5.2.0.9

[SeaFalcon]

Simply throwing out a bullet list of changes that impacts basically everyone isn't going to make the community happy. Especially when people don't know what it even means.

At the very least explain why you made the change and what it's supposed to fix, which scenarios were tested and showed promise and why.
Give some examples to explain why it would help.

Do so for all of the 'new' mechanics such as sub-targeting on caps, armour pen, missile lock on time etc. and now Mass as well.

95% of this community doesn't understand the numbers and what they mean and how to react to them or how to interpret them.
These days I basically have to scan a target, read through a wall of numbers on all their equipment that still don't tell me much since none of these are explained.

Explaining tiny bits in patch notes here and there or a comment in a rant thread about balance is not the way to go about it.
As soon as the thread is quiet no one will read up on it.

If you want to be new player friendly, make this information easy to digest and understandable.

Yes, tutorials and explanations will cost you a lot of time and we all know it's volunteer work.
But you can't just keep shoving changes down someone's throat saying it's for the better but don't explain them why.

If communication towards the community was better, a lot of these changes would perhaps find some more understanding.
Also, please make information about mechanics available in game. Not everyone has the time or drive to search through different threads or discord.