Because all I see are complaints.

I would of thought the developers would of received overwhelming data and feedback from players before making such a change since it affects such a large amount of the player base but the majority of the threads are wanting a rollback until it's fixed.

It's like a select few of you have this opinion on what EVE PVE should be and screw everyone else who thinks otherwise. You want it to be more like PVP but if people wanted that then...wouldn't they go and just PVP? Why are you forcing these changes when all the threads on the matter say no thank you.

Not only that but it's broken. I mean it's doable but it's a teeth pulling experience. EWAR is out of hand and flying a drone boat is just a hassle, you basically have to babysit your drones and even then they have a tendency to pop faster that you can recall.

So I ask you: Why the drastic changes and why change it like this? Where did you get your data from that this would be the best way? Why have you re-balanced NPC AI without the rest of the PVE changes that it was obviously intended for?

*Puts flame retardant suit on*

Again no one is complaining about difficulty. This is an issue of introducing half of the "rebalance of PVE" without the other.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2462718#post2462718

They go on to say:

"Reducing NPC numbers also allows us to better scale EW player faces on a regular basis (mainly, we are referring to missions like the Blockade here). Assigning strong EW effects to few NPCs is fine, but it becomes horribly frustrating when faced with 5 full waves of NPCs sensor dampening you, as there is little the player can do to counter it. We should be relying on gameplay players can overcome if they are smart instead of brute force mechanics."

So we got the smarter AI and too many ships with EWAR. Why not wait until the whole thing is done?

Frankly about time the NPCs stopped acting like clay pigeons.

Yes you have to actually be at your computer now to make piles of isk, Oh the Horror

That sounds more like the AI needs a tweek in relation to sentries, than anything else.

* Fits cloaky

You mission where, exactly?

NPC AI is blech.

Does this make sense? I land in a pocket with a Myrmidon happily blazing away at the NPC's, and even though I am not even targetting the NPC's they switch aggro to me. Hrmmm...isn't that other ship blapping your buddies more of a concern, over the guy who isn't even targetting you? WTF...

And it gets better, the NPC's don't aggro me...no, they aggro my f#$ing *salvage drones*. Gosh yes, that Mrym thats been vaporizing your buds is of no consequence, there are SALVAGE DRONES ON THE FIELD!!!!

F#$)#*($#

To the OP, in regard to your question work with an assertion and ask your self a few questions, and the answer about why this disaster was implemented becomes self evident.

1. If we consider PvE income as variable revenue source, and coupled with static revenue sources, they form the entire basis of all revenue sources in the game.
2. What happens to the value of a static revenue source as a tool / weapon / instrument of power when variable revenue drops and static revenue becomes a larger piece of the whole income pie?
3. Who controls the largest sources of static revenue in the game?
4. What areas of the game were most of the game designers recruited from?