Unforgiven Storm
Eternity INC.
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2013.01.09 06:20:00 -
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CCP Fozzie wrote:It seems wrong for there to be so few stickies in this section.
Hi everyone! Welcome to our first ship balance thread of 2013! Today we've got a set of battlecruisers for you, the former Tier 1 and Tier 2 BCs, re-branded Combat Battlecruisers.
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Let me know what you think!
I want to leave here a question, that nobody is raising, about the fixed bonus:
"99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link modules"
I play this game for almost 5 years now, I never seen a kill, a fit posted in a forum, anyone I know ever told me they fitted a warfare link module in a battlecruiser. And in the past we had 1 free high slot and now is gone in all ships. (doesn't mean nobody do it, I just never seen it!)
I leave the question in the air: Who in going to give up 2 weapon or 1 weapon/some tank to fit 1 WL module in a battlecruiser (remember that to fit 1 of these modules you need 50 cpu/200 PWG and it consumes 25Power leaving you cap dry in a minute or two)
On top of that there is no bonus to the usage of a WL so why fit one in a BC when the t3 or t2 do it 500% better?
I'm questioning this bonus!
Lets think about it. I look the definition of battlecruiser in the navy and I found this:
Quote:"The basic idea of the battlecruiser is simple; provide a ship with more punch than a cruiser and more speed than a true battleship; speed enough for cruiser task force operations. Battlecruisers are less weakened battleships than they are strengthened cruisers. As originally proposed, these ships would be used with other cruisers for scouting, commerce raiding, engaging enemy cruiser task forces and making hit-and-run flank attacks to harass an enemy force in large engagements. They were supposed to use their superior speed to avoid being challenged by true battleships.
Achieving this speed required starting with something the size of a battleship, but with fewer main guns, smaller main guns, less armor protection, less range, or some combination. This to make room in a battleship-sized hull for enough machinery to push the huge vessel through the water at cruiser speeds."
so, looking to your proposal we have almost everything right except for speed, these ships are suppose to be used side by side with cruisers but they lack speed in comparison. My suggestion is: why not give them a fixed speed module related bonus instead?
A bonus that reduces the gap and put a BC just behind the speed of cruisers, doesn't need to match them, just something that allows then to barely keep up with a cruiser and transform a useless fixed bonus into something usable.
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