I'm used to long grinds... I played World of Warcraft for years.
But, here's where my frustration really kicks in: Material Traders of a particular type are not found consistently in the same economies. For example, I might go to a Material Trader (MT) in a Refinery Economy and get someone who deals with Raw Materials. But, the next Refinery economy I go to could have an MT who deals with Manufactured Materials.
How about something like this:
Extraction, Refinery = Raw Material
High Tech = Encoded
Industrial = Manufactured
I get having to go out and get the base materials to perform the modifications. And, now that I have some ships with engineered components, I agree that it should not be easily achieved; the improvements are just too good to be taken lightly.
However, to make it a crap shoot every time we have to find an MT is just needlessly frustrating.
But, here's where my frustration really kicks in: Material Traders of a particular type are not found consistently in the same economies. For example, I might go to a Material Trader (MT) in a Refinery Economy and get someone who deals with Raw Materials. But, the next Refinery economy I go to could have an MT who deals with Manufactured Materials.
How about something like this:
Extraction, Refinery = Raw Material
High Tech = Encoded
Industrial = Manufactured
I get having to go out and get the base materials to perform the modifications. And, now that I have some ships with engineered components, I agree that it should not be easily achieved; the improvements are just too good to be taken lightly.
However, to make it a crap shoot every time we have to find an MT is just needlessly frustrating.