Seems like every good thing CCP makes have to be grounded down to crap nowadays. First it was heavy missiles, then RLML, then there was the TE nerf, now the omnis.

HML tengu - shafted
RLML cerberus - shafted
Rattlesnake - shafted

Now this really hurt me coz i really love this ship even after everybody told me to stay away from drones since i started playing around 2009, i told myself, CCP would come around on fixing drones and make them a dependable weapon platform. The RS was my very first faction BS and Im still using the very same RS that I bought way back in 2009. When the DDA and T2 omni modules came out, seems like my prayers were answered. Then came the AI drone agro, i adapted to that change...no biggie. Now they've nerfed the omnis...seems like the drone boats were thrown back to 2009 - 2010 era...

I haven't been paying attention to the boards lately, but why did CCP change the omnis mechanics?

I guess i have to store my rattlesnake, along with my tengu (dusting for months now) back to my ship bay. Two ships that i really like turn to crap.

I guess the Mach is next in line huh?

Good job CCP on rebalancing the game...high five...fist bump...two thumbs up to you guys! Keep up the good work. Way to go buddy! You guys are the best!

Nerf everything to the ground. Until everything is balance. EVE would be a great game then. clap! clap! clap!

I can't help it if I'm bad.

You'd have a point if the unbonused drone boats were remotely "overpowered"...they were just fun.

I'm all for balance but people seriously consider a RS/gila/other overpowered? I don't think so. Not even close.

I'm weary of ccp nerfing weapon systems because a couple of hulls are abusive. They're hardly going to revisit the tiericide are they? It's very disappointing and the lack of feedback or interest in the F&I thread has been pretty disgraceful tbh.

Can I adapt? Sure, I can fly about anything, but other stuff wasn't as much fun as the RS/DNI etc. They were massively eclipsed by the domi/ishtar but they were more fun. Now they are not worth the trouble and one might as well jump on the same bandwagon as everyone else.

Prior to MJD range bonused domis the RS was actually quite a competitive droneboat for damage performance. There was no projection disadvantage, plenty of room for DDA's and enough mids for omni's + bonus augmented tank. Slot layout and bonused shield tank made it advantageous IMHO.

The domi was always over tanked, slow and underganked.

What you need for missions is an acceptable amount of tank and a huge dps. The rattler has acceptable dps and a huge amount of tank. It is and has always been suboptimal.