EVE General Discussion

First there was the removal of meta use in industry, and now a line of meta 4's are being condensed.

If they are just clearing the clutter that few use I guess that's fine. There are a few issues though, even though there are groups of "pros" who only fit ancillary shield boosters and cap boosters. Doesn't mean others don't use meta items. Meta 4's are only valuable for being better than the previous 3 and different from T2. Then being lower gives usages from T2 as well like lower fitting cost, not as many skills needed, but still above T1. Even more popular items like ballistic controls have higher costs down the line than others.


If meta items are being removed, well lets just say that's a death by a thousand cuts. It would effect so many parts of the game in so many different ways. From loot, to people who used them, to the people who farmed them or sold them. To the newbie who found a micro core in one of those highsec anomalies and just made himself a few mill isk, or maybe an in demand meta 4.

I think it would be in a way actually removing content from the game. So please let this just be a "decluttering" and not the start of a mass module squish.

They're making it so that meta1-2-3 modules are not 100% useless by giving each 1-4 meta level a special bonus on top of the baseline stats. Ie, tracking meta, cap usage meta, max range meta, capacity meta, etc.

No. What gave you that idea?

Only one will be lower fitting, but otherwise the same as regular T1, the other will be T1 fitting, but 'enhanced'.

If the LMLs are any indication, there will be only one (out of the staggering array of two meta modules, fitting or ammo bin size that's your choice ) that you need to fit to your ship.

It's like Meta 4 module meme again only with more PSHHH!

Seems sensible.

Two perfectly good reasons for a module to exist. Let's not forget the cat purchases they fund too.

How many gank cats or instanadoes do you need to punch through the veldnaught? That is also assuming The big C suddenly didn't bring a nestor/mobile depot besides him and refitted a full rack of tank modules or just plain dock up the moment he sees local explode.

if I know anything about eve players we will min max the hell out of them and only one or two versions will ever see any use, and after looking at the first wave of changes probably we will go to not using any meta if possible. maybe the reduced fitting mods will open up an interesting setup or two, but I'll hold my breath.

I'm 90% sure I posted shortly after fanfest that I didn't think that ccp would make the bonuses on meta items powerful enough to be interesting. and while round 1 mostly hit boring items I can't say too much, but the changes to LML have me unimpressed.

Please give useful T2 EWAR modules instead of meta4