BALANCE[]
Question:
Hello everybody. I would like to ask why the developer prefer shield ships. If we look at the ships there are higher bonus resistance with shield modules as we can get on armor ships. With the shield bubble added you can get a shield tank up to 95% resistance to all dmg types and with armor i am happy to reach 85% and 80% resists on EM and Thermal dmg. So where is the balance there?
Answer:
Armor and shield tanking on ships have differences. The advantage of armor is that it has a lower capacitor consumption and provides additional armor hitpoints. The advantage of shield tanking is the lower powergrid consumption and higher shield resistance. We always use both a combination of feedback and data when making game balance decisions. With this newly released November Update, we have further balanced various weapons and ships. We will continue to keep an eye on the data and performance of both armor and shields and will apply further balancing to armor if the data shows that it's needed.
AUTOPILOT[]
Question:
Change the autopilot settings so that it can distinguish between lowsec and nullsec. Recent changes have made navigating lowsec via autopilot safer, but have made navigating nullsec much more dangerous. The autopilot options should reflect this.
Answer:
We've already planned to add an option for players to choose to avoid nullsec during autopilot. If the player selects this option, the autopilot route will only go through lowsec and highsec systems. This option should make autopilot safer and more reliable.
Question:
Will there be the bookmarks/ability to select an autopilot path manually?
Answer:
We have received some similar suggestions in the past. We are now working to develop the ability for players to manually chart their routes to a destination and set them as bookmarks. Let's look forward to this feature in future updates!