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I can somehow accept that in case Battlecruisers are still allowed. Too bad I do not want to fly that boring Drake ship, so for me it means to skill something new and accept 2 month of Tengu training as time wasted :(

You might say its not much, but for me it is, my toon is relatively new with just 15M SP, so this really hurts.

Let's see.

- Located in High Sec
- Enemies are BC and below (With the exception of the 1 BS in Serpentis 4/10)
- Can be done by 4 week old Newbie without breaking a sweat

What would you call it?

With the new modules and more comfortable scanning? I can guarantee you that I will be able to scan sites with any decent ship with enough mid-slots as effective as now with a Tengu :)

When someone uses second account and scans with a Heron/Buzzard and then warps to a 4/10 with a dmg specialized ship, it is ok? Just because he/she pays for two accounts, its acceptable? :)

FYI: I have never been a Tengu 4/10 cherry-picker.

I use Tengu because its fun and I can alternate between high and low with the same ship by just carrying required modules and subsystems in my cargo.

Apparently you did not look at the training time of the new skill requirements, they are about the same amount of time now as they were before. How does that make it any easier?

I don't use evemon, but a passive Drake with meta4 tank/launchers will be more than enough for 4/10s and doesn't take an eternity to train. Don't nail me on the 4 weeks, my point is that these complexes are very easy to do.

A thought of DED complexes, loot, location and farming.
The eve wiki states that 1/10 Frigates 2/10 Destroyers 3/10 Cruisers 4/10 Battlecruisers 5/10 Battleships.
What if the were true to the point of exclusion, a 4/10 would only allow Battlecruisers and Advanced Battlecruisers in, a 5/10 would only allow Battleships and advanced Battleships, ect.
The loot tables would be set on the security status they were in, High C-type modules, low B-type modules, empire null a-type modules, sov X-type modules.

My apologies, I was looking at Heavy Assault ships.

All right, let's say I agree that 4/10's might be fairly easy (doable a better word?) even for a relatively new character, but how is that fact in any way related with these changes? If anything, it only serves to show how unnecessary changes are since that would implicate that one can get to a level playing field fairly quickly. First and foremost, we should ask what is the problem being addressed with these changes and whether it is being solved. Presumably, the problem is farming and storming of these plexes by older/more experienced characters. Currently they are using tech 3's for that, but they could use pirate or tech2 cruisers for what is worth and still strom em faster then your average newbie. So, you see, the problem is not about whether tech 3's should be allowed into those sites, it's about removing or at least reducing the possibility of farming playstyle.

Are they adressing that problem? I don't think so.

There are many different (and more creative) options for solving farming issues without reducing usability of tech 3's in low sec, I hope that my previous posts have provided some of those potential solutions. Unfortunately, it seems that making one variable random (sig strength) is harder then removing a potential state from another variable (tech3 access to these plexes), without considering wider implications of such moves. Again, I'm all against farming - I was in favour of removal of static deds from high and lowsec and think that it would be best to prevent people from filtering signatures in order to find juicy stuff as soon as possible. Make explorers sweat it out in order to find good stuff, but also let them use the best tools out there. I mean, while at it why not remove virtue implants, sister probes and modules or anything else that can provide 'unfair' advantage. Its not like tech 3's are premium items available only to selected few. If you're serious about exploration, you'll eventually train for a tech 3, the same way you'll train for a guardian if you want to provide armor fleet logistics. Its simple as that.

The problem is that I do not know what to do next.

Replacing my Tengu with a Drake is indeed a solution unless they decide to ban BCs later as well...

It is not so easy when precious time is involved (skill training). For me this is a game breaking change from exploration perspective and am affraid of another attack from the devs in the future. I don't have 60M SP and cannot fly every other ship, so my Tengu training is a complete waste. Got sick of missions, dedicated over two months of training to Tengu to be able to start with exploration and now it's useless. If I had known this, I would have trained Drake from the start and would have ended up with a ship sutiable for high-sec and low-sec. This exactly was my Tengu (high-sec and low-sec exploration ship), but now I am left with only a low-sec boat in my hands, which is probably worse than a Drake for low-sec...

Seems like all that remains now is to go to null with totally gimped damage and do profession sites with your Tengu,... but I am not a huge fan of new profession sites mechanics.

That isnt the point