It's more likely you have no idea how to create meaningful game play in this sandbox.
With Shinrarta I assumed you were a long time player (Trade Elite and Exploration Elite are really simple to get these days) so my apologies there if you are not.
And who said anything about Colonia Engineer grinding? How about you address what I actually said?
Do you even play anymore? If not, why are you here?
I hit Elite maybe two weeks ago after stacking Ram Tah missions. From Pathfinder to Elite in one drop. Rather anticlimactic. I spent most of my time bountyhunting so I always thought I'd have combat Elite first. Since then I havent logged in. Time and stuff.
Never had the occasion to properly play the BGS neither. I came to the game after the Thargoids, assuming they'll keep on giving that kind of treasure hunt gameplay. Since then it's been reset and broken so I didnt found any motivation to start playing that.
I'm here to practice engrish and find meaningful gameplay. Unlocked every bubble engineers. Will grind for guardian modules next, already got a SLF plan but didnt had enough delta pattern at that time. Was on the Gnosis a bit. Went to SanTu. All in open, FAOff.
I wont go to Colonnia to fight for a small faction there. I think this part of the game was botched and could have been better implemented, like a soft reset zone with something like a permit lock against engineered large ship. Or the ship you use to go there crash and you spawn at the station but there's no insurance service. That's appealing, but I'll rather save wipe.