As much as I like the game, I will be very surprised (pleasantly) if the aliens will be something other than a reskinned combat/interdiction model we have now. Maybe some new weapon types that we will have to defend against or carry to defend against them. My worst fear is that our weapons load outs will need to be specifically setup for the new menace, leaving us vulnerable to the standard NPCs which means the frustration level with the game will increase.
I really can't see any other way for them to do it as the current model, due to it's lack of variation and low difficulty level is easy to maintain. Variation will take a lot of time to develop and maintain, higher difficulty will be screamed at as least as hard as the NPCs were when 2.1 came out.
I wouldn't mind a bit more difficulty as the NPCs are pretty easy at my level. Elites and Masters go down pretty quickly and I haven't modified my shields or weapons yet. That's pretty funny coming from me I know but combat isn't overly challenging at this level but then, I only do combat as a by-product of the gameplay and don't usually go looking for it.
I really can't see any other way for them to do it as the current model, due to it's lack of variation and low difficulty level is easy to maintain. Variation will take a lot of time to develop and maintain, higher difficulty will be screamed at as least as hard as the NPCs were when 2.1 came out.
I wouldn't mind a bit more difficulty as the NPCs are pretty easy at my level. Elites and Masters go down pretty quickly and I haven't modified my shields or weapons yet. That's pretty funny coming from me I know but combat isn't overly challenging at this level but then, I only do combat as a by-product of the gameplay and don't usually go looking for it.
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