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personal views here, just thought i'd state that before we start.

mining yields are fine, i don't have an issue with those, theoretical max yields are perfectly balanced between the ships. it's probably the only thing you've done right, imo.

i'm not going to give feedback on tanking because; well it either can or can't tank a suicide gank, no amount of number crunching will get you anywhere.

cargo space, it's still hideous.
before we start i'm just going to point out having to faff around with crystals is not going to be fun, nor interesting, and just put people off. it's an extra "tax" for no reward. if you'd have given us a reward for having to put up with it (more yield, they break less often, **** me even different coloured lasers!) then it would have made it easier to accept your hideous idea for crystals in fleets.
i do like the way you said you alleviated the issue by reducing crystal size. except, you didn't alleviate anything since at the very same time you cut the hulk's cargo bay. you didn't alleviate an issue, you created one.

as for ore space, i see the ore bays have changed.

8500m3 in the hulk, it's nice that you gave us all the extra space to waste. let me ask you ccp what's the difference in a max yield hulk with 7500 cargo, and 8500 cargo? nothing, good sirs, you even showed that yourselves. you're dragging ore every cycle so the cargo space is just wasted that we repeatedly said we'd rather have as regular cargo to avoid the amazingly bad idea of having to mess around with crystals. what was the point?

on the other hand; nice to see you've made the difference between the mackinaw and the retriever more worth while now.

in general, aside from making mining fleets even less appealing by having to deal with crystals for no extra reward the exhumer changes look good.

tl;dr. cargo capacity, ore bays, and crystals are like telling a socially unacceptable joke [especially in regards to the hulk], you might think it's funny but nobody's laughing. all the rest is good though.