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I am not a fan of the the dual command bunuses either with the Mimmy line we could have fast hi ehp ships. Just give each race a 5% bonus and let the command ships have a dual bonus of 3%.

the dual command ship bonuses are basically the best thing you've ever suggested, ignore the people opposing them

What about you start fixing shield capitals! like the ******* chimera.. COME ON CCP!

I like that you are looking hard at getting rid of off-grid boosting.

If you do that, can you please make gang-links stay on like any other module, and not kick off any time you enter warp? Many times fleets on the field warp around trying to get in position on each other. Having to constantly remember to turn links on is a pain. Any thoughts on that one?

Just an opinion on the baser hull stats.

I think you should + up BS Scan Res a tiny bit. Around 140-165 Standard max skill making them around Battlecruiser Level if they dump in a Sensor Booster but still very slow at locking Frigates and Cruisers.

I also think that lessening the Cap use of the 100MN MWD would be a big boon especially to Amarr who suck cap and Gallente who need mobility. Perhaps to around 4-5 minutes instead of 1.5 to 2.5 min with only the MWD running. Frigates / Dessies are stable, Cruisers get about 3-5min (think it should be brought up a tiny bit), Battlecruisers around 10min to Stable so 5ish would be a real good buff.

Basically make it so a Heavy Cap Boost isn't a major requirement just for having an MWD and make it so Battlecruisers / Cruisers don't have 10-15 Sec lock times but more 7-10.

Looks good :)

For the pos situration, perhaps simply make the module unable to activate within 10km of a pos shield, 10km within a station and 10km within a stargate (kinda like smartbombs?)

I still think they should be able to boost from across a system, so they aren't forced to be on same grid, my arguement mainly comming from a tacklers point of view (someone who chases stuff from the other side of system, skrimish links are good to have to increase chance of catching someone)

well 10km might be a bit much for gates and stations... but that is mainly to prevent the "then I just sit on station and dock when someone tries to kill me, or jump the gate into high sec.".. siturations... while also on a pos the links will find themselves in a situration where they could get ganked before getting under the shields again

For people who use hard to probe t3 links, I personly think the each link should increase the signature by 10% per link, perhaps decrease strenght of Sensor strenght by 5-10% at the same time (this is a huge nerf to safespot links, as even a modest prober would be able to find them then while their links are active, also it makes sense that the links would increase the signature as it sends out "stuff" into space)


for tiericide plans :) it sounds pretty good, but I am also a big fan of interceptors, perhaps you should look at t2 frigs at the same time as command ships? and perhaps the t2 ewar frigs?

and for active reps bonused ships, why don't you include remote reps into that bonus, it would make ships like hyperion, myrmidon , cyclone... and so on, more practical in fleets (eventhough they have higher chance to be alphaed, they would potentially be able to tank more dps... 37.5% more hp recieved from reps at level 5

Also, I suggested before that you get someone to look into warp mechanics, so smaller ships accelerate faster to their max warping speed, (so a 14.5 AU/s ship reaches its top AU speed, just as fast as a 3 AU/s ship... lets say 5 sec just for fun, 5 sec to reach 14.5 au/s or 5 sec to reach 3 au/s, instead of the constant acceleration^2 we have now that is the exact same for all ships, deacceleration should be the same 5 sec to slow down in this example... I imagine it needs tweaking for short warps, is this the reason why it isn't just like this?)

All sounds good. The devil is in the details.

Question:

When are T2 cruisers going to be adjusted? After December 4th quite a few hulls, HACs in particular will not bring enough options compared to their T1 counterparts.

The cost/efficiency ratio on T2 cruisers compared to T1s is going to fall pretty close to zero.

I am super excited for the CS changes, more viable ships is always awesome!

This sounds very promising! I especially love the mention of drone-mechanics-overhaul, hope it will be possible to fit into the next expansion. Similar feelings came up when I read about the "passive versus active tanking problems", so there might be a change on the horizon as well (I hope).

Truly EXCELLENT blog! Asking us early about changes: promised and delivered! I'm impressed!

If you make crosstraining take longer, it will be more important to pick the "right" race when you create your character. There is very little relevant information made available to new players at that stage.