In my opinion, BC didn't last long for me, enjoyability-wise. The mod installer things got too complicated for me back around 2002, and I played multiplayer online for a short while before I gave up. I was about to get it until I got Klingon Academy again at Christmas 2003 (I lost it around August 2001), and decided playing
that again. Gameplay and mod-wise I say KA was better, and it gave me much memories, be it whilst playing Single Player or Multiplayer. Don't get me wrong, BC's probably good now with more visual eye-candy, but I'm if-iffy on reinstalling it and getting all sorts of things that you don't normally need for installing mods in KA or SFC, for example. Plus, I'm running out of space... *shrug*
I also didn't notice the missing phaser strips until recently. I was too amazed at someone converting Scotchy's Galaxy, and I was tinkering with the ID Illumination and normal ID texture maps to pay attention... *shrug* Still, it would be nice for an update, if bothered. That, and hardpoints for SFC2.
But that's probably asking too much, and I should be glad with what I have. And I am, at the moment.