gold could have been applied as a patch. It is essentially the exact same game, just with more patch feature upgrades to the executable and data files. However, the Gold CD has a lot of extra features on it that make it more than a patch. Tons of custom ship sets, mods, modding tools, etc. are included on the CD. Too bad Gold didn't do the other major aspect of a Gold Version by having balance fixes...