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CCP Fozzie C C P C C P Alliance 14697	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:45:55 - [1] - Quote Hello again folks. Got another set of changes today for your feedback. These changes revolve around the Rorqual and mining in general. We've been keeping a close eye on the mineral economy since Ascension and we feel that we need to make another fairly significant intervention in order to help keep this area of the EVE economy healthy. At the same time we're preparing some other changes related to mining that have more to do with QoL and module balance. Here's the package of somewhat related changes we have in mind at the moment: Excavator Drones: We're planning another reduction in Excavator drone yield to help keep the mineral economy healthy. I know it never feels good when things get nerfed but we're very confident that the Rorqual will continue to be an extremely powerful mining ship after these changes (not to mention the value provided by its other functions such as foreman links and defenses). We plan on continuing to make changes in this area as necessary over the coming months with the goal of keeping the mineral market healthy and ensuring that a wide variety of mining ships are viable. Speed up the cycle time of 'Excavator' ore mining drones to 60 seconds, and reduce the yield per cycle to 110 m3 base. This will reduce the idealized yield per minute, increase the number of trips required to and from the asteroid, but also reduce the amount of wasted cycle at the end of an asteroid's life. Add killmails on the destruction of all 'Excavator' drones. In March we are also planning on some UI/UX improvements for drones as a whole and mining drones in particular. These include a new keyboard shortcut for launching drones and enabling the "engage target" keyboard shortcut to work with mining drones. Discussion of these UI changes is best directed to this thread. PANIC Module: We have been keeping a close eye on potential issues related to the PANIC module for a while, and although we are overall quite happy with the module we are interested in reducing the power of a few uses, primarily use for fleet tackle and cyno lighting, as well as an escape method for entosis operations. To reduce the power of the PANIC module in these situations while also preserving all of its power for defending mining Rorquals and their fleets we are currently planning the following change: Initial activation of the PANIC module would require the Rorqual to have an active target lock on an asteroid. Other misc mining changes: Buffing the Mining Laser Field Enhancement foreman link from 30% to 40% base bonus. Increasing the optimal range of the ORE strip miners (to 18.75km) and ORE ice harvesters (to 12.5km). Spreading out the asteroids in the Asteroid Cluster ore anoms a bit to help the balance between shorter range drone mining and longer range exhumer mining. We are investigating the option of increasing the visual size of nullsec ore asteroids to help improve the feel of the ore anom environments (they've been a bit sad looking since the veld got removed) but we are not sure about some technical details of that potential change atm so no promises. These changes will be appearing on SISI for public testing over the next few days and we're very interested in hearing your feedback. Thanks! Game Designer \| Team Five-0 Twitter: @CCP_Fozzie Twitch chat: ccp_fozzie

Kara from Marketing Missing Zeroes 0	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:54:13 - [2] - Quote NEION
lanyaie Nocturnal Romance The Initiative. 1163	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:54:33 - [3] - Quote RIP my combat rorq Spaceprincess
Doomchinchilla Collapsed Out Pandemic Legion 157	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:54:45 - [4] - Quote WTF I hate CCP now.
Rowells ANZAC ALLIANCE Mercenary Coalition 3147	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:54:55 - [5] - Quote I will fondly remember this time as a time when even supers cowered in fear at the thought of a mining ship.
Davidus Fortuna GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation 0	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:56:09 - [6] - Quote F
Arenthor Doran Tritanium Industries and Technology Goonswarm Federation 14	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:57:00 - [7] - Quote How high are you right now fozzie? Stop having ideas
Solidus Obscura Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition 2	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:58:06 - [8] - Quote PRAISE BE THE RORQUAL. THESE BOOSTS SHALL BE A BOON TO MY GRAND MINING FLEETS! The PANIC change sucks, what if a Rorqual is caught off a station? Solidus for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=512158&find=unread
Jay Amazingness GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation 59	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:58:24 - [9] - Quote muh...muh...muh rorquals CEO of serious space alliance I too am gay, a member of the Memeperium
Michael Oskold BURN EDEN Northern Coalition. 27	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:58:33 - [10] - Quote good changes, godbless

