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« on: January 28, 2023, 01:50:32 PM »
So the reality here is that the build-in debuffs are overall fairly minor and also entirely optional. You can still chose to just not build-in heavy armor or EMR. You're simply trading a small amount of OP to not get the debuff.
It's simply impractical to take these very high cost hullmods as the baseline for S-mod value since they are very much the exception rather than the rule. The ideal baseline is almost certain ITU, given it is an essential hullmod for cruisers and capitals to be combat effective in most cases. It also isn't a hullmod you'd want to give S-mod benefits to given it is already a gamechanger for certain classes of ships.
I frankly much prefer it if building in HA is actually a choice rather than the automatic option for anything that isn't hightech. We are hardly entering massive spreadsheet optimisation territory here, but there's actually build choice now. The way I see it, the dislike for potential S-mod penalties is just the typical reaction of people to any kind of nerf to anything they like. It's a rather silly clinging to power they feel entitled to.
More build diversity is good, more genuine choices for S-modding is brilliant and I simply can't see any real reason against it beyond "I don't like being a little less powerful"