Or the simple solution as people keep on suggesting is to have ships resist the incoming reps from logi's the higher their resists the less they benefit from reps.

That isn't a simple solution and it doesn't make any sense. It makes the trade off between reps and buffer obsolete in logi situations.

but if you check the math in Fozzies initial post, this is exactly what he is doing, which is why I do not support it.

More than likely the reason we arent hearing from them is because, when a bunch of people tell someone their idea is bad and not to it, its common reaction to spite them and do exactly that.

If they actually cared, they would see this is a mistake and with all the other things they put on their plate, along with new ships we dont need, yet have a bunch of issues they are ignoring.

Its pretty safe to say, they dont care.

There has been no feedback on most topics. Chances are they are set in what they want to do regardless of how bad an idea or how a change will not fix something.

Do look at previous track records.

What is a solid counter-argument to R?

The solid counter argument to R:

R(resistance bonuses) crowd too much into SR(self-repping bonuses)'s space.

Proof: R is nearly as good as SR bonuses at self repping. If the R ship has even one more tanking slot than the SR ship, then it will be more effective at self repping.

So wait.

Problem: Resist ships are significantly better in fleets than local rep ships because resists give an indirect bonus to incoming logi while local reps don't.

Blatantly obvious solution: Change the local rep bonus to include a bonus to incoming logi as well. 7.5% per level to local reps and 5% per level to incoming remote reps, perhaps?

That would be at all appropriate, were it not for the overwhelming evidence that SR is a waste of a bonus FOR A FLEET SHIP

The solid counter argument to R:

R(resistance bonuses) crowd too much into SR(self-repping bonuses)'s space.

Proof: R is nearly as good as SR bonuses at self repping. If the R ship has even one more tanking slot than the SR ship, then it will be more effective at self repping.

All in all I think what they have actually proposed to do with the resistances is a good idea, and is still a very very slight adjustment considering it only affects a few ships.

44 ships, is not a few...

A 1% adjustment that works out to 5% only if the relevant ship skill is trained up to lv.5 on a select group of bonused ships is about the most minimalist approach as you can do.

EDIT: After thinking about it some and reading what others have said, I'd guess somewhere between slight decreases like this and just outright increasing the HP reppers restore would be the best way to make the competition between the 2 systems more involved. I haven't taken the time to consider all of the implicatons of this when other modules are brought into the mix, but really the reppers themselves seem to be the weakest link.

It's just some guess work, it's someone else's full time paying job to do the extreme number crunching I believe

Well it is getting late in the day, we have a month to go so it's unlikely any changes will be made now, rip amarr and caldari, all because fozzie likes burst tanking...

The sad part is as I work it out, this reduces my resistance tank by less than 1% once mods and skills are factored in. So what is the point of this again, exactly?

The math is what trouble me.

When the dev's claim that resist bonuses outperform local rep bonuses I always think 'what's wrong with that they should do'.

By making a bonus equal the devs are actually removing choice from the game. If local rep modules vs resists equate to exactly the same where is the choice? Mathematically we're all equal! Once again it doesn't matter how we fit our ships if we slap on plates or extenders in lieu of a stacking mods to get better resists our individual choices amount to nothing, no edge whatsoever.

This is very frustrating in a game where you live or die by the edge that you create. Given that reppers and shield boosters use cap I think they should actually be more powerful, 10% per level like the recently nerfed incursus seems fine. It's a good and fair trade off in the sense that I am willing to trade cap for a powerful edge in bonus hitpoints that combined with my skills I can craft into a valuable defence.