Mr. Starbuck

As you aknowledged, the point is nobody knows for sure and the devs keep quiet. They probably have more important things on their mind right now. As this is an EA title wipes might happen at any time and to any stat (yes I know some things won't be wiped, I know. Just sayin'). Harassing forumers that dig through the statements that were already given trying to make sense of it won't help by the way.

honestly, make the basic cutter only accessible to Rank 1 and enable repair costs for actual gold, albeit a small amount. Problem solved.

Nonsense Make everything free for all just means to remove the major joy of gaining XP and ranking up. It's not meant to be a set-stage RTS.

I suppose Consti is fine, although balancing out the ranks seems needed. True, The amount of NPC constitutions is hillarious. NPC fleets need a serious tweak in general. You'll just get swarmed by odd Consti+minions fleets. Sinking NPC fleets is currently the main part of amusement when playing on the PvE server.

I'm also very curious what this patch will bring on the crafting side of things. The mysterious and subtle hints the devs shared in other threads makes me wonder even more. Looking at the price inflation for certain type of ships and the lunatic increase for CN prices on the other hand wecan only hope we'll se some tweaking taking place here. Not to speak of the current BP drop or "issues". I got an offer to craft a fine ship upgrade for 100k- but I had to turn the customer down because CN prices are over the top and labour hours and some ingredients are such a rare commodity I couldn't afford to accept the offer. Manufacturing other than for your own use or friends is just nonsense atm. Odd. L'Hermione? that would be epic! Beautiful and famous replica she is.

interesting and engaging changes ahead! seems like we all will have to re-learn the game to a certain degree. More complexity is always welcome! However, no changes to the crafting system? I thought we'd see something here as well? BP drop mechanics cry out loudly for tuning!

player made ships are in nearly all cases so much better than their NPC counter-parts. they can even be tailored to your specific needs. I am crafting ships at maximum rate (leaving no single labour hour untouched) and can't complain about orders or plroblems in selling them. In fact I've taken orders for the next two days worth of labour hours So, there's absolutely no need in increasing the demand for crafted items. I really see no need in nerfing down NPC ships that harsh- if you want to have a cheapo, go cap something and live with the fact htat it just might sink and take all your precious stuff on it downwards to Neptune.