Battleship Balance

[Jinx]

it means nothing cause it is unlikely it will happen. - not to mention that the docking modules are still kind of useless.

the current battleships are the consequences of what the community asked for - for years.

remember - just some time ago ppl pleaded for battleships not to be allowed or able to trade bats and bots.

that in itself might make sense. but it does take away a vital function of one side HAVING a battleship vs. one side not having one - which is the tactical bonus of a fleet tender if anything.

the continous nerfing of the battleship is the cumulation of many little things that the community ( you guys ) asked for over the years

battleships once had
- 1600ms primaries / 2700 point defense
- thrusters
- CDs
- around 50% of their current hitpoints

their enemies way back would have
- VHF that were able to fire the nova cannon ( 48k damage )
- 2 bombers able to fire dual nova cannons ( but sacrifice a CD )



one might thing - but every VHF able to fire a 48k cannon - thats mad.. yea - but not for the battleship. firstly - a fighter with a nova cannon had no CD. secondly - less burst damage means more effort lining up - compared to the greater burst damage of lets say 150k damage SNAC that fires a lot less frequent - you can dodge a lot more and line up a lot less.


back then - one battleship would put up fair fight vs. around 3-4 VHF ( outcasts having an advantage cause they had the inferno ) or 2-3 bombers


but not all was good then. cruisers were kind of neglected as a shipclass - and be treated as mini and weaker battleships - being hardly a good choice for anything. - and shield running ( while a violation to the rules ) was quite frequently used in order to kill a battleship.

also gunboat teams could rather easily shieldrun-destroy any battleship.


however the moral of it is - "you asked for what they are today"

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