Impressions of 5.0 to date

[Egon Bigmemes]

battleships - bad. weak firepower, guns have no impact, solaris is so bad you can miss the broadside of actual battleships with them, secondaries are so hilariously inefficient its actually better to ignore small targets entirely, flak is useless since its easier to shoot missiles instead of flaking. light battleships are currently king since theyre least affected by mobility changes and have five (5) of the most efficient guns (primaries), but theyre still going to get mulched by gunboats

battlecruisers - cool idea, horrendous implementation. rear gun thats only good for shooting at other big ships with the idea that "skill" (read: fingers tied in knots cus rolling is mandatory) is the reason its so slow with useless arcs. tankier than battleships if anyone rubs their brain cells together to change their approach or the enemy cant destroy modules. whoever loses engines first dies. mulched by gunboats

cruisers - like last patches cruisers but slightly less obscene. mulched by more than 1 gunboat.
bombers - is balance magic back? probably decent after that. mulched by gunboats.
fighters - i dont fly fighters anymore i cant comment. mulched by gunboats
transports - mulched by gunboats

gunboats - see above
frigates - see above
both have benefitted massively from their predators being rendered useless after the patch, combined with their changes and buffs

economy - LMAO.
mass commodity removal - LMAO.
mass contraband removal - LMAO.
cloaks - LMAO proximity decloak
pobs "economy": LMAO. hardly anyone want to partake and those who do have realized its dogwater.
PVE - wow i sure LOVE disruptors being back on nearly every NPC despite them being removed after years of complaints! wow i love that you have to depend on NPCs killing themselves and each other to do missions!
systems - new and modified ones look nice, happy about delta and nomads actually getting a little attention. removal of several of them is a sin. the removal of alternate paths and systems to force interactions that people will just avoid anyway is a stupid practice
JD - funny mass jumping of enemy fleet replaced with a discount EVE jump and tiny group wormhole. meh.
story - LMAO didnt pull the trigger on the insurgency. skipped a massive possible event for the slave revolt. ill give a shit about the story when something actually interesting and not contrived nonsense happens
uncharted gimmick - dont know dont care

whoever is leading cap weapons and combat into "high refire zero impact" design needs to be caned
its also hilarious that the story lead and systems lead also immediately left after taking a massive dump on everything but ill upset OP if i go further