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boy... i still remember the first screenshot of a BS. It was next to a frig, and cause back then in beta all i had ever seen were frigs (and i think everyone else had seen) i was amazed. a huge thread was started about how big and cool it was... and how only CEO's of corps would be flying them... kinda like most people right now view titans.

My point is, untill titans come out, A BS should be the flag ship of the fleet, but right now it serves as the basic combat unit.

In the long term, i hope to see a great fleet battle.. with 1 titan leading 2-3 BS's and 15 cruisers... all those supported by a few frigs (gunboats and interceptors). I think this is what CCP saw too, as they admitted people got to BS's WAY faster than they thought.

I was hoping it would be something impressive, a moral breaker. If you went in to attack an enemy mining op and instead of seeing a thorax or 2 guarding... you saw a BS. It would be the thing that would make you re-think sticking around.

I also hope they change the mining laser thing (note: CCP made indy's hauling ships, not mining ships, personally i doubt we will ever see the mining indy as it would break up the teamplay of miner/hauler) not just on BS but on other ships, a Thorax is hailed as the greates mining cruiser ever, it can have 5 miner II's and a load of heavy drones to guard.. or sub some of those heavies for harvies. It kinda defeats the idea of a dedicated miner, one that would NEED protecting, that would support teamplay.

But as i doubt any Devs would read this far into the topic, and how 99% of posters don't actually think about what they read... this post most likely falls on deaf ears.

/emote sighs

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