my point is that a new mod is unnecessary

the drone damage amp uses more CPU than turret damage mods, and it gets a lesser bonus. i guess the balance comes in where missile heavy ships get extra CPU, maybe its to put a penalty trying to use missiles on a not so missile based ship. doable, but at a cost.

and yes, i realise that argument falls apart when it comes to putting turrets on a missile focussed ship.

there is no tracking enhancer for missiles because there is no tracking disruptor for missiles. I hear CCP tried to make one,but it didnt work.

there is no tracking enhancer for missiles because there is no tracking disruptor for missiles. I hear CCP tried to make one,but it didnt work.

Balancing is one of the HARDEST jobs in EVE.
You can "create" new modules while you are pretty drunk, but never balance them as the employees of CCP do.

You don't need a tracking disruptor for missiles when you can use a sensor damp. Or speed. Or sig tank. Or have enough range to warp off before the missiles even get there. Or smart bombs. Or Defenders (if they were actually useable for the role they are supposed to fill).
Defenders need to be fixed and you have plenty of counters to missiles.

+1 for more another missile mod.

There's no tracking disruptor for drones, either.

There are two main issues with ballistic control systems.

1) cost more CPU than other damage mods at all meta levels for what amounts to the same bonuses (ROF and damage multiplier)

Ex: T2 BCS uses 40TF CPU, T2 Magnetic Field Stabilizer uses 30TF CPU.

They have identical bonuses to RoF (10.5%) and Damage (10% / 1.1x)

2) There is no Tracking Enhancer module for missiles (shut up about TP's they work for turrets as well).

My solution:

For the extra cpu BCS should give 4% to explosion velocity that doesn't stack. This solves many of the damage application problems from rockets all the way up to citadel torpdoes with no need to adjust anything else.

This eliminates the need for a new special mod, ammunition adjustments and only requires a small tweak to the phoenix in the future. Issues I've considered - making small and medium missiles apply damage far too effectively...its possible but worth the risk considering that missiles are currently the most nerf'd weapons system in game. Heavy missiles were turned way down to balance them against crappy medium long range trurrets (it worked) and then that was undermined when medium long range turrets were buffed later. This would undo that to a large degree by giving heavy missiles superior damage application.

That would also allow the adjustment of the navy drake which is currently pathetic. So feel free to crap on the idea because now your speed tanking cruiser can't take it anymore.

The missile formula favours velocity bonused ships. The main rigs to load on a ship when going for damage application is flares (?) due to the desperate need for more explosion velocity on most missiles

Nah, rigours are always superior to flares. That's why flares take less calibration.

the drone damage amp uses more CPU than turret damage mods, and it gets a lesser bonus. i guess the balance comes in where missile heavy ships get extra CPU, maybe its to put a penalty trying to use missiles on a not so missile based ship. doable, but at a cost.

and yes, i realise that argument falls apart when it comes to putting turrets on a missile focussed ship.

there is no tracking enhancer for missiles because there is no tracking disruptor for missiles. I hear CCP tried to make one,but it didnt work.

Passive low-slot ballistic enhancer module that provides 20% missile velocity, 10% explosion velocity and 10% explosion radius. Voila.

make that a med slot so we can forget about tps and im sold

There's no tracking disruptor for drones, either.

Drones can be shot down though.