OK, maybe I completely suck, but...

[Panpiper]

I do not get it. I'm playing the demo on easy level and spending every spare dime on having the highest level equipment I can. Most of what is on my ship is level 4. I have 320 shield and 240 regenerating organic armor on my front and the rest is level 4 small shields and armor. I've got point defense cannon, level 4 weapons and level 4 power plant to back it up. So how come when I go to do the second mission of protecting the freighter Beaumont (let's leave aside the problem of it taking me three reloads to even 'find' the bleeding thing) I find myself face to face with three pirate cruisers who take me apart so fast I barely have time to think? And this is 'easy'!

All I can say is I'm not exactly tempted to to continue playing, let alone fork out the money for the registered Version. Further, if this is what I have to expect in SE 5, I hope there will be an autocombat feature or I will not be able to play.