first!

Which ship do you think would make the best snowboard? Talos or upside down drake? Plz dont say drake since it is already overpowered enough.

A few classes are woefully imbalanced, and in some cases only have one good* ship per race. IGÇÖve got the momentum, influence & know-how to push CCP into devising changes to low-tier T1 Frigates & Cruisers, Electronic Attack Ships, and Command Ships; All of which are in need invigoration.

Perhaps the most important aspect that needs work is risk vs. reward. As the number of subscribers increases, and the rich players get richer, the barrier of entry is gets larger & larger. ItGÇÖs extremely difficult for small time players to have a worthwhile amount of success when they canGÇÖt afford to compete with the increasing populations, thus making it harder to keep new players in the game. Alongside CCP, IGÇÖd like to come up with a solution that makes the little people a bit scarier to the big folks. Perhaps something along the lines of increasing the production costs of T2 weaponry, & boosting the abilities of T1 items. This could assist more impoverished & lower skilled players in making a profit during their endeavors.

I disagree on this one:

Honestly, T1 vs T2 module balance is, at present, a game of how much money you want to spend on faction devices versus how much time you want to spend training for things you should train for anyway. I understand that may sound cold or harsh to a new player, but this newfound habit people have of joining EVE and running off to join a 0.0 alliance first thing, before they know autocannons from assault missiles, really isn't healthy in my opinion. What's more, Meta-4 weapons have the same base stats (and easier fitting) compared to T2, the difference is only T2 ammo and the bonus from specialization skills. What you're suggesting would mean making Meta-4 better than T2...?
I'm not sure where you're headed with this one. Care to elaborate?

Could you please elaborate on the exact impact you had on the balance changes we enjoy post-crucible? (hybrid-buff /assault frigate buff)? I sure do appreciate those, and pushing something like this through is a major argument for voting a certain candidate. On the other hand these changes are "low -hanging fruits" - i mean everyone was yelling for a 4. AF bonus/hybrid buff for years so its not exactly hard to come up with a solution for a buff.

Nice work. Was hoping that you will apply for CSM7 again. +1 vote
Btw. How do you envision the use of warfare linked t3 cruisers in future?

Weren't you completely AWOL from the CSM for the first six months last year, and only made a return when support for the CSM started to rise?

You're the wrong sort of guy for the CSM. Sorry.

Weren't you completely AWOL from the CSM for the first six months last year, and only made a return when support for the CSM started to rise?

You're the wrong sort of guy for the CSM. Sorry.

Nobody is denying that I was pretty much awol for a couple of months.
Poor timing IRL resulted in very little EVE-action, as I was working my ass off to keep a job that I ultimately lost.
My entire summer was shot and I've nothing to show for it, both IRL & in EVE.

I did all the research & number crunching. I looked at all the angles and reported my findings and concerns to the dev team.
I extensively tested changes, made observations, proposed changes, expressed player issues and changed peoples minds.
And lastly, I was relentless, persuasive, logical, and informed. I knew what needed to be done, and I did my best to make sure it got done.

It's not hard to understand; I worked my ass off, and Crucible is the first of the work I have to show for it.
Had I actually been able to put forth my efforts from the start, there is no doubt in my mind that I'd have been able to achieve everything on my list.
It shouldn't puzzle you how I managed to achieve so many of my goals in such a short time, it should puzzle you that others haven't.

IGÇÖve got the momentum, influence & know-how to push CCP into devising changes to low-tier T1 Frigates & Cruisers, Electronic Attack Ships, and Command Ships; All of which are in need invigoration.

The primary purpose would be to lower the skillpoint & wallet requirements for players to have success in combat. Statistically speaking, yes, I'd like to see t1 named weapons perform better, possibly with best-named being *better* than their T2 counterparts."

Not to get into too much detail, but I'd like to bring link ships out safe spots & POSes (all of them).

