Ships & Modules

I agree, the Sleipner is the best field command ship. I also see that as a real problem because there isn't supposed be a best field command ship. Ships are role based or that is the premise, yet time and time again on so many roles, we see there is in fact a 'best' and in the larger majority of cases, it's Minmatar that have the best. In a niche based, roles game of EVE, that is unbalanced.

In terms of Anti tackle, Minmatar still have an advantage because they are the webifier race of EVE and if you want to squish a tackle frigat quick or get out of its scramble range, web it.

That's what I was saying all along.

I have heard that arguement in the past, and I am inclined to agree. I was thinking more in terms of a boost to the effectiveness of ewar, like a T2 blaster ammo would give a mild increase to velocity factor of webs on target (not the ammo actually webbing) or T2 rail ammo increasing effectiveness of dampeners. Obviously there would have to be stacking penalties and such in place so it would not be OP.

Indeed, but actually the huge range of projectiles coupled with an awesome base tracking just makes them FOTOM.

Killing ceptors with autos 425 is possible, with 200's is almost unfair and totally op in some ships , with 180's in some experienced hands this makes just impossible for the ceptor pilot to keep the point for long before it dies far too fast.
I can't count the number of whatever type of frigates and destroyers I've instantly pop with an insta cane and new short range ammo (+25% tracking), it's just completely OP.

The problem about projectiles switchable damage types is:

You can counter-fit vs lasers extremely easily by adding EM/Therm hardeners.
You can counter-fit vs blasters easily by adding Kin/Therm hardeners.
You can counter-fit vs drones easily by adding Therm hardeners for Gallente drones which are the highest damage and the most common, or Explosive hardeners vs Warriors.

but.
You cannot counter-fit against projectiles.

Sure there is the same problem for missiles, but their damage is so low compared to projectiles that it is not an issue.

If you're going to bring physics into it, in a vacuum or near-vacuum thermal damage _is_ EM damage, and explosive damage _is_ kinetic damage, so there should only be two damage types in the game.

EDIT:

You can rationalize the ship movement physics pretty easily. We're equipped with an interplanetary warp device that effectively anchors us to the inertial reference frame of the local gravitational signatures, with nearer and larger gravity wells taking precedence. By dumping energy into it we can twist the resulting stabilizing gradient to accellerate the ship to ludicrous speed without liquefying the entire crew, since we're just changing reference frames. When we're not putting energy into it (by running a rocket or running the actual warp drive) the gradient auto-corrects and brings us into the system/local reference frame again (i.e. we "stop" relative to local planets).

Basically, stopping when we aren't putting out energy is the price we pay for being able to warp around solar systems at 50 or 60 times light speed without killing everything aboard and exploding any planet we fly by. Bonus: it also explains why we can hover below LEO height by a planet without falling out of the sky.

Its because of the duct tape. You'll understand once you experience the pleasures of duct tape.