the usual ratio about battleships at pretty much any time is that its a minority. one of the largest "battleship population" recently was when the \JG/ introduced their new juggernaut. - at that time, there were like 6 battleships online ( mostly due to the fact that they made a photoshot with the old and new one )
6 battleships at the prime time out of 150 players. - i am only talking about battleships though, not cruisers, gunboats etc.
battleships ARE a minority - i think the fact that they
- suck
- are expensive
- inconvenient to fly
- cause other players to dislike the battleship player
have caused their population to shrink significantly. - what we DO have is a HUGE amount of bombers ( what we wanted ) an exceptionally large amount of gunships ( gunboats ).
from what i know from the serverlist its really most often like that:
- around 30% transports are civilian ships
- around 20% gunboats, cruisers, battlecruisers ( small caps )
- around 40% bombers/Fighters
- around 8% newbie ships that are insignificant for that matter ( starfliers etc. )
- around 2% - sometimes 5% battleships
imo, thats not an unhealthy ship setup at all. - thats just an average of players. - but battleships ARE a dieing breed.