As long as proto AV is out there, these tanks, from the stats will be even bigger coffins than the current batch.

Yep. What I think should be considered:
* Reduce cost by a lot
* Make tanks easier to kill by just a little bit

This way, you can afford to lose a tank maybe once or twice a battle, but they also don't dominate so much. The main issue with tanks is that they're quite hard to kill, and can kill a lot -- so infantry think they're too strong. However, one tank costs multiple battles worth of ISK, so tankers think they're too weak, because one loss means a few battles of earning that isk back. You can change a lot of people's expectations by reducing their power on the battle field by just a little, and reducing their cost by a whole lot, so that losing one or two in a battle isn't a problem.

I also think that CCP needs to eat less vegetables and more dessert. I am seriously wondering if the better thing is to just keep introducing new stuff, and balance while you go, rather than removing content and balancing the core. Each new thing in the game can significantly affect the balance of a whole range of things. So even if you succeed at balancing the core, that may not mean much at all once you throw new things in the mix.

Put it all out there, let the chips (so to speak) fall where they may, and then balance. Put all the pieces you can in as scaffolding, then build up around that. Dust 514 needs more dessert.

Also, please capacitors like EVE. That sounds great.

Caveat: I have not given these suggestions a great deal of thought.

Minmatar ship designs typically emphasize speed and firepower, combining agile ship designs with projectile weapon armaments. While the preferred weapon systems of the Minmatar are autocannons or artillery, they make a virtue of versatility and many of their vessels use missiles or drones as secondary weapons. Similarly, the Minmatar take a balanced approach to defense with their ships often being capable of adopting either shield- or armor-based defensive setups. This flexibility makes the Minmatar an unpredictable foe, while their classical tactics of striking fast and hard continue to define their approach to space warfare.

The spaceship design philosophy of the Caldari State has been shaped by their secessionist war with the Gallente Federation and the internecine and subtle warfare that has at times broken out between the Caldari Megacorporations. The result has been an emphasis on technological excellence and efficient designs aimed at multiplying the power of relatively small fleets. Caldari ship designs are strongly geared towards shield-based defense and use either missile or railgun weapon systems. The Caldari space combat doctrines also emphasize powerful electronic warfare systems and their fleets use a number of designs, from frigates to battleships, that are specially optimized for ECM. The ideal for a Caldari fleet commander is to neutralize his opponent with a blanket of electronic warfare while the missile carriers and railgun boats eliminate the enemy one by one.

Don't expect an increase blast radius for explosive missiles, @Harpyia.

They used to have larger radius in Beta. It decimated infantry and there were oceans of QQ on these forums. The blast radius got the Nerf down to what you have today.

If full auto hammers infantry, expect another Nerf.