It is all so complex that i do believe that it is quite possible that CCP got confused in their own math. I want a supercarrier nerf as well but that is basically making them completely useless for anything other then shooting other capitals.

And carriers are only going to be glorified battleships, whose main use will be for heavy drones.

:David Attenborough:

And here, we see the FOTM kiddie in its natural habitat, the forums. This one has just lost his ability to hunt with impunity, never needing to rely on his wit nor his skill. Having grown soft when he could hunt with ease, he has realized that he may struggle to hunt, now that he is on a level playing field with the rest of the jungle. His response, as you can see, is to pull out his hair and gnash at the shadows, occasionally screaming gibberish. He may not survive the winter.

I've been wondering how a ship/drone/etc orbiting another motionless ship has any issues with tracking its target? Are the turrets not always pointing in the same direction, thus resulting in 0 rotation of the turret?

Also, Is the velocity reduction while orbiting at close range and high speed somehow related?

A carrier with 10 Heavy drones does 634 DPS, you doing less than a battleship. A rorqual outdpses a carrier using only 5 drones.

Carriers are only going to be glorified battleships, whose main use will be for heavy drones.

Not really bothered with the fact that supercarriers can't kill cruisers anymore.

Which is fine.. but the same goal can also be achieved by removing normal fighters from them.

That sure does seem like an easier solution, doesn't it?

A carrier with 10 Heavy drones does 634 DPS, you doing less than a battleship. A rorqual outdpses a carrier using only 5 drones.

Doing 634 DPS while having a cap-sized tank and doing some signifiant remoting all at the same time doesn't seem such a bad bargain to me. Besides, there's no rule preventing you from using fighters and a pair of target painters, is there?

If you don't have room for a couple of painters in your support fleet, then something has gone badly wrong. Such as your support fleet just got blown up, and you're about to follow.

The entire blog is about stopping capitals from obsoleting subcaps, preventing them from applying too much damage too easily to them. So it's now absurd to say that fighters are supposed to be used against battleships - CCP has clearly just decided to change this. If you can't find room for two painters in your support fleet, then normal carriers should use sentries/heavies against subcaps and use fighters against capitals.

you wont field fighters ever ona carrier now. all they are is big haulers and logistic ships. where infact for the same isk, teh 10 guardians will do a better job of logi and not get hit by sc's. leaving carriers with what, hauling your crap? sweet just what i always wanted, a hauler

And hopefully, if CCP pulls this one right, we will have reason to start using them again. Like they were meant to be used.

Not as uber-ratting ships and ships-that-make-boring-wall-banging-go-faster

you wont field fighters ever ona carrier now. all they are is big haulers and logistic ships. where infact for the same isk, teh 10 guardians will do a better job of logi and not get hit by sc's. leaving carriers with what, hauling your crap? sweet just what i always wanted, a hauler

10 Guardians will do a better job than one carrier, but last time I checked, one single account couldn't control 10 guardians. And 1 carrier + 9 other ships are better than 10 guardians. Any reasoning based on the assumption that you have unlimited manpower is just as flawed as the "minerals I mine are free" argument.

Confirming triage carrier can launch fighters.

Confirming triage carrier can launch fighters.