3 Suggestions/issues

[Demonic Spoon]

1) I think the prices for pilots needs to be rebalanced a little bit. Right now, if you want money, it's infinitely more effective to farm low-class ships (e.g. piranhas) with crap weaponry, as better/well equipped ships (like Hammerheads with class 10 weapons) give almost nothing. Increase the weapon/other equipment drop rate and decrease the price of most pilots. Also, why do bounty hunter pilots which can be acquired from crappily-equipped Piranhas pay 10K whereas Kusari naval officers in better ships only pay 4.5K? Another idea suggested by my friend is to make "Veteran" and "Elite" pilots that are worth more.

2) The main issue: The AI sucks. A friend of mine figured out why: They never shoot all their guns! I think this is an AI bug caused by the mod, but I'm not sure. They only fire one or two of their guns at any one time. This might have something to do with their tendency to fire sideways for some reason, even in fighters. Fixing this would make fights more of a challenge and less of a grind (as they will be actually able to kill you).

3) Mines aren't great. How about you vastly increase the shield damage inflicted by mines? This would REALLY make them useful and worth the cost.