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In real terms, the nerf to general light fighters is approximately a 20% damage reduction versus destroyer and smaller targets, and a 10% damage reduction to Battlecruisers/Battleships (while they have charges). This is completely dependent on fits , tackle and circumstances. In some cases it's worse than this, in others it's better. For example, once you've run out of charges, general light fighters apply a lot better than pre-118.6.

As we said in our first communications about the new fighters that where deployed with Citadels and started taking your feedback, the balance of the new fighters and capitals would need tweeking. The 118.6 patch is the start of that process, but by no means the end.

We had the opinion (and the data since the citadels patch backs it up) that general light fighters could alpha out small targets too well with their heavy rocket salvo, especially combined with the networked sensor array's bonus to locking speed. Given the excellent application of the old heavy rocket salvo ability there was little incentive to fit target painters or webifiers.
Additionally, there is some thematic discontinuance with the heavy rocket salvo having better application than fighter guns.

Post-118.6, carriers can still apply damage quite well to small targets. They also have options with the space superiority fighters, which while do a lot less damage to sub-capitals, can apply incredibly well. Your choices of fit are more important after the 118.6 patch.

We take a lot of time to read the feedback forum posts here, tweetfleet slack (o/ #capitals m8s), the capital focus group, the CSM, and various other community groups. Player feedback is incredibly important and influential to the design process. We don't always reply, and we're sorry about that.

I commented to point out that requesting an additional option toggle is not as helpful as explaining why the feature bothers you, because the graphics software team (my team) is currently working on simplifying the graphics settings options.

A different team than mine is responsible for the docking animation, and despite that they haven't posted here, they are reading all of the feedback.

So would undocking warping to a gate (during the invul killing undock animation) and having your ship not visible, camera frozen, not being able to jump or warp off - Be classed as a glich, bug or intended ?

Or the losing of a cyno because while I was waiting for the docking animation and the reshipping animation I was unable to undock and protect my alts ship - Yeah it was only a T1 frigate but if this sort of game play slowing feature is intended to work like this, it really isn't a good feature.
For Bob's sake, you can't even open the fitting window, market or anything else for the time it takes for your ship to, "arrive"?


Worst part of this, when you have to relog (3 times so far in 4 hours) to continue your journey, you don't warp off - You just sit on the gate - In lowsec. With the added login time since Citadel, this will lead to Support receiving a lot more - Eve is broken tickets they need to delay 3 or 4 weeks answering because they are "busy". (average support ticket response is around 3 weeks now - and you want to add to that with this un-necessary, unpopular addition to the growing lagfest called TQ)

Normal Frame Rate, around 65 (3 monitors with dedicated GTX 750ti cards), now driven down to 15 on undocking - Dropping to 45 due to the "can't turn it off" and not at all interesting "warp effect" was something I could live with - I'm sorry, I don't have 4 grand to replace my 2 year old computer, just to keep up with the "fluff" effects CCP seem intent on driving some of us out of the game with. We aren't all millionaires that can buy a new computer every six months because CCP like adding resource hogging, time wasting "fluff". I used to be able to run 4 or 5 characters with graphics on high, now i run 3 or 4 on medium and low settings and still get lag spikes worthy of dialup internet and frame rate drops that would be expected using my old 386 with intel onboard graphics.
I know my system is not top of the line but a 3.6 quad core, 16 gig ram and 2 dedicated cards should be able to run my characters, as it did 2 months ago.


I know, how about an ON / Off switch for those who want to actually play Eve, not put up with meaningless effects no-one but a Dev with too much time on his or her hands decided we need. (90% of SISi feedback was against this - the majority here is negative, IS CCP LISTENING)

Personally, I would rather have more options in the menu to turn off unwanted effects - Not less.

You say your focusing on reducing menu complexity, which is good BUT for BOB's sake, don't do it at the expense of play-ability of the game. (Don't we have enough timers to deal with already, without CCP adding things like this)

These new animations add nothing to game play and so should be "optional" so those who want to play the game in a fast efficient way can. We should not be forced to wait out timers when docking or undocking, which is basically all this new addition brings to TQ.

I've already dropped from 11 to 5 accounts, I just can't run them all anymore. Seems I may have to drop a couple more if some of these resource hogging effects aren't given ON / OFF options. I don't know what you did with Citadel but, logging in, longer black screen on undock, severely reduced frame rates (All compared to before Citadel), is taking a toll.

Specifically what I don't like - The whole station induced timer thing. The added time to dock reship and undock. The way the camera zooms right out and seems to go in a circle, then zooms to 100% when the timer ends.
I could go on but I think you should get the idea - If I have not been clear enough, I don't like the feature, AT ALL.


Eve has enough "fluff" for now, fixing things that are broken would make Eve a much better game. New timers don't.. ..


Suggestion;
If you want to add a "boarding animation" Which this seems to be attempting - Make it realistic.
Player opens ships hangar, selects ship, walks up to it and boards. THEN you would have something that might be worth adding to the game. (remember Incarna - if your gonna do it, do it right) Again It would need to have an opt in, out option, not everyone wants forced special effects in Eve. Some of us just want to play the game with minimum fuss.