After reading through most posts here and being a cross trained Gallente pilot myself here is my two cents:
Firstly I would hate to see all ships become replicas in terms of their capabilities , God forbid how boring Eve would be, its important to keep the racial differences and FFS stop comparing the Brutix to the Hurricane , every race has there own Rock Stars !
I am double Amarr and I love the look of the ships but I donGÇÖt fly them at all because I donGÇÖt like their capabilities , so I trained Minmatar and Gallente cause of their niches that appeals to me. I think the same should be said for Gallente pilots ...fly the role of the race, if you donGÇÖt like it train for something else.
Gallentes role or niche is short range fights (between 0and 10 km) and then the drones. When you are caught in that 10 km range against a blaster boat the chance of getting away or winning the fight should be 20% or less. The 0-10 km is the Gallente Blaster zone.
I do believe the damage done by blasters should be significantly more to solidify the Gallente Blaster Zone.
The second very obvious issue is how to get your enemy in that zone of 0-10 km. In high sec or gate camping this wouldnGÇÖt be that much of a big deal. So in a way Gallente blaster boats already rule High sec and gate camps !
But with conventional null sec fleets and tactics it causes a problem for the Gallente blaster boats.
I love that Eve video GÇ£Real spmething GÇ¥ where the Gallente fleet gets melted into scrap metal by a Amarr fleet and then a Gallente frig pilot breakes away and fly directly towards the Amaarr fleet enabeling the gallente fleet to warp in at 0 and burn the Amarr alive ! ThatGÇÖs what appeals to me ...now whether that is practically possible in 50% of the scenarios , I honestly donGÇÖt know. But I think as far as Blaster boats go we need to look more at tactics to get into that Zone than to try and replicate other races roles. I do believe that Gallente is in a disadvantage here when it comes to null sec warfare. (at the same token it should be very difficult for them to be able to get in that zone to balance things out overall).
So here is an idea in its infant stage
CCP why not create a drone that you as a blaster boat can warp to ? You release the drone or five drones and send them to the enemy ...once in range you warp to the drone and fleet can warp to you. Of course the drone stats need to be balanced out to make the task of the drone to reach its destination hard and relatively easy for enemy ships to shoot it down. The bigger the gallente fleet the more drones to shoot down by the enemy.....think this might be an option to enable blaster boats to get into blaster zone whether you are a fleet or solo pilot ...and its in line with Gallente culture .
Hope my idea can solve some problems for us..or maybe look at a new gallente frig with desent speed and a brutal tank to make that video mentioned above more a reality than anything else.