Porthos Jacobs Tritanium Industries and Technology Goonswarm Federation 3	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:58:38 - [11] - Quote So if I bring Ewar to get a rorqual it cannot panic now. bonus
Tribal Trogdor Better Off Red Unspoken Alliance. 20	Posted - 2017.02.23 17:58:39 - [12] - Quote Quote: Initial activation of the PANIC module would require the Rorqual to have an active target lock on an asteroid. So...if you go in and jam a rorq before he panics, he cant panic? that sounds like a pretty bad fix to the problem here
Yizdale Bolmara McD Playhouse 0	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:00:36 - [13] - Quote What? No
lanyaie Nocturnal Romance The Initiative. 1164	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:00:54 - [14] - Quote Tribal Trogdor wrote: Quote: Initial activation of the PANIC module would require the Rorqual to have an active target lock on an asteroid. So...if you go in and jam a rorq before he panics, he cant panic? that sounds like a pretty bad fix to the problem here They are immune to ECM in industrial core Spaceprincess
Tribal Trogdor Better Off Red Unspoken Alliance. 20	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:01:04 - [15] - Quote Quote: Spreading out the asteroids in the Asteroid Cluster ore anoms a bit to help the balance between shorter range drone mining and longer range exhumer mining. Maybe this issue will be addressed with drilling platforms, but can we get regular nullsec belts to not span over a range of 2k km? Makes doing stuff in orcas/rorqs pretty rough
Cephei Kells Adversity. Pandemic Legion 33	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:01:34 - [16] - Quote This is the only time you've ever posted that i like the post.
Retar Aveymone DJ's Retirement Fund Goonswarm Federation 1081	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:01:49 - [17] - Quote CCP Fozzie wrote: [list] Initial activation of the PANIC module would require the Rorqual to have an active target lock on an asteroid. be honest, did you make the PANIC module a mining laser in some hilarious internal work-around for this issue
Oddsodz Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde 188	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:01:51 - [18] - Quote "Initial activation of the PANIC module would require the Rorqual to have an active target lock on an asteroid." Interesting way to address some issues. But it now opens the old foe of ECM to powerful. Think about it. Falcon decloaks and points and scrams the RORQUAL. Now it can't PANIC or warp. Oh and lets not forget the awoxing Griffin ;-) Interesting times ahead
Whitenight SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 2	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:02:13 - [19] - Quote Just another bad fix, Fozzie do you come up with these ideas by looking in the toilet after you take a dump?

CCP Lebowski C C P C C P Alliance 850	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:02:25 - [20] - Quote Tribal Trogdor wrote: Quote: Initial activation of the PANIC module would require the Rorqual to have an active target lock on an asteroid. So...if you go in and jam a rorq before he panics, he cant panic? that sounds like a pretty bad fix to the problem here I mean he can panic, just not PANIC CCP Lebowski \| EVE Quality Assurance \| Team Five-0 @CCP_Lebowski


Tribal Trogdor Better Off Red Unspoken Alliance. 20	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:02:36 - [21] - Quote lanyaie wrote: Tribal Trogdor wrote: Quote: Initial activation of the PANIC module would require the Rorqual to have an active target lock on an asteroid. So...if you go in and jam a rorq before he panics, he cant panic? that sounds like a pretty bad fix to the problem here They are immune to ECM in industrial core Yes, but you don't technically have to be running the core to be relevant :P
Scotsman Howard S0utherN Comfort Test Alliance Please Ignore 172	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:02:53 - [22] - Quote LOL can't be having supers and titan prices falling to much now can we.
Jay Amazingness GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation 59	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:03:09 - [23] - Quote I feel like people will just wait until the ore anom is dead and then be like I HAVE YOU NOW RORQUAL SCUM and tackle them. CEO of serious space alliance I too am gay, a member of the Memeperium
Igzorn Buelle 6	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:03:42 - [24] - Quote on the subject of "Other misc mining changes" can we have some better selection of ores in combat sites ? i would love to see "combat mining " as a viable playstyle.
Wibla Tactical Narcotics Team 170	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:03:42 - [25] - Quote Didn't see that nerf coming - oh wait, who am I kidding. If you want to make the mineral market healthier, have a look at the ore composition in nullsec ore anoms vs mineral usage. Mexallon is a bottleneck, while some other minerals are basically waste material at this point. PANIC mod - good change.
Tappits North Eastern Swat Pandemic Legion 222	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:03:56 - [26] - Quote So you are removing the panic from rorquals then? Because you just wait till the anomaly is poped and then warp in tackle all the rorquals and kill them all super quick with no chance to panic.
Schlampa Bat Country Pandemic Legion 7	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:04:31 - [27] - Quote That PANIC change is hilarious.
Xynthiar Tactical Narcotics Team 23	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:04:54 - [28] - Quote Edit: derp
Andrew Xadi Easy Co. Get Off My Lawn 12	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:05:51 - [29] - Quote CCP Fozzie wrote: Initial activation of the PANIC module would require the Rorqual to have an active target lock on an asteroid. ! so if i jam a rorqual, it can't panic, if i catch a rorqual after it killed a belt, it can't panic, why can't you just make it so that you can't panic like 20 min after jumping?
Inomares Tax Evasion Corporation 3 I too am gay 21	Posted - 2017.02.23 18:07:19 - [30] - Quote So we're looking at: - 25% lower yield on paper (110m3/60s vs 220m3/90s) - More travel time due to lower cycle times, meaning lower yield (hard to tell how much) - Even more travel time due to asteroids being spaced out, meaning lower yield yet Excavator prices are still crazy high, and perhaps more importantly heavy water prices across the universe are going absolutely crazy without any signs of slowing down. I'm wondering if, all in all, this couldn't be a bit too much to hit the rorq with all at once?



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