We are going to put a small change in for 1.1:

Dominix's drone tracking and optimal range bonus lowered from 10% per level to 7.5% per level.

This brings the bonus in line with all other damage application bonuses we give, such as turret tracking bonuses or missile explosion velocity/radius bonuses. The Dominix hasn't been oppressively powerful but it is extremely strong and there is no need for the over-allocation with regards to this bonus.

In case some of you think this is a reaction to the way the Domi performed in the alliance tournament, I can tell you that we will never make balance decisions based on that environment. The tournament certainly highlighted the strengths of sentry drones and damps, which are both powerful on TQ as well, but it removed many of their drawbacks and so it is not an effective way to assess balance or power in normal EVE.

If I could place a bounty on you for this awful post, I would.

what about drone assist mechanics?

I kind a sorta quite like the aesthetic of the Domi

Did I hear someone asking for a Polish pass?

Please take a look at the drones' targeting timers. They are all set to 2 seconds. Does this really still reflect the current state?

It seems as if these timers were set with the idea that drones would always only be used against their primary targets, i.e. light drones against frigate and sentries against battleships and so would all take about the same time, but it does not seem to reflect the whole truth. Light drones are also used against any other targets where if they had to full locking mechanics implemented locked their targets much faster. The opposite is true for sentry drones. With the new bonuses to drone tracking will these more often be used against smaller targets and an increase in targeting time would more accurately reflect it.

Seeing how drone assist mechanics are also more often being questioned could a change of these targeting timers be helpful, too. Even fighters and fighter bombers have a 2 seconds targeting timer, which seems incredibly short.

Here a suggestion:

Light drones: 1 second
Medium drones: 2 seconds
Heavy drones: 4 seconds
Sentry drones: 5 seconds
Fighters/bombers: 8 seconds