Originally by: Aalu Aullard

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Just out of curiosity, ive been reading Wikipedia articles about naval ships and warfare. Suprisingly, it seems that real life history is taking place in Eve:

Quotes from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleships)

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A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of the largest calibre of guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers or destroyers. There are no battleships in service now

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The growing range of naval engagement led to the aircraft carrier replacing the battleship as the leading capital ship during World War II. Battleships were retained by the United States Navy into the Cold War only for fire support purposes. The last battleships were removed from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register in March 2006.

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stay in empire and stop wondering, everything evolvs game as well, 2003 if fleet had 20 bses it was something today dread is new bs, tommorow we will have t2 titans @ 50 in every fleet

I started playing Eve 2007, so im not quite sure about the Eve warfare before that. But time before T2 cruisers and capital ships, the battleships were the core of any fleet? Just like in real life battleships had their golden age during world wars. After the wars, improved technology on destroyers and cruisers made battleships obsolete. And isnt this exactly what is happening in Eve right now? Like the recent stealth bomber boost putting even more pressure on the battleships weakness to the smaller craft?

Ive been in empire for the most of my Eve career, so im not that experienced in 0.0 warfare. But it seems to me that battleships live only for long range fire support nowadays, fitted with 1600mm plates and 180km optimal. But isnt sniper HACs becoming more and more popular? And skillwise for a new player, its better to train stealth bomber than long range battleship. Even with the insurance, T2 fit battleship is probably more expensive to lose than steath bomber?
Although im not sure how 0.0 alliances run their ship replacement programs. But i guess that bombers and hacs are easier to replace by jumping them from Empire. Battleships are easier to build than T2, but they need tons of minerals. And the minerals is probably used to build dreads and carriers?


What is breathing life in this ship class is probably the insurance anymore, and maybe missions? Will the battleship class drop out from the 0.0 warfare?

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