Why are we punished for seeking combat? Is this working as intended or something you feel needs fixing?

I wan't to say this is working as intended, but I get the feeling that isn't what you want to hear

Prom is a 'troubled' candidate because he was awol for half his term in CSM6. However, for the half that he DID turn up for, he was completely engaged on a daily basis. He's a human EFT, in ways that are a little frightening. If you're an ~elite solo pvper~ or an EFT wizard, you could do worse than voting for Prom.

I'd like to see him back on CSM7. I doubt he'll get a top-7 slot, but at least that way Punkturis and I can keep teasing him about his supercharger in Skype.

To summarize you pushed for and got a nerf of the dram, ninja nerf of the sabre and most dictors with af's, made the enyo fotm when it was fine beforehand in the hands of someone who didn't suck (AF's in general were fine before imo), and kept drugs relatively ******, despite CCP's proposed changes on sisi making them actually look viable. Now you're planning on nerfing falcons and unprobable t3 links. I voted for you last time, and I respect you as a pvper, but there's no way I'm voting based on the above.

I want the Bounty Hunting system to actually work.
I like the fact that there are advertised bounties on people, but I would also like to see something like covert bounties.

Putting a hit on someone shouldn't necessarily be advertised around the world, and having contracts from anonymous sources would be pretty cool (imo). And when the time comes, it would be nice to be able to.. uh.. "claim your bounties" while walking in station.

With that said, CCP has already stated that they are designing a new crimewatch system, so I'm expecting bounties to be part of that overhaul.

How do you feel about some of the more useless crusiers the eagle,imo rhe muinn.and what about tech2 insurance do you feel that is fair?

+1 prom btw

just wanted to ask what u thought about invulerabilities in certain ship classes, and about infinite value attributes on weapons and items.

do you consider them game breaking and if so, why?

I'll just leave this here :
Split Blackops in 2 categories (Combat Blackops, Support Blackops) ?
200km on-grid warps ? Or maybe 250km ? Buff sniping, for once ?
And please, the most important of them all (for me, at least, and probably quite a lot of peoples), the removal of the tier system ?

You're bad if you can't kill AFs with a destroyer hull. Interdictors have their role, and that is to bubble first and act as anti-support second. If you're getting destroyed by AFs, change up your fit to handle support better. Destroyers on the other hand have their first priority of being anti-support. They need to be balanced against frigates, but still be threatening to AFs when piloted by low-sp players. Fun Fact: They are.

AFs were bad before, are decent now, and the Enyo is the worst excuse for a fotm.
AFs had no life expectancy outside of empire, and that has been remedied. They haven't killed EVE, and I've yet to come across some undeniably ridiculous setup that doesn't involved a billion or so in links & implants. The Enyo as FOTM is just a poor excuse from a bad pilot. Of all the AFs, the Enyo is arguably the easiest to kill. Weak tank, weak capacitor, low speed, and low effective range. If you're dying because you're trying to brawl him down with another frig or destroyer hull, just unsub now.

Really? Before you were saying Interdictors were perfectly balanced, and could still kill the new AF. What happened? In fact, you mentioned something like the Heretic, Flycatcher, and Eris being viable anti-AF platforms. Oh? Did you just say that a Destroyer shouldn't be able to kill an Enyo? Funny, I explicitly remember you stating that Destroyers would "give the new AF trouble".

Enyo has one of the best speeds of all the new AF, losing out only to the wolf and jaguar - none of which can match it's tank and dps. And has the second best tank, bested only by the Retribution. With the new Null ammo, it is more than capable of engaging at -all- warp scramble ranges, with a slightly modified fit. It also has a web. And the weak capacitor is supplemented by a Nosferatu, which is standard fit for an Enyo.

Between you and Seleene, I'd vote for Seleene, and that's saying something.

If you think being a whiny little baby makes for a good CSM candidate who helps change the game you play. Then vote for Prometheus Exenthal.

