This sure sounds like troll to me...however, I will bite. What destroyer rebalancing are you referring to? I haven't heard of anything to change what was done not too long ago.

The more I think on things, the more I would like to see being able to buff exhumers by choice as opposed to such a huge jump on the inherent tanks. They did need some improving for sure, (excluding Hulk) but doing too much of it for the miners is not right. Give them the good base that a nice solid ship should have (it should be strong and bulky by nature, able to stand up to a fair bit of damage by sheer bulk) but nothing too extreme. Then perhaps give them special bonuses for PowerGrid and/or CPU bonus when using specific types of modules, much as the latest BCs have it with their BS sized guns. So a miner can choose between maximum yield or that great tank...or a nice balance.

Ah that skill split off. Don't see that specifically as causing buff nor nerf. Possibility of future destroyers happening? Well, that's the same as saying they are thinking of coming up with more exhumers. No details = no worries. If they were saying "we're looking at another destroyer designed around using medium sized guns - perfect for high alphas" then I would be worried. As it is now, there is too little information to worry about or to allow one to begin designing some sort of 'ship design response' to deal with this perceived threat.

okay okay tbh I don't really have much pity for people that don't train any core skills and fit 2 expanders and 2 cargo optimizers.

they can fly a covetor until there secondary skills are up to par. There are always other options for players. Hulk and Exumers are the end of the road mining ships. You are not supposed to fly them in a few weeks

Omg they surgically removed the best part of the OP. it isn't even a fairy tale any more. Of course I wasn't literally calling miners "pigs" it was an analogy!!! Now I want to blow my head off too, just like Jim Era.

So how much is a skiff right now? I'm assuming you mean the skiff would apply the point to prevent the miner from leaving?

If that is the case, then enjoy having that skiff corded. Not cost effective. And if I were a miner I'd be ready to leave as soon as some entered point range...that is just prudence.

Funny how some people still think that tanked Skiff can't be ganked...

Get ganker friends and effort required is smaller.

I've tried to fit MWD. Not enough PG.

Explain exactly how you can make a profit (or break even) ganking a Skiff. Keep in mind that profitable (or at least break-even) ganking is the only thing that allows industrialized ganking, which is the only thing that provides any significant risk to the HS mining fleet.

If you want a meditative experience devoid of risk, you should have to use the Skiff which actually sacrifices something for it's safety. Right now, the Mack is strictly better, so why would you bother?

The Skiff/Procurer have gotten pretty speedy.

250 m/s for a mining barge isn't half bad. Of course most miner scrubs probably don't have Navigation V, but that's hardly CCP's fault, is it?

Ah, that's what I get for assuming the Proc had the same base speed as the Skiff.
To be honest I think slower barges are better, so that you can mine webbed + aligned at 75% speed and you'll be in range of the roids for a really long time.