Every patch that gets indroduced does nerf the Avenger step by step to a degree, that it is almost unusable in fight. As i understand it, the Avenger is supposed to be an old military ship, that has been used by the military before the Hornet replaced it. Ok so far. It´s clear that it shouldnt be as good as a hornet, but does it really have to be this weak and frustrating to fly? I´ll list "some" of the problems...Oh man, here we go... - Half of the hud elements are now missing. (1) You cannot see, what you are targeting (no hud representation) (2) you cannot see how much missiles you´ve got left. (3) you cannot see the heat status of your weapons or your weapons at all. (4) you cannot see how or even if your ship is damaged. Maybe you have to press "y" and look down on your mechanical console? really? (1) First of all you cannot steer anymore when you do that. You fly in a straight line, which is suicide in every case. (2) You can still not see what´s up because of the incredible amount of scratches on the displays. - This even gets worse through reflections, that always occur. So you cannot see anything even if you suicide like that. - So the only solution is to fly far away from the battle, then find a spot where lightning doesnt create too much reflections on your screens, and THEN you can have a look at what´s going on... "Ok, got 2 missiles left, my left wing is broken. Oh and i was fighting a Superhornet O.o. Didnt know that." All these infos are represented in the hud in EVERY other ship, but not the Avenger. I know it´s supposed to be an old ship, but this is gameplay breaking and totally unfair. Every Aurora is better than the Avenger. ( I take the Aurora as an example because it´s the cheapest one) - I almost instantly explode when i get shot at. Im pretty sure an Aurora has far more hitpoints than the Avenger, even though the Aurora is not meant to be a military ship (even if the Aurora is a newer model, that doesnt make sense to me) - Your main gun produces smoke when it fires. And it´s such an amount of smoke, that you cannot see your aiming reticle anymore, you simply have to guess. (1) And since you cannot change the main front weapon on the Avenger, this is pretty annoying. - When you enter the Avenger through the back (no you cannot climb into the cockpit directly), there is an offset after opening the first interior door that lets you snap into the ceiling. (1) This bug persists since almost two years and hasn´t been fixed yet. I´ve seen a "Bug Smashers" episode that fixed this offset problem for some ship (but not for the Avenger). - The Avenger goes on drifting heavily, even though in the hud it says your speed is "0". It keeps on drifting for about 7 seconds after it says "0". (1) Maybe there are some thrusters missing? (Btw. I already verified my files, i have a feeling that it´s a thruster on the bottom side not working, but this is just speculation) - The default loadout of the Avenger contains two missiles of one type (don´t remember the names, sry), and two of another. (1) One of the types can only be fired when you are (aprox.) 300 meters or less away from the enemy ship. So you have to kiss the enemies ass to even be allowed to release your missiles. And then the splash dmg hurts you, too. - When i try "Vanduul swarm" or "Pirate swarm" i randomly explode in free space in the first round (where only 3 weak enemies exist). That happened three times in a row. In all cases i was sure that max. 1 weak ship was targeting me. I exploded without warning (after 3 seconds) or any indication what could have happened. Just: "Vanduul killed you". I´m no noob to this game, so i should know if i srewed up, and i didn´t. There´s probably more, but i get tired and frustrated writing all this. I know some of these issues are probably for the issue council, but the "offset clipping bug" has been in the issue council for almost 2 years and it didnt get fixed. So i don´t care to put time into a sinkhole. greetz edit: typo