I agree that our fittings should not be revealed to the player we killed, knowledge is power after all and as the victor why should you cede any of that power?

I do like the suggestion that the damage be displayed in a way that gives more info. Perhaps a pie graph showing your health with different colors representing diff players who damaged you. This would give more info without giving up any trade secrets.

What if I want my fit to stay a secret?

my fit's easy to figure out. If you hose me down with an AR and have to reload while I mow you down, it means I am rocking plates out the ass.

I cannot reiterate enough how vital it is to at least list the number of damage mods.
The forum is awash in poorly founded nerf/buff thread which, even if all of them were completely ignored, would still speak to the frustration and confusion caused by this hidden buff to performance.

This is an EVE kill mail the data it provides is not identical to what I am proposing but it is also much greater in scope and detail. Eventually when CREST comes online these should be present for D514 as well but the in mean time enabling Mercs to do proper testing by providing the required information such as damage mods present is key. A damage output variance of +15% from Prof 5 and 26.4% from triple stacked complex damage mods is huge. For context sake let's look at the AR line, the raw damage of the militia AR is 34 HP, with three damage mods that's 42.976 HP while an unmodified Duvolle clocks in at 37.4 HP. A militia AR with no damage mods and the L5 Prof skill jumps up to 39.1 HP, still out performing the prototype Duvolle rifle, and let us not forget that skills and mods can stack for an even higher total output.

Providing proper context for actionable feedback regarding weapon balance, or dps output vs game wide eHP is rendered very marginal without this information being provided in game leaving most reports as anecdotal at best.

The value to testing and feedback frankly trumps the "need for secrecy" regarding the use of damage mods in the cost benefit analysis, besides it's not as if triple stacking damage mods is a closely guarded piece of knowledge or some sort of innovative method or synergy, it has been common and open practice among many since closed beta.

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The problem with you using eve killmail as an agrument for showing more info ais that killmails only show the person who died's fit, not the killer's. The way EvE does this is fine, but your request, to show the killers fit, is silly. It gives away too much information to the deceased who needs to talk to corp mates or learn through experimentation. In chats I will gladly help new players with their fits but being killed by my hand does not entitle them to a look at my loadout.

I hear what you are saying about new players needing more info about how the game works to stop them from crying for nerfs. This is a great idea. Unfortunately it needs to happen in the form of a detailed tutorial not by giving them a look at how I kill them.