I agree with the OP. Today, did a rare run in the old cobra, bought a type 6 to try some real trading and found a nice little 1k/ton round trip (pointed out by a mission at my home station which increased profitability), have been trying different combat load outs in my viper and had fun at RES and USS. I did notice that pirates don't spawn forever at RES anymore but the furballs are better and there is a different mix of ships. As far as shield cells go, I found that downgrading from a A3 to and A2 cell solved the problems. Outfitting much improved with new UI. Audio is much improved- love the changes in supercruise, map is awesome and a HUGE improvement. Had no issues with collisions. Client is stable as always. Well done!