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Absolutely the FIRST thing to say about this is IT'S TERRIBLE.
Here is why
I currently have 2 Rorq's If your currently planned changes go ahead As soon as the November expansion hits I will Reprocess them Plus My Orca as I would rather mine with NO Boosts at all than to put a rorq on grid NO MATTER what you do to it.
I would Rather put the capital parts from the 2x Rorq and 1x Orca towards some more dreads to sell than to keep and use them.
Rorq's currently cost what 2bill why in hell would someone want to try and boost with it on grid while trying to micro manage everything else.

This is terrible news. Rip

There was never a yield boost. What there presently is, is a 2%/yield bonus from the Mining Foreman skill, which gets replaced by a 15% bonus by the mining foreman implant. Not having something to replace that results in a 15% reduction in rocky ore yield from boosted miners as they are now. Ice was never impacted because of the size of ice slabs.

depends on the code, and my understanding is that the physics engine was specifically rewritten to allow for this sort of aoe effect without dying in a fire

The module cycle time and the boost lifetime once applied will both be subject to time dilation effects.

Very interesting changes.

Only thing that immediately stood out to me though; if you're going to completely change what the squad, wing and fleet skills do, why not rename them entirely to reflect their new purpose? I mean, Fleet Command in the new situation will have very little to do with being in charge of a fleet anymore (and will have no affect on hierarchy). So just change the name to something more fitting.

And did I just read right that the Rorqual is getting multiple new tools to play with? Interesting. Can't wait to see more :D

ITS HAPPENING!

Quick question: Interaction of Boosts with Crimewatch? Similar/Identical to Logi?

You're likely not factoring in the effect skills will have.

It is good news to see we're going away from off-fleet ships boosting happily on an alt account. That being said, here are my thoughts about the disclosed process and additional opinions;

>> Although probing down and catching off-grid boosters under the current system is possible and can be very powerful...
Sorry for getting offtopic right off the bat, but this only works on the principle thinking that the booster is an alt account where the player only runs one monitor in case the ship always remains stationary. There are too many possibilities for people who run software and hardware solutions which makes early notification of combat probes possible without going into the botting and scripting category. In short; the moment you see probes on d-scan, you warp away. There is no way for an attentive player to get caught by combat probes if s/he isn't already engaged otherwise and is not in a huge and clunky ship that isn't already pre-aligned. This is an inherent problem with combat probes which I hope to see addressed in the future.

>> Command Bursts will have a clear visual effect indicating the area in which ships have received the buff.
If that visual buff does not include any overview indicators, it's only half as useful.
Also, good luck trying to figure out just by visuals alone what is boosted if you're in a bubble, or even multiple. A range of 15km base boost is likely going to get swallowed. It will end as usual, in a zoomed out effect blur. The only reason I can see who should in theory be targeted first is when there are multiple boosters on the field, deciding which boost is more important to take down first. Until that decision has been made, chances are the closest booster is already damaged enough to the point where it doesn't make sense to switch targets.
And please, for the love of all hardware, make a checkbox in the options so we can disable the boosting effects.

>> Command pilots will receive a combat log message that indicates how many allied ships have been impacted by each burst.
Not going to question usefulness of combat log spam, but I'd like to have tactical map sphere range like weapon and ECM ranges when hovering the Burst module. That way I will always be able to see how many fleet members I catch in my range of influence. If you do not have that already planned to make, I direly suggest you do.

>> ...Armor, Shield (formerly known as Siege), Information, Skirmish, and Mining.
Mind if you change "skirmish" to "navigation" at that point then and replace the ewar bonus with something else?

>> These modules must be loaded with ammo in order to activate, and the ammo choices determine which bonus the module will provide to nearby fleetmates.
Suggestion; change the ammo to something new, being a high-slot script. That doesn't affect reload time but certainly makes more sense than using... well... "ammo." I don't even want to think about what kind of explanation will be tried to reason using "ammo" for a "physical stat boost". Sure, maybe it's more like a battery to help out with the capacitor... at which point we are at auxiliary modules, which require much more cap if running out of charges. See?

>>When activated, the Command Burst will apply bonuses to all fleetmates within range of the boosting ship, in a sizable sphere.
Since you said you get rid of passive bonuses from skills and fleet hierarchy, I suggest you implement some of that back because else you have no limit over what you can boost. Where is the hardcap? Didn't we recently got a hard-cap for assisted drones/fighters? It should have diminishing returns exceeding the amount of players you can legally boost by your leadership skills, or these leadership skills increase the amount at which diminishing returns kick in.

What is even more crucial here; what is it good to have skilled for fleet sizes now? The main reason was to have fleet boosts to as many people as possible. Since you remove that, and emphasize on "skillful play" now, you might as well remove skill based fleet size restrictions altogether to - quoting you - "significantly reduce barrier of entry".
Sounds like a big round of returned skillpoints to me. If not, you better give them a much more interesting purpose, else a lot of us will remain dumbfounded.

>> their ship will receive a timed bonus lasting between 60 and 130 seconds that continues to operate even if they move out of range, or if the boosting ship dies
While it makes sense, I'd advise to have the timer being reduced in half every time the ship enters warp, including acceleration gates.

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Second post incoming with comments to posters.