before 2.2 and the NPC boost i had a FAS that could take on a conda if i was careful, then they boosted the NPC's it lasted 17 secs and by the time they nerfed them i had lost millions and a lot of ships. But i wiped away the tears and carried on, after a lot of grinding im now the very proud owner of a corvette fully engineered with a very pretty crew person which i have personaly trained (nudge nudge wink wink ) to expert. i made a point of getting the shields grade 5 boosted with 7 grade 5 HD boosters. it takes an elite conda to get the first shield ring to turn pink, but now i find that in 2.2.03 shield boosters are being rebalanced/nerfed so the diminishing returns mean you can only really run 4 HD boosters and the rest are gonna be res aug boosts which still get nerfed on the 20% built in shield boost, so now im gonna have to start grinding again to get the mats for new grade 5 boosts and fight off every NPC that interdicts me every time i come out of warp when trying to get to an engineer to boost the boosters ( try saying that 5 times very fast)[haha], and i still need to sort out the best way to boost them, gotta watch the youtube vid by "that tiny dude again" so PLEASE FD make this the last rebalance / nerf for a long time:S thanking you in advance CMDR Bring it! PS its still my favourite game, aint nuthing better than EDH[big grin].