Anyone fitting a Minmatar ship will know how damn easy it is. Slap on the largest guns, oversize tank, T2 tackle and equal-sized neuts if applicable.
Too easy.
With any other race you need to drop the guns down a size, leave a high slot empty, fit an undersized tank, fit meta tackle and DCU, fool about with adaptive nano plating, etc.

Minmatar ships end up being just plain better because of it.

I got thinking on how this problem could be solved. I thought to myself 'What would CCP do to balance a Minmatar ship?' and 'How can Minmatar ships be harder to fit?'

Well, the solution quickly became apparent to me.
Add more slots to all of the Minmatar ships! It's perfect!

The Hurricane can have an 8,8,8 slot layout! Can you imagine how hard it will be to fit it? Filling all those slots will quickly exhaust all of the CPU.

Will there be balance issues? No, actually! Most of us know that by flying Minmatar you automatically win at PVP. However, some people don't believe this (and so are promptly blown up my Minmatar ships and so whine on the forums about it). By nerfing all of the Minmatar ships by giving them 2, 3 or 4 extra slots, everyone will fly Minmatar, and since everyone will always win, everything will be balanced!


[Hurricane, 24 slots]

I'll agree to and even +1 this on two conditions;

Condition the first: myrmidons finally get their missing slot (preferably medium but i'm begging so...).

Condition the second: myrmidons get 5 more mbs bandwidth and 10 more m^3 drone bay.

220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M

Y-T8 Overcharged Hydrocarbon Microwarpdrive
Faint Warp Disruptor I
'Langour' Drive Disruptor I
Optical Tracking Computer I
Optical Tracking Computer I
Sensor Booster II, Scan Resolution
Sensor Booster II, Scan Resolution
Small Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 200

Alpha Reactor Control: Reaction Control
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Damage Control II
Adaptive Nano Plating II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II

Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I


Warrior II x5


Can you just see all the sacrifice in that fit? It was pain to manage the CPU and powergrid!
NERF MINMATAR! GIVE THEM MORE SLOTS!