A God of the grind indeed.
Shame there are no rewards for actual challenging things, but rather just rank for doing the same thing over and over until you are reach a Elite or get bored.
I'd much prefer a medal system for things:
- Solo Kill an Elite pilot in same class ship
- Solo Kill a Thargoid
- Complete the Guardian Mission ( post the 2.3 when it was actually possible without exploits )
- Discover an Alien base ( Guardian or Thargoid - obviously are only a few hundred - so it's first come first rewarded )
- Activate the Tharoid base stella map thingy
- Scan all data points are Formadine sites ( Rift / Conflux / Hawkin Gap )
- Scan all data points for the Generation Ships
- Sol to Sag A and back to Sol without a rebuy
It's possible become 4xElite and Admiral and King without doing any of the above, so basically just grinding missions and milking res sites of Elite NPC Adder pilots!
When I reached Elite in trade I had no sense of achievement at all - pretty sure when I Elite in exploration ( 26% Pioneer ) I'll also be under whelmed - however doing the things I listed above did actually make me feel like I'd achieved something - but the game gives no rewards for those -
the game only 'rewards' grind.