easymode pwnfrigs that anyone can fly and win.

Again, 17k ehp maledictions

The light missile condor was completely dominating facwar frigate pvp(and still kinda is) especially with links which made it able to orbit so far out and become so fast noone could ever hope of slingshotting it. Now you're making 3 ships that are essentially linked condors with the ganglinked point built into the hull. For the sake of the lowsec frigate community, which is huge atm, please rethink this.

Some of you will notice that there are certain imbalances that these changes do not fully rectify (for instance the current strength of light missile speed fits, the slight relative weakness of the Rifter, Breacher and the solo Punisher). We're hoping to smooth out a few of the rough edges via stat changes to the ships themselves, while some others will be addressed via changes to other parts of the metagame.

Ares split weapon bonuses... two thumbs up!

Now, can you please go back and fix some of the other ships which had their split bonuses recently removed?

You dont think bubble immunity will make ceptors extremely OP? I mean they got the speed to get out of the bubbles anyway so it's not like they slow them down much.

I bubble camp

Firstly the mixed weapon system bonus on the Ares. Mixing weapon systems is a bit like mixing tanks: usually a really stupid idea, but works well in a very few well thought out fits. I'm not convinced that mixed wapon system bonuses are the way to go.

No I am not. But I am upset that bubble camps that you see now will turn in to remote seboing instalocking legion / loki / huggin / lachesis gangs. That will be a down grade in play style and a lot less noob friendly.

Camping with a drag bubble is one of the first things a new player can effectively do on his own. By adding nullified intys (null sec shuttles) you take away lots of the action these new players can enjoy.

ares is by far the best ceptor if you only want a longpoint (fleet warfare) it does crazy dps [drones] for a tackle ceptor, while having the highest ehp:speed. "useful rigs that penalize shield tanking" are you serious? have you actually ever flown an interceptor? let me help you http://eve-central.com/home/quicklook.html?typeid=31274 -10% shields, the only rigs anyone flying ceptors has fit for the past 10 years

These ships have completely ridiculous base targeting stats for a frigate. The only one that can utilize it in some way is the tristan, which makes it super powerfull for a t1 frigate. Tormentor? You supposed to plink 30 dps at people from 40km with radio beam lasers or what?

These frigates have extreme targeting range without even being to utilize it for much, I don't see the issue with giving interceptors proper targeting range. Is it to balance them with EAFs? If the shorter targeting range is there so that there will be a certain gap between them and EAFs I understand, but I still think it's a bit too much. The new EAFs aren't going to be in need of any help anyway, dat 50km web linked hyena.

In my latest video I killed a manticore 40km away with my tristan orbiting a tackled loki.

Update for you all:

We're doing a pivot on the plan for Roden shipyards, gonna go a little less ambitious with the design. This means changes to the Ares, although the core role isn't any different. I think the more traditional split weapons systems can still work as a niche playstyle, but it appears putting it on commonly used ships (even ships that don't use their weapons for their core role) was causing a bit too much discomfort. We'll be keeping an eye out for a more appropriate place to reintroduce them later.

The new Roden philosophy is pure hybrid turret, no more mixed weapons and less reliance on drones than Duvolle and (obviously) CreoDron.
The bonuses will skew towards railguns (but work fine with blasters as well), and will tend to be Optimal, Tracking, and Damage. Roden will keep its pattern of fewer mids and more lows than the Gallente average, and above average armor HP. We'll also be giving them a bit more than the average lockrange for Gallente ships, to go along with the optimal bonuses.

Gallente Frigate Bonuses:
10% bonus to Small Hybrid Turret optimal range per level
7.5% bonus to Small Hybrid Turret tracking per level

Interceptors Bonuses:
15% reduction in MicroWarpdrive signature radius penalty per level
5% bonus to Warp Scrambler and Warp Disruptor range per level

Turrets: 3 (+1)
Launchers: 1 (-1)
Powergrid: 33 (+3)
CPU: 145 (-5)

OP has been updated.

There were a few areas where we left the Raptor stronger even though it breaks the normal combat/tackle pattern because honestly I think the new Crow is plenty good as is and we want to avoid letting it get too overpowered.

an armor version of a Minmatar Fleet's shield selectable split weapons system

Amen to that second paragraph. A small weapons system that hits to 40km (OH linked point range) easily with no reduction in damage from either range or the transversal velocity the attacker generated going 7km/s is ripe for abuse. And oh boy do people abuse it, at least in the Amarr-Minmatar warzone.