Nerf Sandbox, Buff Arena PVP

Funny coming from someone who can't undock without a scout

Is that supposed to be an actual insult?

Funny coming from someone who can't undock without a scout
I'm not asking anyone to like my methods, because frankly I don't care.
I get results, which is more than what many past & present candidates can say.

You're playing a Massive Multiplayer Online game and expecting 1vs1 honor duels in a sandbox game.

Wat.

Why does everyone assume that i'm only ever looking for 1v1.
I honestly can't recall the last time I've ever even asked for one, or even brought up the possibility of.
However, I do remember the last time someone lost their dignity after asking for a 1v1 (2012-02-29).

The problem isn't that I'm looking for easy fights or anything, but how depressingly risk averse players have become.
Good fight potential? **** that, wait until you've got perfect odds

Wat.

Why does everyone assume that i'm only ever looking for 1v1.
I honestly can't recall the last time I've ever even asked for one, or even brought up the possibility of.
However, I do remember the last time someone lost their dignity after asking for a 1v1 (2012-02-29).

The problem isn't that I'm looking for easy fights or anything, but how depressingly risk averse players have become.
Good fight potential? **** that, wait until you've got perfect odds

Risk averse players are presented with too many tools that encourage such behavior. Tools like local and the current form of directional scanner. Other things like stupid structure timers to allow them to batphone every blue for seven regions.

In a game where combat is the theme, there sure is a **** ton of options/game mechanics that encourage players that avoiding it is better.

yes, we get it, you want the game to be entirely one-sided and have eighty dudes rolling through a region be absolutely undetectable

In a word? yes.

If those 80 dudes have shittons of SP, Isk invested, and the proper ships, then they should by all means be able to roll through any region they want absolutely undetectable. What I leave to people like prom, and ccp, are the drawbacks and exactly how much isk and SP should be invested.

I personally think a lot of the "balancing" issues involved in the game can actually be traced back to me. Not exactly me, but what I represent.

I represent the pinnacle of years upon years of playing this game. Individuals like myself have, for all intents and purposes unlimited isk, sp, and experience. We can do pretty much anything we want in the game with absolutely no fucks given. Those of us that want to do large scale pvp spend that isk, sp, and experience on ships that CCP never intended to be used in large numbers.

What can you do to balance ships when there are players with unlimited resources? There's not much you can do as there is no parallel in real life.

I think CCP needs to nerf income quite a bit, while at the same time exponentially increasing the costs of fitting and deploying "specialized/powerful" ships. This is sort of what prom is saying when he talks about changing up t2/t1 weapons/hulls I think.

/boge

In a word? yes.

If those 80 dudes have shittons of SP, Isk invested, and the proper ships, then they should by all means be able to roll through any region they want absolutely undetectable. What I leave to people like prom, and ccp, are the drawbacks and exactly how much isk and SP should be invested.

I personally think a lot of the "balancing" issues involved in the game can actually be traced back to me. Not exactly me, but what I represent.

I represent the pinnacle of years upon years of playing this game. Individuals like myself have, for all intents and purposes unlimited isk, sp, and experience. We can do pretty much anything we want in the game with absolutely no fucks given. Those of us that want to do large scale pvp spend that isk, sp, and experience on ships that CCP never intended to be used in large numbers.

What can you do to balance ships when there are players with unlimited resources? There's not much you can do as there is no parallel in real life.

I think CCP needs to nerf income quite a bit, while at the same time exponentially increasing the costs of fitting and deploying "specialized/powerful" ships. This is sort of what prom is saying when he talks about changing up t2/t1 weapons/hulls I think.

/boge

So, how does all that affect you? Starting with EVE Online: Inferno, we will begin revamping ship classes one after the other, making sure obsolete hulls serve a purpose. This is still in the research phase and constructive feedback is most appreciated while we wait for the next ship balancing blog to come out, dedicated to how such changes will impact the Amarr Empire fleet.