Update, and the spreadsheet is updated as well, and added to the OP.

"After making the Starter loadouts much better, we ran into the issue of PG/CPU capacity. The situation was tricky because Militia and Standard Basic Frames were not in parity, and we wanted to simplify fitting so that all starter fits had the same PG/CPU capacity. However, we also had an old issue we could fix at the same time, Basic Medium Frames have been underpowered for a while and the solution was simple. Massively increase and equalize all Basic Medium Frame capacity, make them worth skilling up to Prototype, and give Militia Dropsuits a reduced, fixed % of Standard capacity. So thatGÇÖs what we did. Coupled with the fact that we reduced the ISK cost of Basic Dropsuits in a recent hotfix, will hopefully make them viable choices for battle. To fine-tune the Starter loadouts, and increase parity of militia choices, we also made tweaks to the PG/CPU requirements of a few militia items as well."

The ADS. Once we start getting hit by swarms we almost always have to run, because we don't have the tank to handle that much incoming damage.

Here's the thing; right now we have a swarm that has enough speed to catch the ADS and enough damage to kill tanks. This is part of the problem. I created a thread about making the assault swarm launcher anti-air while having the regular swarm launcher focus on anti-armor against tanks, but the problem is we are dealing with a weapon that

1) is supposed to be strong enough to deal with tanks, while fast enough to catch ADS when ADS don't have tank levels of health
2) we have no way of knowing when they are coming in until they hit our ship. Multiple pilots have talked about having some sort of warning system so we know we are in danger.

ADS don't want to be invincible in the sky. We just want to be able to fight back when someone uses AV. Rendering is still an issue for ADS, but even if it wasn't, we have no idea which one of those infantry is AV and therefore a threat to us, so we cannot respond properly until we are already being attacked. And then when we are being attacked, I'm dealing with damage meant for busting tanks when I struggle to fit enough HP to reach current base tank health. I honestly feel like separating the assault swarm to be anti-ADS and the regular swarm to be anti-tank is a great step in the right direction, because it means we can balance the two independently of each other; upping damage on the regular swarms to handle stronger tanks doesn't upset the balance between the assault swarm and ADS. But a warning system would also be another great step towards balance. I don't need to know where they are coming from, I just need to know they are coming.

This post is much more interesting than the Swarm discussion that is supposed to have ended by now.

Absolutely agreed.

I wrote this earlier and now I am adding to it.


some of your prefit vehicles will need to be redone/fixed/changed with the CPU & PG mod changes due to the will not work even at maxed out skills. oh a big problem you need to fix the controls on ( "Nullarbor" Myron ) it does not fly correctly and before you say anything I can fly well. been flying dropships since open beta. I don't know if it is ok with m&kb but with the controller it always pulls the nose up you have to fight it to keep it down. maybe it was over looked when the fly mechincs or fly controls were changed.

What's with this hotfix echo talk? As far as I know, we're still on Warlords 1.0 with no hotfixes at all yet.