about patch 2.6 "Desolation", this thing: "Sentinel health has been lowered, but once alerted and hunting the player, they now spawn in larger groups." does not work for me. Anyone else? I still get only 1 drone on level 1, 2 armored drones on level 2, 2 armored drones + 1 dog on level 3 and so on..

That has also been my experience. Such an easy game already, now it's even easier...

I made a mod to solve this a bit:
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/1642/

Yep! That's a good one. :D