It's been a bit since I've played and I appreciate the dedication to improving the game on behalf of the developers. Games like this are really just a fun release for me and eventually I pick up on the changes from playing. I just started a new campaign on medium difficulty and the very first battle against a pirate controlled system with a small handful of fighters and corvettes completely ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ melted all of my rebel cruisers; not the frigates, the heavy cruisers...I'm not sure which change dictated that, but now the game from the very beginning is a HUGE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ challenge. I'm not here for the challenge, I'm here for the "fun" escape.