while everything is getting nurfed and npc´s getting buffed, pvpp´s?getting upgrades, if you want to have a decent chance you gonna need upgrades
ilo! what do you know about what i need? Im getting a feeling that you're bit of a *![]()
it is simply not true. i have zero problems flying unmodified cobra mkIII or DBS ... or cutter. you have to adapt your outfitting a little, and you have to run sometimes. but upgrades aren't mandatory at all to play the game. if i look at the upgrades i have done till now (fsd range increase... lightweight mounts for my courier... low power shields) none of them "help" with the new AI.
some of them make unusal ships much better - i have a L3 thruster modification on a DBE, making it a ship as fast as an AspE. more of "quality of life"-upgrades.
I wonder if some of the data won't be found in... shall we say the less salubrious parts of the galaxy? For instance, I can't for the life of me find irregular emissions data. The Engineers materials spreadhseet says it's found in salvageable wreckage USSes. After four days in high sec, I haven't found one instance of that USS type. Maybe it's time to hit up an anarchy.