Meh, after enough spans of sandwiches have past i still want to comment on this...
Personally- while i can fully understand that aerelm doesn't like to be pestered by things that are not on his agenda atm. Still i do indeed fell a bit offended when i see peeps clicking a thread, reading it sideways(at max) and then decide on
"hey this is QQ from that dude again", while not even grasping the gist of what they read.
I do think that a solid grasp on numbers and tables is a very very essential part of balancing -graphs are a good way to ease comprehension - now when i hear that folks that are either directly involved in said work or who wish to comment seem to work on a "l2p because numbers don't mean a thing" schedule you really have to scratch your head O.o
Furthermore - to avoid messups like this it would be very very easy and less time consuming if the whole balance concept would be more transparent...because for me - i base my assumptions on what i can read up...in my case i deemed a centurion vs chimera comparison to be a very much perfect option as both ships are small and agile and each and every ID and ship that gets legitimatly shot by a chimmie is also getting shot by a Centi. How you interpret and evaluate the comparison of the 2 gun sets then is up to the reader of course...but my line of argument simply was that the DPS&TTK difference is just such a tiny sliver apart, while speed and endurance is vastly different.
Now there might be reasons for this - easiest being that stats are getting reworked ...or maybe a clean and honest -nope if the sairs have 2 VHF(for 2 playstyles) they should not compete with with a faction that needs a jack of all ship...or something.
Wahtever.
Everything is better than belitteling folks that honestly try to help out and contribute( yes, on topics of their concern) - even if you should not like em personally...it's all about leadership and setting a good example in such a small community after all..
PS: if there IS any need on understandable statistics and graphs about ships or guns(it is quite some legwork after all) i am actually willing to help