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I have been hooked on eve for 5 years now and won't be deterred so easily as just dumbing down the module names.

I often use high meta modules now, for instance 'scout' projectiles turrets, 'experimental' AF, 'prototype' MWD, & 'C5-L Emergency' SB. Fitting an extra gun more than makes up for the loss of the specialty skill bonus. If their stats are crippled by this change, the meta 4 modules will be as useless as the meta 1-3.

There may be some niche exceptions, can't tell without seeing the stats, but I agree with the market that the meta 1-4 items, whatever they're called, are destined for the reprocessing plant.

LML T1
LML Limos 48X (Xtended Magazine, fits 48 charges)
LML Malkuth 16C-E (Effficient variant, requiring 16 CPU)
LML Arbalest 13.2R (Rapid Fire variant, with 13.2 seconds between shots)
LML Zainou 2F (Forgiving/restrained variant, 2 heat damage instead of 3+)
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LML T2

Upgraded
Economic
Efficient
eXtended
Scoped
Forgiving
RapidFire
...

I n otice the "compact" light missile launcher reduces only one fitting requirement, the CPU. There is no named version that uses the same CPU, but less power, no "Efficient" version.

Maybe something to add?

We now get to see a downside to the 6 week schedule. This idea is nowhere near ready to launch in 5 days.
While the idea of module rebalancing is good, this particular method is not.

1. I will repeat what others have said; "The new names SUCK". Ample rocket launcher, is lame. Scoped Arbalest rocket launcher, or Expanded Arbalest rocket launcher, yep, I can go for that.

2. Arbitrarily changing the stats, and therefore the value of the items sitting in hangars or on the market, is not a good way to keep your players happy.

Sorry CCP this idea needs to be put on hold.

How about just fixing the "lets hide the info inside clicky menu after clicky menu" UI design instead? That would certainly solve the problems you mention.

And hey, how about showing the important stats of an object when you see it in Market? That'd remove all of the reason for renaming things. When you click an item in Market, the header of the Market shows the item name and some info, but there's a big open space there just begging to be filled in with useful information, like the description, fitting, critical attributes, etc.

....This may be the second step on the way to themeparkville, where everything does exactly what makes it easiest for developers to manage and there's zero room for emergent gameplay. I hope not. But you devs come from that world, so the possibility is always there.

I have been around a long time and I *still* have to "show info" on a ton of meta modules, especially in the categories where there are five flavors of basic modules cluttering up my old inventory stacks. I whole-heartedly love the notion of combining and rationalizing a bunch of the meta modules. I do agree however that with stuff like weapons systems, there are plenty of parameters to tweak for more than two flavors of meta mods.

My biggest concern, though, as a scruffy salvager type, is that you are making rat loot EVEN MORE BORING.

Right now, if there aren't any faction wrecks in your loot field, the only possible interesting loot item you're going to find is a rare Meta4 module that's actually worth some ISK. There aren't many of these, and most looting now is an endless refrain of "worthless, dull, worthless, boring, worthless, dull, scrap, fail, worthless." When rat loot had more mineral value, at least there was that. Now? Nah.

So now we are combining four different metas of varying rarities into one or two varieties. Assuming no changes to the loot table, the rares will now be more common (Malkuth and Arbelest drops combined into one new module drop) and less valuable.

I don't offer this as a reason not to do it. Simplifying the fitting experience for new players is enough reason to do it, IMO, in a game with declining enrollment. Good plan, long overdue.

But that leaves the question: What can you do to make rat looting more interesting?

I know this is a PvP game. The PvE experience is never the priority. But there have been a lot of changes over the years that have made rat looting more generic, less valuable, and much less interesting. Isn't it time to spice it up a little?

Obviously we don't want random Gurista pirates dropping faction loot. I mean, we WANT it, but it doesn't make game design sense. But couldn't they at least drop some quafe, or some exotic dancers? Couldn't every rat have some small fractional-percentage chance of having *something* unusual or amusing or modestly valuable in his personal locker when we blow him up?

I feel like looting is going to be EVEN MORE BORING after these useful and valuable changes. Throw us a bone, here?

But that doesn't RESTRAIN the drawback, that makes the drawback (reduced capacitor) WORSE. High cap recharge is a wonderful thing, but a thick reservoir is often more important in a battle, if for no other reason than Neut/NOS warfare. To properly Restrain the drawback, you need a smaller chunk taken out of cap capacity and a subsequent reduction in recharge rate (to keep the module in line with other options).


Also, on a side note, I would like to suggest changing the word 'Restrained' to 'Mitigated'.

+1 for an original and very likely better idea.

Why are you doing this? I do not want to play with illiterate people that are to dumb to click the compare button in the module info.
What will this game be when you dumb it further down? Eve lives mostly, if not only from the complexity and difficulty. If you take this away, what stays?