multicrew has one major issue in my eyes:
we got two possible MC base situations, one is accepted, one just exploited.
- MC enabled Ship with SLF hangar installed
- one SLF bay: this ship is multicrew ready without further adjustments, no reduced combat power if copilot is not present.
- two SLF bays: this ship will increase its combat power in MC because NPC AND Copilot can be deployed
- MC enabled ship without SLF hangar
this ship is most likely fit with turrets just for the purpose of Multicrew, and sacrifices combat power outside of multicrew.
the only benefit of going Multicrew here is eventually better aim of the turrets, and the extra pip
so, AFAIK, the entry level for Multicrew is to high for the Helm. the smallest ship with a hangar AND beeing Multicrew enabled, is the gunship, which is already pretty expensive, and locked behind a federation rank.
for any other MC enabled ship below, i see it only be a feature for those beeing able to afford and run a second acount, for an extra pip (that is granted even if the copilot is only idle and un-assigned)
a real quick and easy improvement for MC would be rather easy:
1. Keelback cockpit refit with a second chair (lower entry level)
2. Flexible weapon mounts. switchable between fixed, gimballed and turreted. the DPS and other parameters would switch with the active mode.
3. Tactical ops role. someone who can selecte, scan and identify targets in supercruise 360°, select subtargets for the helm/gunner and command hatchbreakers to jettison specific cargo out of the victims ship (piracy FTW!)
4. materials collected during a MC session should be tradable at the summary screen.
