OK first off, thank you for replying, even on a topic like this we still like that you make the effort to communicate with us.

....but What are you thinking?! you seem to basically be moving to change boosters as a get-out of having to make big changes to the broken aspects of that area of the game.

The fact you completely forgot about Alchemist and Edge implant sets makes me think this is yet another rushed solution.

FIX Issue this customs agents

FIX Issues with drug acquisition (gas harvesting)

FIX Smuggling penalties and the profession as a whole

Leave the booster mechanics alone they are the one thing with that whole messed up system that actually work as intended!

You want to make them so everyone is forced to stick in a pair of strongs before a fight or be at a disadvantage. In reality they should be a last ditch and you should have to decide whether to use a strong /improved/ standard based on side effects AND price! Unpredictability is the whole point, and yes side effects should include some that go against the benefit so you have to weight up whether to use them.

Triage carriers risk injecting a mindflood / exile because they made the informed decision that the chance of getting a cap/armour penalty was outweighed by the need for more tank to last out the cycle. You are basically proposing they they all inject at the beginning of the fight because, hey may as well. Another part of the game dumbed down and fovoured against the player who simply has more ISK.

Yes boosters could have done with some changes to make them more widely used Gas + manufacture changes and smuggling changes, but the pills themselves were pretty balanced I'd say, maybe boost the gunnery/missile ones up to be inline with the tanking ones (30% for strong)


CCP leave drugs alone and fix the black market when you have the time, not some rushed garbage that no wants.