This is not a “drama” post.. this is not a “whine”.. this is just a question to other players. At this point in the “game” I mostly solo or duo play. I also own some bigger ships like the Polaris. I have seen many posts on Spectrum saying things like “AI blades should not allow people to solo big multi-crew ships” or “Hopefully engineering will keep solo players from flying (insert ship name here)” effectively. I just don’t get why they care. Many MMOs can be solo’d to max level by choosing the right content and many solo players in other MMOs can become quite powerful. I don’t see why other players care if I play by myself using AI blades or NPC crew (I doubt we will ever really see that feature). Ships themselves are not the main gameplay loop but rather tools used for the real gameplay loops. There will be and already is gameplay content that is specifically focused for groups (raids, Hathor PvP missions, etc). These require groups and lock out playing them solo and that is not a bad thing. My AI crewed Polaris cannot allow me to solo upcoming raids (some wont even use your ship) or do the Hathor laser myself. In fact AI blades will never be equal to real people and if they ever get NPCs to do anything other than cower, walk into walls or stand motionless in elevators there is still no way an NPC engineer will be near as good as a real person. What it will do is allow me to play my game, my way without forcing my friends to sit in a boring turrets hoping to catch a glimpse of something to shoot at. It will allow me to have a base ship for my mining, salvage or cargo gameplay that can be defended from the random murder-hobo. Yes it may allow me to do some certain combat contracts someone in a “solo” ship can’t but even then, so what.. it doesn’t effect them or their gameplay. The content groups of players choose to do will almost always differ from what I choose to do solo or they will at least do it far more efficiently and effectively so I say let the solo player AI blade his turrets and have NPC crew to defend himself, what they do wont change what I do. It’s (going to be) a big game with lots of room for everyone to enjoy playing the way they want to. Unless something (some system or loop) directly affects other players gameplay let each player do it the way they want to. We don’t all have to play the same way and my solo Polaris will not devalue your crewed Polaris and if even if I try to use it to against other players in some illicit way the bounty system will have bounty hunters on my rear end in minutes (once its fixed lol). So who cares and why do they care? ADDED EDIT: It seems like after reading the replies, this issue boils down to PvP vs PvE players desires which is usually what most issues like this boil down to. This is why most MMOs keep the two separate because you can’t please both groups if they play side by side. CIG has made promises to the 2/3rds PvE crowd that the 1/3rd PvP crowd hates… they are going to have to find a way to balance what they promised us for over a decade to get our money with the more PvP oriented players desires because both types of players exist and should have good gameplay.