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So in the latest analysis off the test server - destroyers are getting a boost (looks like about 20% more damage and a good bit more EHP), tier 3 battlecruisers with battleship level DPS, hybrid boost.

How about a bone for the fragile T1 and T2 industrial ships and the T1 barges and T2 exhumers so that they're not made of paper?

Tiger you are a fool. Tracking and fitting is all they needed. Why is the vindicator awesome? Because it can hit it's targets. If you want range go another race, Gallente is about close range brawling. Damage buff for rails is balanced I think.

Frankly the changes are pretty damn good. I do think they haven't gone quite far enough with the tracking, it needs another 20% on the hybrids.

You don't get it do you, so let me spell it out: BLASTERS ARE SHORT RANGE, if you want long range go another race.

A Megathron with null has approx the same dps at 25k as a tempest with equivalent fittings and barrage. You argument is horse ****. Blasters will do great damage with the tracking increase, bring friends in fast tackle, bring a rapier, bring web range bonuses, use a faction web, learn to fly, because you clearly haven't in 8 years.

I thought there was some increase in most if not all hybrid ship agilities and/or velocities. That is a much needed upgrade to blaster boats. The new values might not be enough though (especially for gallente frigates), but it is a change in the right direction - perhaps CCP will still fine tune the change (now the velocity change seemed to be a flat 10m/s for all the Gallente boats). Anyways, the information looked very interesting - first time I saw such info - thanks for it. :)

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But you sounds mad in in your first paragraph.

Quick question (trying to avoid reading 26 pages for a specific piece of info)

What changes are they making to FW ?

I looked over the ships in pyfa a bit today, here is my little impression CCP:

Oracle

Lacks a bit capacitor for a good kitting ship(only got 110s with MWD) and caps out in under 4 minutes by just firing the guns. Otherwise it is very good designed, it got some minor CPU issues like other amarr hulls what are manageable with named/faction mods like on the gedon and it doesn't obsoletes the Harbinger within point range by fielding mostly the same DPS with less tank. It doesn't outclass the BS and is a nice alternative to the Harbinger for bigger fleets by the bigger range and higher speed. Overall the best and most balanced design. Thumbs up, however did the stats.

Tornado

Well it is like a cane but it is better as the cane at nearly everything. Tank is pretty much the same, it is quite a bit faster, got tons more range(even more than nano pests with less TEs), more damage and even less signature. The extra speed over the Oracle isn't so much on paper but since you need to fit a armor tank on the Oracle and you can get the similar EHP out of the shield tank on a tornado the difference is massive(580m/s ) after fitting. Also the capacitor here last 3 times as long and it out damage the oracle quite a bit(with selectable damage types on top of it). It should only have 7 or even just 6 turrets(with some small drones or missile launchers), since as it is now basically just a better version of the cane for anything outside 1o1(by the lack of drones and neuts), brings less sig and twice the speed of the BS with the same damage to the table and could easily gank or just disengage against nearly any kind of target.

Naga

The torp fitting got serious pg and cpu issues, remember that BCUs need 10 points more cpu per mod than other damage mods. You can't fit more than one LSE after a full rack of T2 trop launchers and a MWD. It probably lacks about 50 points of power grid and 40 points cpu. Also you should consider to improve structure and shield a bit to hit at least 60k EHP in a full tank fitting, since it is fairly close range with torps and the intended targets(BS) also tend to throw a lot DPS back at you. With blasters I don't see a point over the HAM drake, while you could do a little more DPS using void, the HAM Drake provides a lot more EHP, a better range and still good DPS, what is probable more useful thing if you fight at this ranges. With rails it looks ok as some sort of over sized sniperhac, however this is more a role the eagle and other sniper hacs should fill and I'm not very comfortable if this hull would take over this spot.

Talos

First I love the concept, even if it isn't this useful in fleets. My first idea was a over sized shield brutix but the result gives you only 25k EHP, what was not really feasible. With a armor tank you get 40k+ EHP but the DPS isn't much higher than with a shield brutix(that also got 50k EHP) and since large turrets track worse than medium ones it isn't even such a big tracking improvement(however the ability to control range and the range would be a lot better what is pretty nice). The way it is now, it lacks focus, be it a extra med and more shield hp to become the shield gank brutix from hell with a low but acceptable EHP amount or overall more shield, armor and structure hit points plus a extra low to become a versatile armor tanked heavy tackler with a serious punch(probably more balanced speed wise if you consider that it will see more use in smaller gangs).

All the Destroyers are getting buffed. Does this also mean the Light Interdictors are getting the same buffs?

^ This!

Ammath has hit the nail on the head here. It's the fundamentals that count when it comes to the health of 0.0 space. Alliances are an awesome part of the game, but they are FAR too powerful. It leaves the vast majority of corps powerless, and so, to a large point, pointless.

I have stopped playing in 0.0 myself because I see no point (and no fun) in having to join an alliance in order to be in 0.0 at all, and then having the alliance dictating where I and my corp can be and what we have to do. Yes that's a pretty general statement, but the bottom line for myself is that the corp I have been a part of since I started playing EVE (a 0.0 corp) has all but disappeared because it's players got tired of being at the mercy of one alliance or another, and have moved to Empire or WH space (or quit the game all together because they they couldn't make the transition back to Empire.

Please, CCP, give some thought to the points above. They make a lot of sense.