Deciphering Tiericide

[CCP_Nomad]

@darkestkhan_Eriker

BTW can you quote some statistics about how much of different charges are being used? I believe that projectile ammo is using pretty much all kinds of them, but that has more to do with dps types. From my experience most used crystals are multifreq, standard and radio. Gamma is used at times for extra cap while still having much dps. Can’t talk much about hybrid charges - I ever only seem to use antimatter/thorium/iridium.

We don’t want to share the statistics of particular ammo types at the moment, as that might give a wrong impression of what will be the end result of the rebalancing. All the details will be provided at once, when we are ready. I hope that’s understandable.

@Destiny_Corrupted

I agree, the new naming scheme is very convenient, and should be kept this way. But that doesn’t mean that we have to limit the game to 1-2 named modules per item type.

Why not let items have more than one variable, for example?

The number of “named” modules in a group is related to the number and class of the module attributes. As listed in the blog, we defined 7 specializations for named modules: Ample, Compact, Enduring, Restrained, Scoped, Upgraded, Precise. Each group will have only a few possible specializations from this set. For example, only the turrets can have the Precise - tracking specialization. Some groups with a small number of attributes, will have only 1 or 2 specializations.

@Xyertyl_Vyvorant

I have been playing around. And i know change is hard to accept. No matter what you Devs will do, there will always be people being unhappy about the new stuff. Me personally, i greatly appreciate that you try to declutter Eve online and make things more simple without sacrificing the complexity.
Here are my thoughts on Hybrid turrets and ammo. It’s blasters only, but i think rails are more clean. I would love to test play this on the test servers:

Thanks for the kind words and for the efforts you’ve put into presenting your suggestion. We will look into it.

@Elise_Frei

Hi CCP, definitely one of the most interesting dev blogs in recent years. Can I ask why you changed the Invulnerability to Multispectrum Shield Hardner?

The name of this module was Adaptive Invulnerability Field, which was confusing for following reasons:

• it didn’t indicate clearly which module group it belongs to (Shield Hardener)
• Adaptive might have suggested it adapts to the situation / type of incoming damage
• Invulnerability might have suggested that it makes you invulnerable

The new Multispectrum Shield Hardener name addresses those three points. Some players expressed their concerns over the fact that the word Multispectrum is already being used by ECM group, but it is worth pointing out that ECM’s are Multispectral, not Multispectrum

@Dior_Ambraelle

Is that possible to also tiericide the ammo at some point?
I personally find it quite annoying that we have identical attributes on differently named ammo, and for some reason sometimes there are significant differences in their cost on the market.

Yes, the charges will be rebalanced together with turrets.

@Valiran_Teleros

I’m also wondering if it wouldn’t be possible to repurpose all of the current “civilian” and “basic” modules as low-power, low-requirement modules that can be used if nothing else will fit. You would be better off fitting a T1 or meta module, but they’d be better than nothing

Yes, we do change the the “Basic” by making them into storyline modules with primary attribute similar to T1, but with very low fitting requirements. We apply similar treatment to “Micro” modules. For example, in March 2020 release we have converted all Micro Capacitor Boosters into a new ‘Seed’ Micro Capacitor Booster storyline module.

The Civilian version of all modules is also something we are looking at, but changes in this area would have to involve much deeper work as that affects both the New Player Experience and the free Corvettes.

@Valiran_Teleros

Finally, in the interest of recording the old names used, would it be possible for the flavor text of meta modules to mention those old names as examples of “popular models” in use by capsuleers?

We try to leave a reference the old flavor names, but it might be a shortened form. For example, the I-a Polarized Armor Regenerator was renamed to I-a Enduring Armor Repairer and ‘Accommodation’ Vestment Reconstructer was renamed to ACM Compact Armor Repairer. The Inefficient Armor Repair Unit and Automated Carapace Restoration are no longer referenced anywhere in the game.
This is indeed interesting idea for preserving the old full names. Thanks for the suggestion.