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Posted - 2009.11.11 03:56:00 -
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 Originally by: Pax Empyrean
I'm just gonna throw this out there as an idle suggestion, but what if BCs could fit large sized weapons? They'd still be good at killing each other (better, actually), they'd lose to Battleships after putting up a somewhat better fight, and they'd be a lot more vulnerable to cruisers. Or maybe just the Tier 2 BCs for each race?
That sort of change would result in a bigger gap between the bigger ships (BC and BS) and ships cruiser sized or smaller. It's harder than it should be to find situations where Cruisers shine that a Hurricane couldn't do better. If BCs had large weapons they'd basically just be cheaper, faster, weaker Battleships instead of tougher, slower (except the Cane), slightly more expensive Cruisers. That's a less dominant niche than the one they currently occupy, with a smaller range of decent targets and a few more ships they'd have to be wary of.
Historically speaking, Battlecruisers are a WW1/WW2 thing, and haven't really been seen before or after. The basic design behind battlecruisers was that they were a mix between cruiser and battleship. (DUH) There is however differences in how you mix the two.
A cruiser isn't so much a ship type as it is a designation. A cruiser is a ship that can single-handedly patrol a piece ocean for months at a time, as opposed to the 'frigate' (british for 'destroyer') which was always part of a task force, i.e. a bigger group. But to stay afloat for many months at a time, a ship necessarily needs to be bigger than one that'll never be on its own and always have access to supply ships.
Anyhow. Cruisers and Battleships, and how you turn Battlecruisers from them.
The germans essentially took a cruiser, and gave it the armor to withstand everything but the highest-caliber battleship guns. That was their battlecruiser. The brits on the other hand went the opposite route and gave them the typical, lightweight cruiser armor but the guns of a battleship and a high speed.
Now in Eve, it's pretty obvious that CCP holds it with the germans. EVEs BC is a cruiser with the armor of a battleship, or a battleship with the armament of a cruiser.
What you are suggesting however isn't switching to the british Battlecruiser design compromise of - essentially - a cruiser with battleship-level guns. Which I think would be an interesting new ship in EVE, say, a stabber with 5 battleship artillery turrets? With the ability to defeat battleships through firepower and speed tanking, while remaining utterly vulnerable to anything cruiser-sized because it has only the EHP of a cruiser? That's interesting! A bit like the stealth bomber maybe. But that's not what you are suggesting.
No; What you are suggesting is removing the BC class as a whole and instead reintroduce them as Tier 0 battleships.
That's ******ed. Go away.
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