first, thanks again for lowering the combat difficulty for the easy levels.

i play on the very easy level, just like to sail around, fight only occasionally, trade, and go on missions. my comment is that prior to the patch most all Missions were by far 1 star difficulty, a few 2 star, once in awhile a 3 , but rarely a 4 or 5. in fact, i don't recall ever seeing a 5. but now, after the patch, i'm getting way more 3,4,5 than i am 1,2.

Proteus505, could you folks take look at this and see if something got inadvertently changed in this last update? on very easy/easy i can understand seeing 4 and 5 star difficulty missions later in the game as i advance in rank, get a bigger ship, etc but not when i first start out. anyway, something to maybe check out unless it's all random and you get what you get. thanks!