Agreed - they were actually better off just letting ANY backer in w/o having to charge for it in-addition. It gets more people INTO the game to test ships/etc.

Definitely agree with Tasorin about the
"DO NOT BUY A SHIP BECAUSE OF IT'S SPECIFICATIONS!!"

Hell - even purchasing a ship for its "ROLE" is pretty up in the air, as you will be able to change a LOT of ships "ROLES" by swapping parts/modules.

Really - only reason buy add-on ships now if you WANT to support CIG and want the LTI in-game.

Taxman

"Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together."
- Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers