Ok what changed VERY recently (carriers query)

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So.. i’m an odd sort.
i like to belt rat
i do it a lot
I see a dread spawn - i get in my Niddy with Dragonfly II’s - zip out to the belt - kill it (usually take 10-12 missile cycles)

i noticed last week despite training Caldari Fighter Spec IV up - the dreads were much harder to kill - not a problem they still die.

tonight i physically couldn’t kill a standard (60m bounty) Guristas Dread in a belt with my carrier - i had to get the dread out to do it

that’s a change i didn’t see noted anywhere.

Anyone else have a similar issue ?

most frustrating

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I’m not well known with belt ratting or their spawns, but I recall dreads can spawn in rare variants.

Are you sure you didn’t encounter a Dread Guristas Dreadnought rather than a Guristas Dreadnought?

The former has stronger stats than the latter:

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oh indeed it was just a normal 60m bounty one
DG Dreads are 120m and - used to be able to kill those with the Niddy too (took about 6 reload cycles but they’d die)

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Then I don’t know what changed.

Carrier fighter squad sizes changed recently but they became smaller. So unless you had an even smaller squad than that for some reason I don’t see how this change could result in a tougher fight.