Alliance Tournament X - Ship Point Changes

They have announced the new alliance tournament. As a junkie for this sort of thing I am excited. Unfortunately I think the timing of running through July is going to prevent me from participating much. However I will do what I can to report on the happenings throughout the tournament. There are several interesting rule changes. Firstly they are going to try (and fail I suspect) to prevent the match throwing, multiple team shenanigans of previous tournaments. Anyone caught trying will be kicked. Good luck on that CCP LOL. Other than that, the biggest change is the number of ships. Pre-Qualifier matches will now have a 6 ship limit, and the main matches will have up to 12 capsuleer teams. This combined with relatively small changes to points puts the average number of points/ship down from 10 to 8.5. Expect to see less tech-3 cruisers and commandships, with more frigates and cruisers, especially considering that Battleship sized ships are receiving a point deduction. Also interesting is that recon ships are now worth more one more point, while heavy interdictors are worth one point less. Below is the summary of the point changes:

Ship Type	Points
	AT 7	AT 8	AT 9	AT 10
Battleship, Faction	21	21	21	20
Marauder	19	19	18	17
Battleship	18	18	18	17
Black Ops Battleship	18	18	18	17
Command Ship	16	16	16	16
Strategic Cruiser	16	16	16	16
Cruiser, Faction	13	14	14	14
Heavy Assault Cruiser	15	14	13	13
Battlecruiser (Tier 2)	13	13	13	13
Recon Ship	13	13	13	14
Heavy Interdictor	13	13	13	12
Logistics Cruiser	12	12	12	12
Battlecruiser (Tier 3)				12
Battlecruiser (Tier 1)	11	11	10	10
Cruiser	11	9	8	8
Bomber	6	6	6	6
Electronic Attack Frigate	5	5	5	5
Frigate, Faction	4	4	4	4
Assault Frigate	4	4	4	4
Interdictor	3	3	3	3
Interceptor	3	3	3	3
Frigate	3	3	3	2
Hauler	3	3	3	3
Destroyer	2	2	2	3

Anyways, I am sure things will be interesting. I know that my alliance is already making plans. Good luck everyone!