Even if this is just a brainstorming session in the office its a good sign.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=255701#post255701

Just going to chime in here, these stats are a 1st pass taken from a chaos build, it hasn't been balanced in any sense and it's going to change before they go out to TQ.

There will be a dev-blog with final stats before they hit TQ.

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that should clear that up :)

just removing the ROF penalty from dessies is not sufficient to "Fix dessies"

they also need their mid and low slot counts looked at - particularly mids.

Yes, and no? A Torp Naga should clobber a Drake due to the Drake's large sig size. However, if the Drake pilot decides to fly a cruiser that day, the Torp Naga is going to be almost defenseless.

OTOH, getting double webbed by a blaster Talos is going to be bad...

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=255701#post255701

Just going to chime in here, these stats are a 1st pass taken from a chaos build, it hasn't been balanced in any sense and it's going to change before they go out to TQ.

There will be a dev-blog with final stats before they hit TQ.

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that should clear that up :)

Welp.

Data from early test builds is always very likely to change. But that's no reason not to discuss possibilities.

At some point soon we'll publish a dev blog to tell you what we're thinking and to get feedback from you.

Eventually some version of these stats will also make its way to SiSi for you to test and play around with.

Data from early test builds is always very likely to change. But that's no reason not to discuss possibilities.

At some point soon we'll publish a dev blog to tell you what we're thinking and to get feedback from you.

Eventually some version of these stats will also make its way to SiSi for you to test and play around with.

Welp.

But with their stats, maybe "heavy cruiser" is more accurate than "battlecruiser" as a class name.

Data from early test builds is always very likely to change. But that's no reason not to discuss possibilities.

At some point soon we'll publish a dev blog to tell you what we're thinking and to get feedback from you.

Eventually some version of these stats will also make its way to SiSi for you to test and play around with.

[+] TEST Damage Mod - 5 Players
[+] TEST Damage Mod - 10 Players
[+] TEST Damage Mod - 20 Players
[+] TEST Damage Mod - 40 Players

By the way, what does setting the isCapitalSize flag do in game if I may ask?

I like the new BC stats. They look like usefull ships, while not making tier2 BC obsoletes. Because with their low HP, a Tornado isn't going to kill a Hurricane 1v1. Quite the contrary.

But with their stats, maybe "heavy cruiser" is more accurate than "battlecruiser" as a class name.

Data from early test builds is always very likely to change. But that's no reason not to discuss possibilities.

At some point soon we'll publish a dev blog to tell you what we're thinking and to get feedback from you.

Eventually some version of these stats will also make its way to SiSi for you to test and play around with.

I think it would be too quick to say if a Tornado could kill a Hurricane or not. The cane has a better tank, but the Tornado will have a much better dps. Its basically going to boil down to the fit, and the dynamics of the fight itself.

By the way, what does setting the isCapitalSize flag do in game if I may ask?

Since DD modules will only be able to shoot capital ships after the expansion, I assume the isCapitalSize is a check allowing or disallowing the use of the DD against a ship

Probably related to the proposed Titan Superweapon Nerf:
"To fix this, we are changing the superweapon so that it cannot fire upon sub-capital ships (capital ships being Freighters, Jump Freighters, Carriers, Dreadnoughts, Capital Industrial Ships, Supercarriers and Titans)."