Having thought about it a bit now, I have a perhaps better idea than the Alert change—to be sure, the Alert change is sensible, just not the conclusion I would have reached! Returning to Frontier's actual intention:
As you continue the fight against the looming threat of the Thargoid Titans, we're making a few adjustments behind the scenes to ensure your progression isn't thwarted by any unnecessary barriers.
Actually there were two forms of unnecessary barrier, one of which still remains:
- Titans now causing Alerts when they lose too many Control systems, to which Commanders responded by stopping at M. Leigong, and which this change addresses.
- Titan resistance remaining throughout the weekly cycle despite clearing the Control systems, to which Commanders responded by moving to M. Oya, at least temporarily.
More so than stopping at M. Leigong, I presume the actual observation at Frontier was the movement over to M. Oya in the latter half of this week, which remains perfectly logical and reasonable on the part of Commanders regardless of the Alert change. Quite simply, only some Commanders are interested in Control systems, so that response follows naturally once the Alert and Invasion systems are clear and there is nothing else to do that week.
Instead, I present to Frontier that a change more aligned with intention would be to
reduce the Titan damage resistance immediately upon Control systems being cleared; as an aside, this also would align well with the way Control systems now become
safe immediately upon being cleared. By far, most of the reason for going elsewhere is just due to awaiting the next weekly cycle, and having immediate damage resistance reductions would remove that wait. A secondary benefit is the reduced demand for Carrier jumps going back and forth!
Of course, not every Commander actually wants to attack the Titan either, so some will redeploy regardless once its resistance is low enough—but at least that way, as many as possible will remain!
