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Linna Excel
Center for Advanced Studies
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Posted - 2015.12.11 02:15:42 -
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I say speed up BSs and BCs by 50m/s
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Linna Excel
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.12.11 18:56:46 -
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baltec1 wrote:The only problem is frigate and cruiser pilots don't want to take the time and spend the isk learning how to fly battleships
For PvP purposes, using a battleship when you aren't in the richest alliance in the game that can reimburse anything short of a supercarrier or titan is very risky. If you can make 100 million isk/hour or more, sure you can afford to lose a battleship or two in pvp.
Look at it like this, a good L4 will get you a cruiser hull. A battleship hull costs about 20 cruiser hulls. That's a lot. Exploration is hit and miss. Mining is so boring it makes grown men cry. Ratting in null in a BS isn't something everyone does. Not everyone can afford to plex a PvP battleship. Not everyone is a scammer.
ISK is the engine that runs PvP for many players and until you get to the point where you can afford to lose more than 1 million on a T1 frigate or 12 million + fittings for a cruiser, making that jump is just too much.
But you are right about how long it takes to skill up. I don't have T2 heavies. If I started today, it'd take me over a month to get them. It doesn't make much sense for someone like me to head out in a battleship with T1s (assuming I can afford it), when I know the guy with T2s will blow me away.
Now I could bring a friend sure. But then the other guy brings a friend. So maybe I could bring another friend in a logi. Then the other side brings a friend with a logi. Next thing I know, I've got a null alliance opposing another one and everyone is starved for content because neither side wants to commit to a fight until they know they've got X+1 and then goonswarm comes in and kicks both of our butts because they are starving for content as well.
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Linna Excel
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.12.11 19:15:26 -
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Reaver Glitterstim wrote:Linna Excel wrote:For PvP purposes, using a battleship when you aren't in the richest alliance in the game that can reimburse anything short of a supercarrier or titan is very risky. If you can make 100 million isk/hour or more, sure you can afford to lose a battleship or two in pvp. It's not hard to get into an alliance rich enough to reimburse, but they will only reimburse what they want you flying. It can be a little tricky to get into reimbursible battleship fleets these days. Insurance helps but it helps best when you intend to lose the battleship.
Not everyone wants to join an alliance though. I mean even some of the established null sec alliances have thrown in the towel awhile back because thanks obama-fozzysov. Even if you do join an alliance there's that "fly what they want you to fly" deal. So if I want to fly domis and they want to fly apocs, or baltec megathrons, or that pirate one I'm forgetting the name of, I'm screwed. Then there's that deal when they expect you to form up for a fleet fight that may or may not happen when it's late and you just want to go to bed but because of the timers of the guys you may or may not be fighting, that's when you have to fleet up.
So yes you can get free battleships (or BCs or whatever) but there's that extra chore and drama at times you might not be up for it.
It's not a solution for everyone.
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Linna Excel
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.12.12 05:42:55 -
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Frost Journeaux wrote:battleships are big bulky and barely more ehp than other ships. (i can brink tank a Proteus to more ehp than an abaddon.)
What are the EHPs of various ships for comparison?
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