EVE General Discussion

Beware of any MMO that is 'finished'.

dont you think its about time to get blops tweaked already? or t3s? or.....

focusing too much on some stuff and neglecting others, lemme tell you my man, its an awful bsns strategy, just sayin'

Considering blops arent in an awful position right now, and that T3s have been tweaked a bunch through module nerfs and buffs, module changes and hp nerfs........ nope not one bit.

They're not re-balancing. They're balancing. Kinda like you imagine yourself trying to do while you walk with a front porch like your would-be you is sporting there. Balancing is done with a lot of cross-referencing, so the data becomes rather involved, and much trial and error ensues.

TL;DR Don't ask for too much too soon, you just might get it.

It is a slow process, to be honest it should be running as long as eve is running. Every change you make can unbalance other things and so you need to go back and fix those or roll back previous changes. To be honest there is not much left to do a major rebalance on after the big cap change sin the Spring. T3 cruisers are the elephant in the room.

They got all the low hanging fruit and are now faced with the ships that will cause the most rage when they are altered. Capitals were always going to be a big job and after citadel hits there is only the other massive problem area to deal with. 2016, the year CCP finally deals with T3's.

well Capitals are a whole different ball game and those need a bit longer than the other classes. i wasn't expecting a ship class to be re balanced every single patch but they have done it a lot more frequent than i thought. give it time.

These questions seem fair. Perhaps you aren't aware of where to look to monitor future/ongoing balance topics? That might be more to do with the forum layout and working out how to follow certain topics.

Features & Ideas < for proposed changes, keep an eye on the dev stickies
EVE Information Portal < for implemented changes with a request for feedback or for larger changes being considered

Some balancing/new ship topics I found with a quick skim of F&I:
[December] Balance Smorgasbord
[December] Module Tiericide - Warp Disruption Field Generators
[December] Module Tiericide - Neutralizers and Nosferatu
[December] Discovering a New Expedition Frigate
[December] Navy EWar Frigates
[December] Missile Disruptors and Tweaks to Missile Guidance Mods
[Future] Module Tiericide – Shield Rechargers and Others
[Focus Group] Tactical Destroyers
[Focus Group] Capital Ships Signup

That suggests there are massive rebalancing passes in progress - not just related to tiercide, but the release of new ships/modules to plug existing gaps and give people new things to OoOh over. I'm not hypoxic over a policy of continued balancing mixed in with fresh items. Would you prefer this was done quickly and permenantly over a year then never revisited? Actually I hope 'rebalancing' is an ongoing theme, rather than nerfing. Caps really are a big deal btw, it needs to be done properly. If that means waiting for T3s/Blops to be done next year, I'm not too fussed. There's only so much the playerbase can take in terms of fixing before they turn nasty, and T3s will probably get spanked when it lands. Maybe Blops will get a huge boost as compensation.

Slow balance passes are fine, but there is a limit. We're running into the problem now where some of the first ships to be rebalanced (such as AFs) are pretty much terrible because later rebalances and other changes during that time have outdone the buffs they got. This means they're gonna hafta either be rebalalanced again before some ships even get one pass, or they'll remain garbage tier.

It is generally considered to be good game design to keep moving the flavour of the month around and having your players cycle through existing content.

I don't think the ships will ever be properly balanced. That said, the Tengu is puzzling.