OK, Now that I've had time with the new balancing I think they've got it right with the game balancing if you've been playing a long time. You know, us oldies. However, I think they've made a mistake by making thing too easy at the beginning of the game. Just a couple of low level kills will now give you the ability to jump past most of the small ships and up into a Cobra III at the very least. It would have been better to scale the bonuses based on the commander's combat rank.
There were hints made that the smaller ships would be needed for the Odyssey Missions, I hope so because otherwise these bonuses mean that new players will jump some of the most fun ships to fly in the game.
There were hints made that the smaller ships would be needed for the Odyssey Missions, I hope so because otherwise these bonuses mean that new players will jump some of the most fun ships to fly in the game.