If your going to Nerf stuff at least do it in a beleivable way...(sigh)

Another thought regarding the whole Nerf thing is if a certain piece of equipment must be NERF'd then why not do it with a bit of story instead of the way its currently done.

Taking EVE Online as an example although this is not specifically aimed at EVE or CCP.
For example powergrid on Dominx battleship is too high instead of logging on one day to find your powergrid has shrunk for no apparent reason and your previously used equipment that used to work no longer works anymore. Simply alter the blueprints so all new Dominix's will not have this advantage.

Eventually all the non nerf'd Dominixs will all get destroyed. You could even come up with a semi beleivable story like "Due to safety issue's some Dominix's where found to become unstable in heavy combat therefore Galentee Shipyards Inc has taken the bold step to make sure these work horses are safer for our customers etc." A little imagination... You could even make the old dominx type ships in this example actually become unstable ( semi random fault ) to encourage existing ships to be taken out of service. Of course it would only be fair to offer an upgrade/refit for these crafts to retify any issues but better and more beleivable than the current methods.

UC