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oops, missed that one. thx.

fighters really are not all that useful for triage ships though. it would be nice to see the module balanced in a more defensive manner. such as the idea for decreased cap or increased local rep.

fighters would have to be told to engage targets or assigned to people in the fleet. the fighters would be a ***** to monitor while repping folks and switching targets to where the dps is being applied.

Irrespective of whether I think carriers need more tank, I don't like the argument that changes shouldn't occur because it might affect the usage of another ship. I'm looking at the arguments around assault frigates in particular.

Hey in there, you are not forgotten, just a bit busy with multiple stuff coming in.

Here are the iteration changes planned for tech2 mods:

• Triage module II: now provides a 20% capacitor reduction to remote capital armor repairers, remote capital hull repairers, capital shield transfers and capital energy transfers while in triage mode. Doesn't provide any bonus to local repairer/boosters however. Previously the module had little interest to train for, should now be worth the time.


• Sister core probe launcher and expanded probe launcher: now provide a 10% boost to scan probe strength instead of 5%. That's to keep an appeal for the faction mods despite the arrival of a tech2 version.


• Skirmish Warfare Link – Interdiction Maneuvers II and Skirmish Warfare Link – Sensor Integrity II: boost increased from 3.5 to 3.75% to keep the tech2 boost consistent among all warfare modules.


• Information Warfare Link – Electronic Superiority II: boost for Remote Sensor Dampeners and Tracking Disruptors increased from 1.25 to 1.5%. Previous numbers were erroneous.


• Mining Foreman Link – Mining Laser Field Enhancement II: boost increased from 5 to 5.625%: same reason as above, to keep tech2 boost consistent among all gang links.


• Federation Navy Omnidirectional Tracking Link: tracking and speed multipliers for drones increased from 1.25x to 1.3x, again to keep an interest on the faction variant next to the new tech2 module.


• Bomb Launcher II: capacity increased from 150 to 225m3, allows it to carry 3 bombs instead of 2.

Feedback is welcome.

wow, these changes are incredible! thanks for listening.

do you know what tallest has been up to in regards to his two areas of balancing?

You won't really melt, you'll simply disappear and arrive in cloning. There is no local tank for supercapitals on grid with you.

I would much rather see T2 triage give a local tanking boost. Especially with the Moros boost, triage carriers are a lot more vulnerable to dreads now, and the long train for T2 triage should reduce that.

When?

Triage desperately needs a tanking boost to protect them from the newly buffed dreadnoughts. The added protection against supercapitals is also very welcome.

Massed subcapitals will still kill them by neutralization pressure, so giving them stronger tank shouldn't negatively balance the subcapital-capital interaction. This is a lucky scenario where you can buff something against one opponent without unbalancing them against other predators. Take advantage of it!

Edit: Perhaps going from a 200% bonus to 235%? That'd be about a 17.5% increase to their tank, exactly equal to the change from T1 siege to T2. Considering that Dreads and Carriers were reasonably well balanced before the change, this should maintain that.

Of course, you also buffed the T1 siege module by 10% relative to the old one, so you might want to take that into consideration while you're at it...

No boost to local repair amount in triage will save you, say it is boosted well maybe you'll be able to tank 2 SCs or 3 dreadnoughts, so what? These days many corporations, not even alliances, can field that.
Capacitor consumption on remote reps is a great bonus on the other hand - you might be able to run 3 reps for the whole triage cycle with that without devoting all slots to cap recharge mods.