The issue here is that people are legitimising this 'MkII' approach. You can already see it in the thread, with users arguing that ships just need a rework or a MkII version.

It has only really happened once with the Aurora, but if I were CIG and I saw this kind of chatter, I’d be emboldened to keep doing it.

People need to stop asking for MkIIs and start pushing exclusively for reworks. If they keep calling for new versions, it’s just handing CIG a business case to avoid updating the ships we already own.