That ' s a really good point about Peter Venom , it ' s actually very funny how SpiderMan 3 and the 90 ' s cartoon can influence writers like that <| sep |> Without sugar coating the short answer is it hasn ' t changed much . But . and this is a big but , there are many things added in Horizons that makes shooting stuff more interesting than before . Here are some examples USS for missions are now less random and can be found easily by scanning the nav beacon in your target system or using a discovery scanner . Head to the target planet and wait for a specific Signal Source . No more ultra random USS dropouts anymore to find your mission targets . Interesting weapon upgrades to tinker around . Disable FSD of your target ? Yes . Weapon effects that bypass shield for a minor amount and damage hull directly ? Yes . Healing Lasers to increase either the regeneration rate of your wingmate ' s active shield or heal it directly ? Yes . These are only some examples and might be fun to try out . These are only two of the new things that affect the typical combat missions you might knew from the past . They are still there so you do pretty much the same thing , but if you enjoy the gameplay give it a try . Especially with the current black friday sale you won ' t regret buying horizons if you don ' t have it yet .