the kill system in itself is ok for me, what is not ok is that you are forced to use a specific ship for those kills.
if it would be "use any 7th rank ship and do X kills", i would have no problem, but instead we are forced to specific ships, which we might not like at all and then the game becomes a pain to play.
for me it already starts at the first rank. i am forced to use a cutter... I FU..ING HATE THE CUTTER, ever since he was in the game, but now i am forced to play it. on the other hand i loved the privateer, which is also a 7th rate, but the system does not allow me to use it for the honor kills.
right now this simple mechanic, paired with the problem of hours of searching for suitable targets completely kills every bit of fun i had in this game in earlier builds