EVE Online's Legion expansion, set to launch on 27 May 2025, is the game's sixth full expansion since the return of the content format in November 2022. As usual at this point I intend to go through the patch notes and bring in some context from other sources. The twelfth subject addressed the titan and supercarrier balance changes.
According to the Legion in Focus dev blog the titan and supercarrier balance changes are part of a larger change to the planned meta.
The capital meta is also evolving. Fighter salvos from bombers and heavy bombers are being extended by 50%, increasing their field time before reloading. Meanwhile, Space Superiority Fighters are seeing a decrease in damage to subcapitals – reinforcing their role as anti-fighter specialists, rather than general-purpose damage dealers. These adjustments aim to consolidate their identity and carve out more space for subcapital fleets.
Survivability is also going up. The rollback of the penalty to shield and armor extenders from the Surgical Strike update has been completed, now scaling up to 400% for supercarriers and 500% for titans. This is part of a broader effort to elevate supercapitals back into a more viable role, keeping pace with the rising power of faction and lancer dreadnoughts.
Directed doomsday weapons get a 20% damage bump, and the new Advanced Doomsday Operations skill book increases damage by a further 7.5% per level. This applies across the board, including bosonic weapons – but not to lancer dreads.
The patch notes gave additional insight into the developers' thinking.
Titan Doomsday weapons have not kept up with the metagame and have therefore been given a significant buff. The survivability of Titans and Supercarriers has also been increased with stronger Armor Plate and Shield Extender bonuses. Combined, there should be more opportunities for the game’s largest ships to take the field and make a difference.
Fighters will now be more sustainable during engagements, decreasing the time they spend being recalled and rearmed. Space Superiority fighters were applying too well to sub-capital ships and have therefor had their damage to these ships decreased without impacting their anti-fighter role.
Titans and Supercarriers
- Increased the damage of single target Titan Doomday weapons to 2,400,000 (from 2,000,000).
- Added a new skillbook, Advanced Doomsday Operation, which increases the damage of Titan super weapons by 7.5% per skill level. Note: This increases damage of single target DD, lance, reaper & boson, but does not increase Lancer dread lance damage.
- Increased the Titan Armor Plate and Shield Extender role bonus to 500% (from 300%).
- Increased the Supercarrier Armor Plate and Shield Extender role bonus to 400% (from 200%).
- Increased the number of salvos a fighter has as follows:
- T1 and T2 Light Fighters: from 12 to 18.
- Faction Light Fighters: from 15 to 20.
- T1 and T2 Heavy Fighters: from 6 to 9.
- T1 Long Range Fighters: from 2 to 3.
- T2 Long Range Fighters: from 3 to 5.
- Reduced the damage applied by Space Superiority fighters attacking non-drones and non-fighters to 95% (from 80%).
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