yeah we are going to have to study the game and how the ships are set up.
I've done a couple 3m reward looters. (around 8.5-9.0 m defender power)
one battle needed lots of shields to survive, another battle needed lots of damage to win.
so it's not every ship is the same any more and that is good imo.
the battles are varied and more difficult now. but they can be done.
Scanning has now become important.!! this is great IMO.
No longer can i just pop into orbit, activate the com and press a button to win because I know how it is.
I now need to look at all the ships and see the make up, do some scans, and decide how i want to beat the battle.
this will force people to learn more about the game.
**I'm not saying I 100% like it or there isn't some room for adjustment but its not the end of the world
thanks for the update and hope you are open to constructive proposals SirEmi
Also I'd advice dropping down and collecting lower level payouts to relearn the system.
it's shocking how much of a difference the EMJO's and various optimizations make.