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[Flare]

Restarting is always an option.

Probably going to throw in a fruit faction mod along side a hullmod pack for newbie target practice and learning how to maneuver.

[Giangiotto]

You think the vanilla start is hard?
It's easy as long as you don't spend all your money at once (since new ships are sold without guns now).

Go play Ironclads and you'll find Vanilla much easier afterwards.

[Histidine]

This thread brings up an overlooked point: a big part of the starting difficulty is the fact that you have to selectively hunt out the handful of level-appropriate fleets while avoiding the ones that will mush you to a paste. The initial seeding of pirate fleets could be changed to be exclusively Lasher and Buffalo fleets.

[zakastra]

The initial seeding of pirate fleets could be changed to be exclusively Lasher and Buffalo fleets.

This. Throw in a couple of hounds too.

Would sovle early game nightmares at a stroke. Wait for the first plunder fleet to dock, maybe the second, and then have the pirates spawn all their big fleets, and you have a great starting period

[Cosmitz]

Or just give them something else to shoot at in the meantime. I mentioned space debris around these parts that you can destroy for menial cash, but enough to afford your second frigate quickly, and also to get used to fighting and managing CR, since the encounters will involve actual 'combat' against stationary targets so a CR hit.

[Giangiotto]

You can get into simulations from the REFIT screen to try out your ships.

It's even better than shooting asteroids because the simulation contains common pirate ships too. If I recall correctly.