Ships & Modules

CCP Soundwave has stated exactly the same. They will look at the damping ships, he didn't specify when, but I wouldn't be surprised if they got fixed already in Inferno.

Yes, higher bonus is needed. 7,5-10% at least imo. Probably even higher for the T2 ships.

Not directly comparable of course, but Falcon gets a whopping 30% per level to ECM strength.

Main point here is to make damping multiple targets a viable option, and also damp targets enough to force them closer to blaster range.

I find it also a bit awkward that the Gallente recons somehow don't have the best drone capabilities.

I've done the math on this before, in other threads, but basically it breaks down to this:
You need 4 bonused damps to knock a Drake's targeting range down far enough it becomes putty in your hands. Ergo, you deploy a single Lachesis to knock out one ship. Compare to a Falcon which can effectively permajam multiple targets.

Your sensor damps with res scripts can make life hell for BS's. But as for damping off Logis? Only if the Logi is actually working to rep sig-tanking AHACs or other low-sig targets. Versus a BS, a Lachesis full of res damps turns a Logi's lock time from 1.2s to...2.3s. Hardly a difference considering you are blowing a full rack of mids on a single Logi. Same for their lock range; you take them down from 70km+ to around 30km by using 4 scripted damps.

The buff damps need is to around 10% per level to effectiveness (in real terms, 2.1%). Eg, right now an Imicus gets 21% range dampening on a SD. Lachesis gets 26.1% at level 5. Wow, more power to the guy who spend 4 weeks getting recon ships to 5.

At 10% per level you would have a base range dampening modifier of 30.5%. You could affect these various ships thusly, with one unscripted dampener:
Drake - 72km -> 50.4km (still greater than your dissy range of 40km)
Cane - 56km --> 39km (whee! it works)
Abbadon - 100 --> 70km (ruh roh)

Scripting the dampener would then result in zomg awesome dampening, but even if you double it to 60% effectiveness per damp your Abbadon without a SeBo would be able to shoot a Lachesis which was pointing it. Etcetera.

Right now, damps are effective only versus T1 cruisers, a couple of BC's (eg, Cyclone, Brutix, Prophecy) and frigates.

Not empty-quoting.

Making damps universally better would make them horribly annoying, but right now, they're universally horrid, including on the ships where they are supposed to be really good… and that's a problem.

Right, this is why it is necessary to buff the ships that specialize in Damps - just as the ECM ships were specialized.

With the upcoming on-grid-warp-drives dampening is bound to get more interesting.

Interesting is that neither of you are completely correct nor completely wrong.

Trinkets friend took into account only recon lvl IV (with presumed 10% bonus) and probably lvl V in Signal suppression. No script applied. He applied it to the ship with lvl V long range targeting

Gypsio III took into account all current bonuses, so 100% from script, 25% from recon V and 25% from signal suppression. But applied it to the ship with no skills applied.

So in reality, current state with all lvl V lachesis vs all lvl V abaddon is (1-(0.17*2*1.25*1.25))*100=46.8km locking range on abaddon.

With proposed 10% bonus it will became (1-(0.17*2*1.5*1.25))*100=36.25km. All of that is without rigs.

against falcon with 150km lock range the ranges are 70km and 54km (ergo right now putting single damp on falcon which sits at 70km does nothing)

taking rigs into account we can go down to 39km and 27km lock range on abaddon and 50km respective 40km on falcon.

In my opinion giving bonused ships 10% per lvl would be a good move. dont forget that those calculations were done for scripted damps. SO the locking speed is unaffected.