Recently registered a forum account, gotta say this update is a bit of a mixed bag well lets start with the good.
. The raiding system change (for THIS patch), gotta say like it a lot no more goose steping over 9000 times over the span of a rl year just to get some blueprints, doomstack, turn the weapons area into a dance hall, profit
. The built in hull system is nice, can't wait to figure out how to tweak it as I spy fun time's...question if automated ship was somehow added to say a mudskipper in this case would we be able to add a core to it?
. Automated ships...it's nice that the player can now get them without editing ships.data but the limit seems a bit harsh maybe have it be dependent on non automated fleet point's or whatever their called again sorry for me it's late and I'm running on coffee and sugar.
.The contacts system nice to have some additional revenue and maybe a mission or two you like being somewhat reliably available
.Some of the story point stuff is cool and all but... well see below
now for the things I think are a negative,
. Story point. neat concept but in their current form seem slightly shoehorned in.
. The skill system change...oh boy, honestly it feels like some skill's were butchered to give story points weight...even though I know a lot were merged, and it seems most skills were hit with the nerf stick a bit too much in an effort to make large fleets unattractive but that's just how I'm seeing things, also the mutual exclusivity of certain skills (at least untill loop around) made me look for a mod to disable that
. Scavenging only works once now... gotta say this is a stinker, given how hard it is to find some items it used to take me a few tries to get them i liked the diminishing returns system better
. the changes made to sychron core and nanoforge, given how hard they were to find, the change to scavenging, plus the added pollution (to nanoforge) and condition requirement (to synchron core) makes them golden turds (and disincentivize installing mods that add to the loot pool).
.the bribe option for inspections requiring a storypoint to do... idk makes glassing or razzing the hegemony into oblivion at the first opportunity seem REALLY appealing in comparison, that seems kinda bad... i've not had the event yet but i'd rather use the story point to pay a less ridiculous bribe or if ones not available pay a LOT of money.
Sorry if any of this seems harsh i was trying to give as honest feedback as i could. also how do i get godiva into the game or find fresh bread planets of steamy goodness (by the way this is joke question nice cat though)