Been playing more since the squid patch but Stamina has me on just about every night now. I just don't often play during mainstream times. Never have.
But I can say this much...after stamina hit, most opposing pilots, even newer players with sub 50-100 games, became better. Haven't had as many 5-0s and they are taking advantage of it well. It's been more of a challenge. Which is good.
Oh one more thing I've noticed. This hasn't been super common but there are times when the vertical movement seems to freeze. I've had to jump off helm and back on to unlock it again. The only commonality when it happens is I usually see it after using Chute Vent. Or sometimes when I hit it, the ship just hangs there even when I use stamina to try to force it to drop. Its hard to replicate as it doesn't happen consistently. Just suddenly in combat, it goes out.