Thanks to the mod who OT'd this. I'd apparently gone to see Nada & Polo so many times already that I got no dialogue from them on subsequent visits after the "this is the first time you found the anomaly, and here's the atlas quest" starter.
I'm worried about "Fixed terrain editor being built with full charge" because that's the only thing that makes the tool even remotely possible to use in normal mode. It's basically an official statement that it's only there to dig up freighter crates and that fun is banned. Also, if S-class ships are made even more expensive I'm going to scream. They're as much as an entire freighter already. I had huge stockpiles of everything and about 100M units banked and I even can't afford this stuff. Farming is the easiest way to make larger sums of money but without a fix that remains obscenely tedious.
Any homing weapons for space combat? I have done a few of the
quests and installed the new weapons I got for that. They pretty much all suck in the same way that the basic plasma cannons suck. I'm tired of losing all my shields while I plink away at low level fighters. There has got to be a way to kill them faster...
The phase beam use to have some auto-aim but it got a nerf bat. My suggestion for a more dependable weapon is still the phase beam, however. You take more damage than you used to regardless of combat style now so how do you take advantage of that? If something has you lined up that perfectly it assures you get the same accuracy the other way. The phase beam has a good range, good stopping power, and is instantaneous. The new weapons might be better with upgrades so maybe others can comment on that.
Remember to keep some oxides or shielding plates around for quick shield recharges mid-battle... D-pad down, select shield with X, press again immediate to use first element that pops up... can be done indefinitely. Slow with L2 for a moment after a ship makes it pass at you to turn quickly and get behind them with a boost. Check random ships at bases for ones that might sell defense chits... seems restricted to Vy'keen systems and the orbital station. They're cheap!