i wonder if there is a way (or even a need) for a short trial period after purchasing gear or ships.
i have recently reached t2 - which is not very high of course - but prices are skyrocketed from a t1 point of view. and you are also given the opportunity to get a much wider variety of gear - yet it is not conclusive what gear suits your playstyle or what gear may suit your playstyle.
considering it takes almost a million credits to outfit a t2 ship - that is a high pricetag to find out that maybe the ship you picked and the weapons and modules are not quite what you like.
some other games offer a trial period of like half an hour in which you can sell the item back for 100% - but the item is flagged after that, so once you buy it again you do not get another trial run of course.
i reckon that this “problem” if it is one - might become more serious in higher tiers as the grind becomes longer - as the rewards vs. repairs vs. costs become a flatter curve than in tier 1 of course.
alternativly - there might also be a small map with bots of varying difficulty ( like a test center/shooting range/simple test pve test map with continous NPC respawns ) where you can test any ship/combination you like - free of charge - but you also don t get a reward for shooting down stuff of course ) but it might help you assess what suits you.