I suppose as a consolation, the raven D now has a decent range advantage when compared to other things in its class.....I just worry that the poor thing will melt.
Nah, it won't melt, it can still manage the heat. But it has lost about 30% of its raw dps, and that for a meager 100m range bonus on the MBLs.
Personally I would have prefered to remove the MBLs and replace them with 3 more SXPLs. Basically the exact opposite from what they've done

Yeah, it has one of the highest ranges of the starters now, but it does not really help it in any way. I have always seen the D as a game opener. It is very good compared with the other starters, but when joining late the E has alwas been the better choice IMHO.
And thats where I think it might get problems. It can't use that new advantage against the other starters.
Now it has lost a big chunk of its pewpew for extra range... that it can't even use.
The Uller P has the bigger range and similar dps values at medium - long range combat, additionally to more short range power. And all the other starters that have a smaller range are faster and can waaaay outdps it now. Owens B/C, Uller C and B (might turn out nice with the (U)AC10 buffs) are all faster and have more pewpew. Even the Heph has a variant that outranges it, outdamages it and outlasts it in the starting ranges, now that the Heph B is a rank 1 unit.
Its the only bad thing I can say about patch 0.5.2
