I feel, as a relatively new player myself, that this could negatively effect players of low rank with a limited number of ships to pilot. If I have only a few ships to choose from, and for example, both my options are horrible for the day of weather, what are my options? Play the game and be a target of opportunity, or wait until the weather improves? As a low rank player in this example, I'm just wanting to level up and gain experience and I feel that this could be crippling. I for one like the idea of it, and I would love to test it, but just a thought.
As for chasers, I have little experience with, for or against. Generally, I enjoy the ships being modeled as they once were in all their glory.
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