Thanks and happy new year from me as well.

Bots taking damage apply that damage partially to fitted modules? If that's what you mean ... i say no. It would hurt active tanked bots badly since they're taking a lot of damage overall. And active tanking is generally quite pathetic in Perp. Do you want it for PvP only or for PvE as well?
Another thing: if gang A is superior to gang B (firepower or numbers), then gang B will die even sooner since their modules break earlier apart compared to gang A. Accelerating their demise.

Of course i might have misunderstood your idea entirely.

Aunt edit says, that i've overlooked your mention of PvP-scenario.

Nothing to aplologise here. My rudeness was unintended and my words obviously not properly phrased either. Your concern is valid - just like mine with Pelistal bots and their locking time. It's more a question of overall balance between bots and to a lesser degree modules. The proposal of altered sensor amps adressess one of these issues in my view.

Hi ... what's your geoscanner accuracy? A tile charge with low accuracy shows sometimes only black tiles when you've found an almost empty deposit. Try a geoscanner with 100% accuracy (if not already) or the other side of the island .

Less multiaccounting and you'll see the worth of your "90% useless modules".

Burial is right - at least when it comes to weapon tunings. Just recognized it today while playing with fittings. Don't know about electronic warfare and industrial tunings.
Small diversity in fittings comes mainly from using support/followbots as you pointed out Celebro. Using only 1 account means you have to be creative already .
As long as homogenous fittings without stacking penalty are not overpowered, i see no real reason to implement a penalty. From a subjective point of view, i'm all for a slight stacking penalty. Would slightly decrease the effectiveness of followbots. But that's just me.

And that's why the  former assignment system with its massive  influx of tokens and the following beacon farming with mass triggering has been so damaging for the NIC balance. Huge amounts of NIC has been injected into the game by only very few people within a short amount of time.

I'd say vanity and fluff offers and mechanics could be a potent NIC sink - like custom coloured bots and the like. It has to be something, that is not necessary (to not damage/disturb the player driven economy) but wanted by a lot of peeps with too much NIC.

Agreed. Best example is ammunition: buying in Tellesis only (and maybe Hershfield) for some sorts of player made ammo is horrible. And that's the most basic consumable. Market will be much healthier again with coming STEAM and that will be the right time for removing lots of NPC sell orders.

+1

Would be a good idea ... especially the suggestion to get rid of heavily damaged mods easier.

ps: since i'm corrupt i've been paid to support this idea

Yeah stealing intellectual property should be punished.

That's quite the kind of response Hunter could go berserk upon ...

Yes. But general chat doesn't show 300, does it? Let's have a look at midday for an ordinary day ... horrible.
Player peak just isn't average population.