Had a look at the numbers - to catch a standard fit ceptor in a gatecamp you'll need approx 1150 scan res, which is about what a ceptor in a fleet has. Or a multiple reseboed Arazu .....

To catch a nano fit or agility-rigged ceptor, you'll need approx 2300 scanres (which is a ceptor with sebo and t2 scanres rig). I think this is the main difference in terms of travelling around - in the past the stiletto / malediction / raptor / ares were already at this figure without needing to add anything extra.

Please explain to me how you would bait a ship that goes 4km/sec, aligns out in three seconds with the MWD running, and has no reason to be closer than the edge of its 30km point range. That's enough to keep them safe from everything but range-bonused neuts and recon hard tackle, all of which come on hulls that will be immediately obvious on dscan (or have a 5 second targeting delay upon decloaking). Inline Smartbombs are trivially easy to avoid with even the most basic preventive steps, so if you're trying to pass them off as some sort of inescapable hard counter then I'm not the one who looks bad. Hell, if we could spend the entire Fountain War bouncing Caracals around to avoid RnK Pipebombs you can do the same thing in your bubble-immune 8AU/sec frigates.


Again, you aren't complaining about catching ratters. You're complaining that you might now have to interact with a defense gang other than trolling them in local as you breeze past them. Why do you feel entitled to hunt in hostile space without the possibility of reprisal from the locals? Beyond that, explain to me why a ratter who is at the keyboard, reads intel channels, and reacts quickly to threats deserves to die, or why you think people would rat at all if they couldn't protect themselves?

Because overheating sensor boosters wouldn't have done anything if the ships can already align faster than is possible to catch them even with a million or more scan res. Server ticks > Overheating SeBos.

But don't act like they weren't already in high demand for fleets. Every major fleet would gladly have taken multiple interceptors for perches and fast tackle before the change just because they could do it faster and often better than a T1 counterpart. Now the ships get entire fleets devoted to only interceptors because they are so strong at avoiding damage while picking off targets in large fights. Them losing a little agility will not be the end of the world and it brings them back down to earth.

No they can't and you're absolutely delusional if you truly believe that. If they DO happen to get caught, it is due to pilot error on the Malediction's part.