only logical way to change attributes, would making the spark changeable (you cant change your past, but your equipment)

but the sparks just affects two attributes, and then with jsut 3 points each.
Imho, the spark needs to be a multiplier, for the previous set attributes, and the three other choices should mostly set your starter extensions.

like setting all military will give you 10 in tactics and 9 in mechatronics
using the ubenor spark will multiply those extensions by 3, and the others just by smaller factor to result in exact the same distribution as it is right now.

switching to other spark would then have a meaning

to which weapon class would you want to switch?

If you followed the topics around, you would have noticed that every weapon class is broken.
(grass is always greener over there!)

EM guns and Firearms using the same LoS,
Missiles are told to be the lowest DPS weapons ingame (i already hear you cry about 1 of 5 missiles missing, while your rate of fire is ultra low, compared to lasers)

your talking about the landmark filters?

its simple - you deploy that beacon like a field container, then click on interact, choose the teleporter you want to go and thats it.

- it cant be used within 1km radius of a station/outpost
- it is not reusable
- it has low hitpoints and can be shot down
- it has a cooldown that you have to wait until you can use it
- it needs a Sequer to transport it.

in theory you could use it to get away from a camped inter-island-teleporter, but its not under syndicate protection and will probably be shot down.

the only option to use it is, your in the middle of nowhere mining, and see someone approaching on the radar - then use it to teleport to one of the three inter-island teleporters with syndicate protection area.
The fact that it starts with a cooldown right when deployed, makes the emergency beacon the only usable beacon for that, if a high-speed gank group has spoted you.

1. get a friend
2. go to a non camped spawn that you manage to kill together with your friend (1st star smasher, servant herald or rookie mongoose would be the easiest)
3. collect the white damaged modules,  the kernels and the ammo dropped
4. sell kernels and repaired modules to npc.
5. forget about combat missions until YOU are the one that can lock faster then the noobs

i dont know anything about Mac or bootcamp or whatever, just wanted to mention that the game is DirectX9 based.

Its a matter of a few clicks and typing in another word to change that name.

also, please share your knowledge about how this would benefit macros
- and why they should not remove the combat log then for combat, as it could benefit combat macros?

also, running the same client several time is causing heavy database corruption in some cases

RE standing only affect time and NIC

Its not a bug, its a "missing feature"

Melia - you have two options:
1. running
2. having a sequer with a mobile teleport beacon with you -> but you will most likely lose the sequer in that process, unless your fast enough and using the emergency teleporter.
Actually, that means to use that option, you need either a friend, or an alt + multiple clients running. have fun

hmm, you dont know?
1. sell all the combat equip you got from that missionline - then you got your money for argano
2. aquire a decoder, reverse the combat bot - and have your first low cost production.
   - actually, to aquire the decoder of your own, you will probably have to go out in that castel
3. at last - recycle it, get a few comodities for your first production, or to sell on market