Tractor beam should only work on the targeted cargo crate, give it a little bit more range to make up for it, 10~25m tops

the tractor beam scooping up everything all the time is a pain in the ass more often than not.

You can turn it off, there's a command to toggle its state. I don't remember WHAT the command is (toggletractor maybe?), try /showcommands and looking through the list.

I'm not particularly for or against this change immediately. It would be nice to have a method to selectively nab crates, but iirc the original purpose was targeted towards pilots who were having difficulty picking up loot at all, and I would imagine (could be wrong) that most newer pilots don't target everything they're trying to pick up.

I know it got sidelined, but the devs were - iirc - still experimenting with and planned to expand the tractor beam system at one point, among their many projects. While the devs might not be able to work on that system right now, I'd be interested in seeing general pointers of what they'd like to see intended, now that its been a while.

Yeah, the main goal is to make things easier for newbies.

The system was not implemented the way I actually wanted, and there is room for improvement.

But, the fact that it's easy to disable means that experienced people can get rid of it if it's a problem.