Ships & Modules

ALL 8 command ships are a lot more viable now, both for boosting and battlefield presence. There will probably be some changes to them in the future, but that is partly dependent on whether (and how) CCP fixes the OGB problem.

The HML problem you are specifying has nothing to do with the Nighthawk, its a general problem for the weapon type.

There is more parity between the command ships. And, the relative utility of the tech III boosters v command ships has been diminished.

However, the overall problems with having off-grid boosting has not been fixed. The nigh unprobability of tech III ships is still a stupid mechanic, enabling part of the off grid booster problems. Until these get fixed, the game will remain flawed in this area.

Heavy missiles are no longer the one size fits all uses weapon system. Deal with it.

CS-Rebalance has been the greatest thing to happen since I started.

Once upon a time, there was the Eos and the Sleipnir. THen the Eos got nerfhammered. And the CS-rebalance finally happened!

And you currently got CS that are a bit more powerful than HAC-conofigured T3s, They all got two utilityhighs (cause even now, ongridboosting is still hilariously underpowered compared to *leave an alt floating in system, can't probe him without virtues anyways*), amazing damageprojetion with decent to wonderful damage, and they remained their tiny pricetags, what's not to like.

When it comes to niches they want to sit in, there are quite a lot. Bricktanked Vulture/Damnation for blobfests. Blasterastarte with links in a brawl, nighthawks prjoceting 800dps+ while keeping their target at 15km with a cheap navyweb. Vultures that hit with blasters for 600dps at 20+km. Sleipnir being still the top solo/smallscale-vessel, it just got better with less fitting issues and a more conservative ammo-consumption + better OH-capabilities. And the Claymore being about as good as the Sleip, better in a couple situations even (especially fighting blasters/TD). Absolution is exactly as always, but got more dps with the last rebalance. Also profits from the fittings-thingy as does the sleip. Eos being quite the odd duck, on the one hand it's THE premier smallscale-boostingvessel (such as you want to jump a system with only 3 people, and don't want to get scouted as you+booster), however the 250m³ dronebay is all but optimal.

So regarding the ships themselves: Yes, they got fixed. Minor discrepancies remain, but mostly fixed.
On the other hand, boosting mechanics (we were promised it would be proximity-based eventually) need an overhaul to do any further good for that class.

Command Ships are in a good spot at the moment, you could argue that Gallente and Minmatar are at a disadvantage in fleet warfare due to bonuses but in return they are great in small gang or solo active tanked.

I'd argue the Vulture should have a 10% Shield HP per level however to match the Damnation in my opinion.