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CCP I'm 100% with you on this one!
Don't backdown, DO IT!!

now we clearly understand what this "null deal" was all about, and why opposing blocks were all standing behind Mittani's "listen to us cause we're the boss" bullsh*t. Dont listen to them, and dont add more NPC systems/stations !!

btw after reading the null deal and now this dev blog, isn't it obvious that certain CSM members are breaking the NDA and letting Mittani &friends know what you are planning ahead?

But the blob will still exist.

One of the biggest reason why we have the Capital Blob was because it is only counter we have to the subcap blob.

Of course with these changes there will now be no counter to the subcap blobs.

But the blob will still exist.

One of the biggest reason why we have the Capital Blob was because it is only counter we have to the subcap blob.

Of course with these changes there will now be no counter to the subcap blobs.

That'll be fixed if CCP redesign the sov system as well, so you really can't realistically shove 4k people into a single system and expect the rest of your space to Not Be On Fire (tm). Whether CCP is going to do this, or even if they CAN do this, now that's a different matter, but I'm cautiously optimistic. Them going for this kind of dramatic change gives me hope they're ready to consider other dramatic changes which'll make EVE a worthwhile game to play again, as opposed to what it's been the last year or so (or more, really).

Timers.. how are you going to attack somebodies system which is cyno jammed and defended with Capitals with your small subcap fleet?

I've gone ahead and let these proposed changes sink in for awhile. I didn't want to make the big Oh man CCP you done goofed we're all quitting post, because truth be told, it's already been done a million times in this thread and played out to death.

In my honest opinion, these changes are particularly ground shattering to some, and a breath of fresh air to others. I can respect that. Even as a part of everyone's 'Big Blue Donut', we all agreed that power projection was far too strong, and needed to be brought back down a little. However, I do wholeheartedly believe that most of these changes are a step far, far into the wrong direction. I'm going to use quotes from your Devblog, because it will be easier to follow. I won't be quoting anyone in this thread, and likely not partaking in it any further. I just wish to speak my mind, make some counter points, and move to the back, to see if you do truly value your customers input. So, here goes.

We are going to allow capital ships to use gates in lowsec/nullsec

This is something that's been presented time and time again, and honestly, I'm almost surprised it's taken this long to come about. Am I fan of this? Not personally. Would I ever use this? Likely not, unless I'm out of fuel, or going an extremely long distance with a near bloc level or higher fleet in tow. However, a change like this does lead to potential content generation, and the idea of a non-ironic gate jumping bait Carrier does make me smile ear to ear. I'm interested to see where people may take this in the future.

and we are aiming to make gate-to-gate travel take less time than jump travel over distances of more than ~20 LY. We've run simulations for capital ships travelling between arbitrary pairs of systems, and settled on the target movement speed of no less than 3 minutes per lightyear for travel over 20 LY. This should allow us to bring about the main change we want to see – less sustained use of jump travel – while still preserving its value for short bursts of movement.

Again, not a giant fan of this. The Warp Speed changes that recently came about helped and hindered in many ways, but the warp acceleration or a Capital (let alone a Supercapital) is astoundingly slow. Unless you are prepared to somehow give them quicker to warp speed times (not alignment, don't confuse this), I can't see anything doing anything shy of slow travel, waiting for timers.

The primary change is the addition of a new mechanic, called "jump fatigue".

This is where I hit my brakes, and instantly go 'Why?'. If you are going to go ahead and put in a cooldown on Jump Drives themselves, then you have already greatly slowed down force projection. Any bloc that needs to move somewhere in a hurry will always do it over the greatest distance possible that will still provide safe passage. You hit the nail on the head with the Jump Drive cooldown, but the fatigue is equivalent to taking the clawfoot and digging the nail back out again. It's an un-needed mechanic based on the fact that you're going to even further discourage Nullsec even harder. A change like this will amount to people literally needing to take weeks at a time to move in for a deployment from a long distance, and on top of that, it makes them EASIER to camp in somewhere, as all you need to do is camp them in an NPC Midpoint, discourage them from continuing the rest of the trip, and they end up turning back around. You're ENCOURAGING people to not want to deploy by making things into a logistical headache for any force, be it large or small. Small guerrilla warfare is sadly NOT the lifeblood of Null, and this isn't going to help the issue.

In addition, the addition to this to Jump Bridges is just silly. You're basically making it so anything with multiple, large regions will have to wait to defend their space in a hurry? Completely un-needed. I would more-so welcome a change to Jump Bridges requiring a lot more fuel and letting Caps through them sooner than I ever would 'Fatigue'.

Almost all jump-capable ships will have their range reduced to 5 LY after skills; this is both necessary to allow us to not penalize short-distance travel in a cleaner way, and also as a goal in and of itself to constrain the distance covered in single hops. . (Note that jump portal range on a ship is always the same as its own jump drive range.)

This is incredibly overkill. Not only are you making it much longer to travel anywhere, but now you're forcing things to go even slower. Not only is Combat insanely ineffective, Logistics have been utterly crippled. A change like this one needs to be thoroughly checked over before you just put in a flat number and say 'Good enough, let's see how it goes.'. Something along the lines of a 45% Reduction in overall range would go a lot further than 'Everyone goes this far, and that's it'. Titan Bridging has become near worthless, and owning the ships is now arguably now a novelty. I'm not saying 'Reimburse all of us for our Titans / Supers', but I have to question the point in owning them at this point in the longrun.

You will only be able to move your medical clone to the station you are currently docked at.

This will punish newcomers far more than vets, but it's been beaten to death in this thread so I feel no need to comment.

Hitpoints and resistances on various sovereignty-related structures will be revisited, to balance out the reduced ability to use Supercarriers against them.

Long overdue.

We will be releasing a collection of other smaller changes...These include a rebalance of starbase weapons, a rebalance of stealth bombers and heavy interdictors, enabling of lowsec doomsdays, and changes to interdictor bubble mechanics.

Interested to see these.

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What's a factorial?

It depends on what they do, you have to remember that most systems will be defended with capitals now. So how is a small gang going to attack anything that is well defended with caps?

I think they are referring to the changes which would allow capitals to use gates.

Cyno jammed system would be no issue, you just jump through both sub-capitals and capitals via your chosen gate to a next door system.