Well yea it was definitely stacking reps....I stuck 8 missiles down its throat, just sitting still in air. Before I reloaded, bam, full armor. Doesn't matter how many reps it has. I should be able to take it down, especially if I land every missile....no matter what.

I agree with the movement penalty to shields, it's so stupid, they take up much more space than ferroscale, AND they already have a shield delay penalty on them!

The Python needed a nerf, and it's still the best ADS in my opinion.

Caldari Assault does have a broken bonus...

Scouts needed a nerf.

The RR doesn't need such a high charge up time, they should just lower it by a small amount.

Let's simply study the reasons why CCP has ultimately D.E.S.T.R.O.Y.E.D. Caldari in literally every form and fashion.

Rail Rifle:
Doubled the charge-up time
Massively increased the kick
Now, a creodron breach AR has not only a higher DPS...but zero kick, zero charge up time, & near identical range performance.
All that comparatively to both the ishukone and kal rail rifles.

Scout:
Reduced/removed passive scan precision capability.
Now, not only is the scout completely vulnerable to being 1SK by any adv or higher shotgun, but you don't even see it coming to ANY scout who has only 1 dampener equipped. NTM, CCP's "nerf" of the cloak allowing two shotgun fires before the user even decloaks. Very nice.

Assault:
Worst. Bonus. Ever.
Thanks for allowing me to reload my broken RR faster. You've reduced the Cal Assault to nothing more than the red-headed stepchild of the scout and commando. No e-war capability, no damage bonus, no speed.

Shields:
If what I'm hearing is true, you intend to now add movement penalty to shields? WOOOW. Alright, so not only does ferroscale armor plates add MORE health than complex shields, but it comes with no movement penalty. Armor stacking is king now, btw. Just because your shotty hit detection pours in complaints and QQ's of people unable to kill speedy scouts, gives no argument to then just nerf shields altogether. With no way to "rep" shields other than recharge/energizer usage, a shield's effectiveness is now nullified. Please welcome your Gal Assault Breach AR uber OP on two rep hives. GFG.

Pythons:
Oh, this one's my favorite. Massive reduction to missile RoF. Buff to swarms, especially speed. Near invincible, perfect-aim autoturrets on the ground. NTM, a complete inability to fit ANYTHING without using a proto PG upgrade - even with skills MAXED. Where should I start? Idk, let's do the math. It took oh, around 15 mil sp to get my Python where it should be. It costs roughly half a mil per ship completely fitted, not including the pro fit one flies around in. How much sp/isk does it cost the guy wielding swarms? How bout the turrets? Even better, today I discovered a grimsnes - YES, a grimsnes, with an xt-1 side turret, able to rep THROUGH my damage. Even if every missile landed, the BASIC dropship would rep through the damage before I was reloaded. Why on Earth would you think that placing a turret on the ground that would take literally 2 full minutes of uncontested damage output (that could put me down in 3 shots) is a good idea?

Edit: OH wait, I almost forgot...haha. Yea. If I'm just having a good day flying around, ya know, enjoying the sp I dumped into doing what I enjoy(ed), the kids resort to simply ramming my ship with any militia DS they can come up with. Ha, and they survive. Tell me, what happens when I ram a tank into another tank? Sure, getting rammed by another ship should do some damage (as in LAVs), maybe change my path of flight some. But complete destruction? AND they fly away? Awesome.

Sigh...smdh.

I agree with the movement penalty to shields, it's so stupid, they take up much more space than ferroscale, AND they already have a shield delay penalty on them!

The Python needed a nerf, and it's still the best ADS in my opinion.

Caldari Assault does have a broken bonus...

Scouts needed a nerf.

The RR doesn't need such a high charge up time, they should just lower it by a small amount.

I still think the Cal Precision being changed was BS.

Cal needed to damage it's primary tank to get the great scans.

And only with 4 precision...all of it's primary tank moldules...could it get better scans that the amarr scout does today.

Amarr? 2 slots of it's non primary tank slots...to get to about the same place 3 cal precision scouts did..changing it from cal to amarr changed VERY little in the meta.

I argued this then...but what do I know.

You should look up ignorant... sigh. It obviously needed a nerf it was pretty much invincible and the reason for the rof was because people were stacking pilots.

And who is the Caldari Commando? <.<

Breach AR had half the range (40M, compared to 70) and only 10% more dps your crying over the rail is invalid. If you want a cqc weapon then your using the wrong one to begin with, granted in EVE the caldari use both rails and blasters so instead of bitching about how you can't use a rail at close range why not ask CCP to allow bonuses for all hybrid weapons for both Cal and Gal? Also you can use a short range side arm to supplement your cqc, there is no long range sidearm, except the bolt but it's horrible.

You can still equip the modules... Just because you don't get a bonus for them doesn't mean they are useless.

Yeah the bonus does suck, but the Cal and Gal have been stuck with the same crappy bonus forever. Nothing new here. Aside from that the Caldari suit is probably the best suit in the game. Great speed, hp, and regen.

Yeah no, I'm pretty sure CCP will add that new penalty to all plates, it's not a movement penalty per say but a strafing reduction, forward movement speed and sprinting would remain unaffected. Although imo it would be much better if we had inertia.

Pythons suck, hate em. Used to be a assault dropship pilot, I only use Caldari vehicles. Now I'm not gg to my python and my Gunny :/

The guy in the redline with a Thales.

Because if we were to snipe closer with a Tac variant, the scouts would hunt us down.

Logic.

Python needed a nerf is so ignorant. Not everybody can pick upa python and dominate it. What CCP has efficiently done is flushed 2.5 million sp i put into python down the drain and made it come near death with every 1 swarmer. 2 swarmers and you might as well jump out because you're but to be lit up.

I agree with some of what you said, but honestly I think the dampening bonus is better.

The dampening bonus on the gal scout?

How does is the contention that a dampening bonus was better in contention with what I said?

You should look up ignorant... sigh. It obviously needed a nerf it was pretty much invincible and the reason for the rof was because people were stacking pilots.

It doesn't matter, remotes and shotguns are running rampant so everything just dies.

Also, down the the Caldari!

Python needed a nerf is so ignorant. Not everybody can pick upa python and dominate it. What CCP has efficiently done is flushed 2.5 million sp i put into python down the drain and made it come near death with every 1 swarmer. 2 swarmers and you might as well jump out because you're but to be lit up.

The dampening bonus on the gal scout?

How does is the contention that a dampening bonus was better in contention with what I said?

Scanning people is useful, but it's not nearly as good as being invisible to everyone else. The change to give Caldari dampening was a buff IMO, just like the projectile damage change felt like a buff to guns like the CR and HMG.

Because someone HAS to be seen on your tactnet for you to kill them. Scanning is way better than being invisible on the radar. (i.e. player x is here he can see player y from a x meters away, player x has the advantage. player x can't be seen on the tactnet, he can uh sneak up on players he can see with his eyes or scans, huh, I guess it's an advantage...)