6) Combat Recons vs. Force Recons

Some may think they are in close relation. I strongly object and state they're of about the same difference as covert-ops frigates and interceptors (or EAFs). I do think Combat and Force Recons are separate ship classes and should be treated as such. But the mind boggles seeing claims of Pilgrim not being a match to Curse. Why should it in the first place!? Pilgrim gets a covert-ops cloak - an extremely powerful module allowing it to sneak and perform sudden attacks. That costs a lot! And so it should. Take a look at Tech3 cruisers - covert-ops subsystem greatly reduces their combat capabilities. And that's great. That's exactly what makes it balanced. So, in contradistinction to what some say, Pilgrim is OK without neut range bonus. Moreover, Curse/Pilgrim pair is exactly how all the Recons are to be balanced - there should be a choice between range and cloak. Having both of the worlds should not be allowed, otherwise it brings us to such a situation where Rook is hardly used and we're forced to give him massive offensives, which is kind of stupid for a Recon ship. I'd even say that Rook will never be used as much as Falcon no matter what - as long as EW range is equal, things will stay the same.

The ultimate conclusion is: reduce range bonuses for tackling mods of both Rapier and Arazu (may be make them match corresponding tech3 hulls), give Rook an EW range bonus.

For a guy I've never heard of you make a lot of good points.

Why aren't your videos linked in your intro since many others undoubtedly haven't heard of you either?

Rook is hardly used? I fly ecm quite often, and i have to say, i fly it a lot more than the falcon. Rook is a great ship, but for some reason people don't understand it. Its a great close range brawler.
Unlike the falcon, the rook is very able to deal decent damage (400 dps), fit a strong tank, a prop mod, and still have room for jamms.

6) You did not mention this, and I feel like a stuck tape recorder, posting it everywhere but - cloaks. What is your opinion on them? Fine as is? AFK-cloaking, fuel, submarine, etc? Here's why I ask: I play in null, have no blobs, either alone or I bring a friend vs.. well everyone that is around. In lowsec I would never fit a cloak, but in null, sometimes I stay for extended periods, and I very, very VERY often get camped by dictor blobs on gates, with combat probers in local. The cloak is my bread and butter to be able to survive. And while I'd be happy to purely fly ships with cov ops cloaks, 250 dps x1-2 is not enough to break most ratters. Generally we use 1 cov ops ship with 1 non-cov ops, but cloaked. Defenders have everything at their disposal: local, probers, numbers, intel, stations, POS/infrastructure, jumpbridges, dscan, etc. Our only real edge, now that nano days are gone (and consider we stick around) is cloaks. Our targets generally die to igno- or arrogance. If we try log we get combat probed and die while offline, so many times, we are forced to 'sit out' hostiles, occationally for days. We don't mind, but considering all negatives already with the cloaks (lock time, sensor strength, -1 high, visible when warping/logging/moving etc), all potential changes from the AFK-cloak whiners will unfortunately completely break the game for us. Thoughts?

All in all I barely see much negatives at all with your candidacy, bar the Rapier (especially) and Arazu range nerf wishes.

I'll start with Rapier/Arazu. It's desirable to reduce their range bonuses instead of removing them altogether, which is something I didn't really propose in the first place. Even with half a bonus their web/scram range will still be insane or at least will provide them an edge in this regard.

As for cloaking mechanics - that's a very tough call. You stated valid arguments. On top of that, cloaks are the reason why I, for instance, literally hate w-space PvP - there's just no way to figure out whether something is there.

Instead - yet again, merely an idea - how about cloaking providing just a "physical" cover, leaving the others an intel that something is hiding in the grid, the vicinity or even the system?
Also, I'm pretty sure the entire cloaking problem is closely tied up with local chat. Which in turn is said to be addressed. So I'd rather wait and see how they gonna change it. And then we'll adjust accordingly, both in terms of tactics and opinions on further required steps.

Thanks, Val, though that very Mach was among my least successful ships and I don't see how any of 15 participants of that fight could have used any specific tactics to bring it down. It was all over in like 60 seconds at most

Anyhow, you win some, you lose some, so see you around!

Cant underline enough that even though Revedhorts claims and ideas are nice, but after watching his videos i have to say my vote is NOT going to someone who with his music choice.

Fon's political views, or hell, anything about his personal life IRL are not our concern. He's running for CSM, not the Kremlin. As long as his head is in the game that's all we need to know.

Because he is running for CSM, his political views are very important. THIS IS OF OUR CONCERN! If you vote for him, even if his eve topics are good, you supporting him also in rl with his views and opinions. I can never give such a person my vote. Never.

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