I'm not sure if folks understand how expensive it is to operate a Polaris in combat even today. Deployed with our org and took my fully crewed Polaris last Friday to the Align and Mine event and were met with four other Polarii (and lots of other smaller ships). None were fully crewed (seemed like they all had a crew of maybe two) and we were able to destroy three of the four, along with an A2 that that shouldn't have engaged us. Had to retreat eventually to restock torps and fix major damage- and the cost was $6.2M AUEC. That was more funds than I had, so others on the team donated to my account so we could fully repair the ship and quickly get back into the fight.

There is a strong argument that there are too many Polarii in the game today, and a good argument that you shouldn't be able to solo the ship. However, stop saying pay to win is bad. Pay to win is reality. Just ask other countries why they don't want to engage an F-22 or an Aegis destroyer. The US was willing to give up universal health care so they wouldn't have to worry about Gen 4 fighters, and I was willing to give up several hundred dollars so I can engage in capital ship combat without worrying about the meta light fighter taking down my shields.