Capital Games TeamMeathead this is not meant for you, you're only delivering the message and are doing a fine job at that.
Here's to hoping CG reads this :
Your lightspeed bundles are your gold mine. They work, poeple still buy them even after you artificially inflated the prices. You're making more money than needed. Each toon and ship release means whales like Ahnald spend hundreds of dollars for a SINGLE unit. You are doing fine.
This change will impact the majority of your player base. The f2p players, such as myself, will get entirely nuked. Niche counters will be nullified and the strategy aspect of the game will turn into "more relics = more better win". Do not do this. The f2p experience is miserable enough as is. Do. Not. Do. This.
People tend to spend on things that are already enjoyable. You can't make players want to pay to turn a miserable experience into a somewhat tolerable one. The game is fine as is. Don't change anything.
If you do commit to this change, I can assure you people are gonna quit. I sure know I am. I've been playing every single day for years now, but I will quit if such a non-f2p friendly mechanic is implemented. A lazy way to discourage f2p to actually interact with the game and its mechanics.