Ships & Modules

Oh, strap a 100MN AB on a cruiser and watch it go!

Yep, get rid of these fake bonus and get inspired from pirate ships, add 1high gun hard point large size and able to fit capital guns 3(instead of 5 large) with ROF/tracking bonus, increase mobility with MWD bonus and reduce sign radius. Make them really really NASTY !!!

Tier system is about to go down the toilets and become exactly that

god forbid EVE keeps its flavor of complexity. if WoW is watering down mechanics, everyone must follow. wouldn't want to cater to anybody but idiots would we?

It's not really that much of a mess.

Tech 1 - No triangle
Navy Faction - Green triangle.
Pirate Faction - Green triangle but better.
Tech 2 - Orange triangle.
Tech 3 - Red triangle, one ship for each race.

The T3 you mentioned was probably in relation to tier 3 Battlecruisers which need to be distinguished from the other types of Battlecruisers because they are quite different.

It's not really a tier within a tech level, it's just a name. They probably could have chosen a less confusing name though, like Big Gun Battlecruisers or something.

-Boost powergrid on some Marauders. Add a slot here and there, very sparingly.
-Increase tractor range a little and add a salvage time/effectiveness bonus for marauders
-Make the Noctis t2 (it's extremely specialized but extremely easy to train to).
-Increase range on Golem torps.
-"No" to capital guns on battleships. Dreadnoughts are your cheap, super dps option. Capital guns in hisec were removed for a reason, so a T2 (expensive) battleship that can do what a Dreadnought can do would be either pointless or OP.
-I like complexity.
-No DPS boost to Marauders. The DPS is enough, it's the specialization stuff (tractors, salvagers) that needs help.
-Give Marauders normal battleship sensors. The small scan resolution and weak sensor strength is the main thing that keeps Marauders out of PvP and less effective in many forms of fleet PvE (Incursions) than Pirate BS. It doesn't make any sense, either. "I'm an engineer for the great Amarr Empire. I have created for you, Empress, this incredible ship called the Paladin, which can tear through enemies with the wrath of a thousand suns! (Ignore the old rusty sensors I pulled from a salvaged freighter)"

You're quite right, they're actually working to remove tiers.

However, to explain how that system works...the tier refers to the level of the relevant ship skill required to fly it. The higher the tier, the more expensive and powerful the ship is. Let's look at battleships, which is arguably the most balanced of the current tier systems. Tier 1's are the Scorpion, Dominix, Typhoon, and Armageddon, which require racial Battleship I. Tier 2's are the Raven, Megathron, Tempest, and Apocalypse, requiring racial Battleship II. Tier 3s are the Rokh, Hyperion, Maelstrom, and Abaddon, obviously requiring racial Battleship III. The lowest tier ships have the lowest manufacturing costs, and likewise the lowest survivability, but with the exception of the scorpion(an ECM boat) are very adaptable and versatile once you put a good amount of SP into them. The Tier 2's are for the most part tankier, and also more expensive to produce, though they do require less SP to perform well. The Tier 3's are by far the most expensive, but have much better tank and are generally more capable all around than previous tiers, without completely absoleting either of the previous two tiers.