So they have increased the rewards for combat and exploration - added a new mineral and are making some sweeping changes to ship prices.
This has apparently made combat and exploration provide enough reward to satisfy people that were before feeling like they were forced to trade to make progress.
What is everyone in the thread thinking about these changes?
Meh, the changes sound fine but the problem for me is I don't really care whether I get a number on the screen saying 10,000cr when I blow up a ship or one saying 20,000, being able to afford a new ship is nice but I would be doing exactly the same things in it just with higher numbers popping up on the screen. The real problem with every aspect of the game is that they are all fundamentally boring, repetitive and grindy. When (if) they fix that I'll be happy to give it a fair shot and reconsider my opinion on the game.