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I was reorganizing the hangars and noticed that my stack of Arbalest LMLs is now a stack of Compact LMLs. I knew that this was coming, but didn't expect the market value to fall to less than a 10th the original price.

Any chance of a refund for the balance? Or, should I get busy unloading my other pricey meta variants before they're similarly mutilated?

Its sad that the majority of issues with modules are not going to be addressed, its almost like CCP doesnt know what the actual problems even are.

1. Inconsistent grouping names
- the module has several different attributes that are used for sorting, In order these are name, group, catagory, size, slot, volume, meta and tech. Odd choices have been made in how these are displayed, and what things are called/grouped.
EX -"50mm Reinforced Nanofiber Plates I" are group named "Armor reinforcer" while "Energized EM membrane" are "Armor Plating Energized" . "Magnetic Field Stabilizer I" has a blueprint under the name "Fast Loader" while the group name is Magnetic Field Stabilizer, Gyrostabilizers also have this problem. Ballistic control units and Heat sinks are under their respective named categories.

2. unfinished module and ammunition sizing
-Tracking computers, sensor disruptors sensor boosters are all small sized, why? they fit on every size ship, stasis webs , armor plates, cargo scanners are unsized completely. its a half built system but you arent fixing that. why?

3. inconsistent module m/3
Limited light ion blaster I is 25m/3 , Limited light Neutron Blaster I is 20 m/3
Limited Ion Blaster (medium) is 10m/3 , Limited Neutron Blaster is 10 m/3
Heavy Ion blaster I (medium) is 10 m/3 , Heavy Neutron Blaster I is 25m/3
This is wildly inconsistent.

4. inconsistent meta changes for all weapon/module types.
in many cases there is a clear meta progression 0 is worst in all respects, and 4 is best in all respects, matching or better then t2. this also means that there is never any reason to fit meta 0-3 if 4 is available. in many cases there is a fitting choice between 3 and 4 that caused 3 to get fit instead of 4. and similar choices for meta 4 and tech 2 items. However the changes proposed and the ones implemented (as noted by another poster in this thread) there are now fewer fitting choices and far less variation of fitting options. Makuth light missile launchers (meta 3) had a lower cpu then the 'arbolast' meta 4 launcher and thus some fits used makuth and some used arbolast.

actual fixes to your system would work better then dumbing down parts of it that you don't understand because it isn't completed to begin with.

Agreed, and I also think some of the existing names should be kept, like "Arbalest" or "Malkuth" but simply as flavor content added to the updated name classification...

In addition to the price tank on meta mods that got "balanced" I ran the numbers on the old meta 4 missile launcher. Looks like it lost about 13% in RoF and a 12% capacity nerf and now takes 13% more heat damage while over heating. Only gains one more CPU savings in fitting. Doesn't seem like the advertised 6.6%. Were they really 15% better than every other weapon system?
When they continue with the module changes I'm torn between hoping that other mods get that sort of treatment and hoping others don't get nerfed out of use like these have.

Any idea when the next round of balancing is?

I understand you and agree. It is the oll 'Order, counterorder, disorder.'. on the name changes. And the ore scanner changed to read in M3 like eveything else in the Game would make too much Sense.

I think the module rebalancing looks like a good idea. However, I do not agree that the name changes were needed. As a matter of fact, changing the names and the unique descriptors is another step toward making Eve "just another mmo". You are removing the challenge and limiting the sandbox in order to favor the carebear and those who are too lazy, scared or just wrong in the head to grasp the fun in a dangerous world where, at any time, one can find oneself waking in a new clone or short a billion isk due to a scam or any of the other things that make Eve a unique and fun experience.

CCP should go ahead and create a "carebear server", like every other mmo out there. A server on which pvp is super limited and the only way to engage another pilot is through duel request or if they have pvp turned on. Then, when people cry about the game being too hard or getting blown up or whatever, we can just tell them to go to the carebear server. Many would just cry about pvp on the pvp server but when they get over their pride and moveto the carebear server they will be able to mine away in low and null sec with no fear of loss. (Sounds like fun, right)

BTW, the unique item names and descriptions were one of the biggest reasons I continued to play Eve. I loved reading the cool descriptions and names. They really were quite awesome.

Oh you mean like:

Partial Weapon Navigation
Peripheral Weapon Navigation Diameter
Parallel Weapon Navigation Transmitter
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron

And then shortened:
PWN
PWND
PWNT
PWNAGE

But seriously, what the heck is a navigation array generation extron?

And I'm pretty sure the module rebalance thing has probably died as there has been not a peep from CCP about it since the first one.

The word 'Restrained' has a bit of a negative connotation (unless you're into that sort of thing). I would suggest the world 'Optimized' or 'Efficient' Since you're reducing a drawback instead of restraining something good.

Agreed. And yes, I already miss e.g. the old AB names.