TBH, I really like all the recent changes.

Even the Kernel change.

I’m glad about the implementation of the plasma drops. Now fighters don’t need to do transport missions to buy ammo and upgrade their mission robot.

Transport missions still have a much better time vs. NIC value than killing bots that may be killed by a single light/assault bot. So especially as a beginner player (as I am) it is still not worth doing bounty missions or farm 1st stars for NIC while you may get 1 million in an hour doing utterly boring transports... Another reason may be that I do not know where to go to farm higher solo mobs with my light/assault. At least the level 2 missions I get from Cavadria sent me to a bunch of Trojars and whatnots that lock and kill me at a range of 300+

So I am hoping for the performance based assignments to kick me out of that circle of boredom...

For me, what the Kernel change did was shake me up to see that there was something wrong in general with research. Its not about the volume of kernels, as a NIC source, but about the amount of research a player can do per kernel with additional extensions.

Looking forward to the podcast, as always.

I'm elated about Zoom asking for direct input on the geo folders! Awesome.

Missions in general need love, but they have been doing more around each patch than just what are in the notes, so maybe we'll see something that addresses those issues.

the patch is awesome. As for kernals, I think they should keep it the way it is or even patch it so research is even more harder. The game is still fairly new, should be no reason to be able to research everything within one months time if you were that crazy.....SHould take months, even t4's out should of taken awhile to research. Leave the kernals the way they are, people need to work for that shiit, not expect to gain it super quick lol...Everyone wants wants wants, not enough patience in this game.

Just because one corp caps research in a month is not a reason to make it harder. That's called balancing the game around one corp, and its not a good idea.

Two racers are running a 100 mile race.
Every 20 miles there is a checkpoint.
The first runner maintains a 4 minute mile and reaches the checkpoint in 80 minutes.
The judges think this is too fast so they add hurdles to the race.
The second runner, that can do 8 minute miles running, now had to hurdle the last 10 miles at 16 minutes per mile.
Check Point 1:
Runner 1 Time: 80 minutes
Runner 2 Time: 240 minutes

The total 100 mile race time for Runner 1 is 560 minutes. Basically the complete the race as Runner 2 gets to checkpoint 3.

Runner 1 is a better runner and wins, but no one watches the race after checkpoint 1 and the finish line has no cheering crowds. Runner 1 loves competition, but Runner 2 just flat refuses to race again.

Instead of making the race harder at checkpoint 1, the judges decide to hold Runner 1 at the checkpoint until Runner 2 arrives. Runner 1 still wins each leg, but they never get more than 1 checkpoint ahead.

Runner 1 gets bored waiting for Runner 2. The judges don't like seeing Runner 1 bored, so they add the hudles back in. Runner 1 is happy again, until the next checkpoint, where they have to wait 2 times as long now for Runner 2 to finish the hurdles.

Balancing the race around the fastest runner makes the race boring by either needing to wait around or the being is so one sided nobody cares anymore.