I gave up on the game because combat is so shallow and gets nearly impossible without engineering at harder difficulties (unless this has changed). Before i stopped playing i grinded pirate massacre missions like crazy. Got my fed rank up to the gunship before i left. I even got an anaconda and type 10 just because i was swimming in credits. But without engineering i got bored. And trying to grind engineering is what made me quit. It's like boredom x10.
I'm coming back because of the account transfer. For all the issues i had with the game, there's something about the immerison of piloting a giant spaceship in what could be called a fictional flight sim.
So anyway if i wanted to avoid slaughtering pirates again what can i do? Not that i disliked it because it was fun. It's just without engineering i just couldnt do harder stuff without getting obliterated unless the space cops were helping. Cargo hauling/passenger flights sounds……well it sounds better than exploration but not by much. Can i go fight some aliens easily without any engineering? I wouldn't mind shooting aliens since i guess it's helping the "story".
