Introducing engineering before AI Blades is beyond unreasonable. CIG has sold millions of multicrew ships, yet no player can manage these ships alone. You’ve already seen how fast critical components take damage — even with armor — and how easily ballistic weapons can punch straight into every system. This will absolutely drive a huge number of solo players away from the game. As that thread said: solo players are being left behind, and they make up 80%+ of the player base. When the community reaches a point where some superfans defend everything CIG does, no matter what, that’s a real problem — because it shuts down valid criticism about the direction of the game. Multicrew ships aren’t just big capital ships — they go all the way down into the medium and even small ship categories. That alone makes this engineering system a massive issue for the majority of the player base, especially those who want to do bounty hunting, deal with PvP attacks, or even just enjoy basic PvE gameplay. Every time we ask for answers and get attacked for it, it only reinforces what I saw on the test servers: CIG is leaving solo players behind and pushing them out of the gameplay loop—especially if you own a multicrew ship. AI Blades should come before engineering. That’s my honest take.