Which is a nerf to all drones save those being compensated. The Gecko is not being compensated, thus it is being nerfed.

no, it's a nerf to the drone interfacing skill. all drones are being buffed, except the gecko which is remaining unchanged.

you know the DI skill is being nerfed, you know the gecko isn't. you're aware of the facts.

To neckbeard or not to neckbeard, that is the question

CCP Fozzie has indicated that the new Gecko already has the Kronos stats. So come June 3, when the drone interfacing skill is cut from 100% to 50% - you can expect to see Gecko damage drop from current levels by 25% (6.3% on drone bonused hulls such as the new Rattlesnake).

Yes, the Gecko is being nerfed. It doesn't exist in a vacuum isolated from the drone interfacing skill. Thus a drone interfacing nerf is a Gecko nerf.

of course it doesn't exist in isolation.
except, that doesn't change the fact that the gecko isn't being nerfed.

the drone interfacing nerf, is a drone interfacing nerf.

Which will affect gecko drones relative to how they perform pre- Kronos.

of course it doesn't exist in isolation.
except, that doesn't change the fact that the gecko isn't being nerfed.

the drone interfacing nerf, is a drone interfacing nerf.

I don't see how it's even actually possible to nerf something that is about to be buffed.
They aren't changing the stats, unless it's to maintain their current capabilities, in which case, it isn't actually a nerf.

So, HTFU.

Which is a drone nerf. Nerfing a skill nerfs the items affected by that skill. The exception would be if the base stats are changing to compensate, but as you state, that isn't happening, thus the nerf.

It's not retaining it's current capabilities

drones aren't being nerfed, they're being buffed (except the gecko).
drone interfacing is being nerfed.
if you're still confused at this point, i suggest you read the devblog.

I'm aware of the devblog. Doesn't change that the gecko is being nerfed by was of the changes to drone interfacing. I've demonstrated I'm aware of the blog and this thread.
Feel free to demonstrate how damage with skills, specifically drone interfacing, is not being changed.

I can't believe this hit 10 pages...

the gecko isn't being nerfed, it's not being changed.
seems you don't understand that simple concept.

kung fu panda MMO...

The Gecko doesn't exist in isolation, and thus doesn't need to be changed directly to be nerfed. It can be nerfed by any number of external but interacting factors. Factors like the Drone interfacing skill.

The Gecko doesn't exist in isolation, and thus doesn't need to be changed directly to be nerfed. It can be nerfed by any number of external but interacting factors. Factors like the Drone interfacing skill.

So if the Gecko had been introduced as-is after the skill change, you'd be perfectly happy with it?

I can't believe this thread is even a thing.

So if the Gecko had been introduced as-is after the skill change, you'd be perfectly happy with it?

except that's the drone interfacing skill being nerfed, not the gecko.
look, we've been through this. instead of posting more crap just go through the posts in this thread to realise whatever you're about to post has been addressed already.

Theres a lot of bloody faces from that brick wall.

Its amazing the amount of repetition going on in the hope of a different result.....

Still not as bad as the DUST forums, last weekend....

True, though there was a vast amount of suicides I heard too

You've yet to actually directly address the fact that nerfing drone interfacing nerfs the gecko.

it has been addressed several times.
nerfing drone interfacing is a nerf to drone interfacing, not the gecko.