You: The game is too grindy and bottlenecky
CG: *Announces two more ships that won't require us to grind a pilot alongside said ship*
You: WHAAAAAA LOREEEEEE
The game was never about lore and it has been said to death.
I mean for real? And then you complain whwn devs don't listen to us and it's because of this. People will always find a problem where there is none. You have a great fleet and impressive roaster? Good for you, bastards like me who struggle with gearing up ships would probably thank CG for this decision. The fact that ships require pilots limits how many ships they can add without clustering the roster even more.
Bottom line: Crew less ships = More variety. Games evolve.
God, this is why we can't have nice things.