EM damage
32.2 HP
Thermal damage
23 HP

EM damage
30.8 HP
Thermal damage
22 HP

EM damage
30.8 HP
Thermal damage
22 HP

EM damage
42.2 HP
Thermal damage
13 HP

EM damage
17.2 HP
Thermal damage
38 HP

I guess there will be others responding to this, but my hint is, check all pirate factions (drak blood e.g.),

Stealth nerf to imp navy LP and buff to pirate LP?

Those crystals are more valuable on market than imperial variants.

Its clear that the original concept of the game had a much richer and involved PvE element, and most of it was back burnered or outright abandoned in favor of the pure pvp griefer playstyle.

there is literally no reason for it other than plain silliness in buying a more rare item for more just because its rarer.

That's what supply and demand is all about. Effectiveness aside, if something is seen as more rare, the demand for it by some will go up. Value of an item is determined by what someone is willing to pay for it.

I don't see a need for every faction crystal to do exactly the same amount of damage. Variety is the spice of life. :)

That's what supply and demand is all about. Effectiveness aside, if something is seen as more rare, the demand for it by some will go up. Value of an item is determined by what someone is willing to pay for it.

I don't see a need for every faction crystal to do exactly the same amount of damage. Variety is the spice of life. :)

I don't support taht 1 guys suggestion of naming. But I do seriously like the idea of mixing up the different ammo types.
Hybrid charges and lasers particularly have several factions that make them.

My thoughts, split up Caldari Navy, and Federation Navy hybrid ammos, give them slightly different abilities.
The Gurista and Shadow ammos different. EOM could be added as a really rare 1 (same with missiles)
Imp navy, and Republic fleet don't have matching ammos.... not much to do for that.

I would personally say get rid of the duplicate ammos
So only federation and linked pirates do hybrids, only Caldari and linked do missiles
This way you dont have the database copies and make the LP more unique.

Not to be rude, but that doesn't really make sense.

You do know Caldari and Guristas use hybrids as well, not just missiles, right (see Naga, Rokh, Ferox, Vulture, Moa, Merlin, etc.)? And the only faction missiles are from Caldari and Guristas. The only faction ammo are from groups who in fact would use their associated weapons (Personally, I find it a bit odd that there are no Republic Fleet missiles considering there are some Minmatar missile boats).

Come to think of it, if you just want to have some of the faction charges removed for sake of database clutter and item uniqueness, let me point out some things to consider. Removing some of the faction ammo wouldn't really make the remaining ones more unique, just fewer sources of faction ammo in general. As far as the whole "database copies" reference, what the OP is suggesting would actually solve that by taking the "carbon copies" (Blood/Sansha or Dark Blood/True Sansha for instance) and giving them some unique quirks that set them apart from the others within the same group. They don't really need to be comparatively more or less powerful either, just have some creative attributes to give them some unique flavor