I didn't want to open a new topic for this, but the title covers my opinion of the new patch. So here it goes for whom it may intrest.
The new station comms are awesome, the new ui is unusual but contains more useful information, the graphics improvements are nicely done (inside station, planets and the asteroid belts).
The AI skills are improved but some aspects are just annoying (too frequent use of chaffs, turning fights).
But the Engineers are disappointing for me.
I wanted to improve my trusty python for better agility but in order to do that, I'd have to shoot barnacles (which I'm not going to do because I don't want to shoot alien lifeforms).
Most of my ships are laser only builds but to improve it, I'd have to do some illegal missions/jobs etc.. Again, I'm not gonna do that (I'm a law abiding space citizen).
Sure, I could just go ahead and start doing these but breaking my ethos would really make the game pretty pointless for me (and break the immersion).
So here I am. Harder to collect bounty (which is not necessarily a problem), unable to enjoy (the quite grindy) engineer mods. [ugh]
BTW, don't get me wrong, I enjoy(ed) the game overall and spent 600h+ playing, but this patch is mostly dissapointing for me.
Still waiting for something that'll bring me back in the game. [sad]
JT