Have to say that I'm not a big fan of an overall nerf to LML.

This hurts far more ships than just the Crow. The Talwar, Corax, Hawk, and Hookbill are all going to take a hit on this and none of them are considered too powerful; while the LML weapon system was strong it wasn't game-breaking. This is really just another slap in the face to anyone with SP in missiles.

This game is becoming Drones Online faster and faster.

if only there was a mod that added a huge amount of grid to a frigate, outsized compared to its existing power grid

it'd be some sort of power core

since it's not the normal core it'd have to be an auxiliary core

and since it goes on a frigate I guess it'd have to be pretty small, like micro sized compared to other power cores

Just wow at this thread so far. The level of rage and entitlement on display are amazing. Let get this in perspective. Your LML complainers, its a 6% RoF reduction. Its a very small change. Grow up. LML project further with similar dps and better application than the other LR small weapons this isnt going to change that. To your crow whiners the changes mean you cant have range tank and speed all at the same time without compromising dps. This is balance, this is choices with meaning.

Please also remember that the module dev post isnt out yet and some of the mods being balanced like micro aux power cores are key on these ships until you have the full picture commenting further is premature.

here, a buddy of mine got me an updated EFT for these changes so I went ahead and made some fits so y'all can see the difference

http://imgur.com/a/4wi8k

LML, MSE, point, EM ward amp, grid stuff, and filled out the rest with align

you lose 0.4s align and 14 dps going to oceanus

horror of horrors

Why are they getting faster?
The Taranis is already FAR AND AWAY the highest DPS ceptor and its going to move faster wtf!

you don't really understand how interceptors are actually used in TYOOL 2014 do you

And your points are wrong and should be completely ignored. Anyone that thinks double tackle has no place, surely has no place in a balance discussion thread.

I don't mind the Inty's getting trimmed down a bit but ...wow.

Logged on this morning to check out my Crow's and it's honestly pretty ridiculous. Honestly, they should have just made the damage bonus change (effectively lowering DPS and range) and left it with 3x highs and 3x lows. Gather data on it and if warranted in the next update to adjust it further then I've got no issue with it.

Serious question for the dev team:
When you make the changes to ships that effect them this significantly I wonder what fits you have in mind for the players to run. I honestly like the idea of making choices and trade offs but rarely have I seen the trade-offs be quite a s stark as they are with the Crow...I would like to hear a bit from the Fozzie and Rise on how they envision players setting up the ships based on this adjustment.