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TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT

…but why would you make sure of that?

Because I doubt CCP wants to drive off a significant portion of their players by rendering their home uninhabitable. Believe me, I'd rather have it be a cheap, fun ship. But if the end result is that you can barely fly anything through high sec? Nope. Sorry, it might not be perfect security space, but it's still supposed to be high. And these ships will make it chaotic if they're cheap.

Pocket Battle Ship was the term of choice back in the day.
A Heavy Cruiser hull with Battle Ship guns.
In their time they were often refered to as the ' Terror of the Sea's' for their unmatched combination of speed and destructive power.

Glad I hate sking cause i know where i'll be all winter.

Muahahaah a Myrm with heavy neutrons. I feel th love already.

And here I was ready to leave EVE for Skyrim.....thank you CCP. A cane with BS guns...thank you!

On another mater, any possibility of un nerfing the speed nerf of Minnie ships?

This should be interesting. Although I mourn a little for my beloved battleships. The smaller ships are already better in most situations, and also cheaper. Now there will be speedy new small ships that combine the firepower of battleships with the agility of battlecruisers, making battleships even less important.

However... happy me, who has skilled BC V and T2 Large Turrets. I should be well prepared to adapt :)

So after reading through page after page of either rejoice or tears/horror I decided maybe it was time for an intelligent post that can maybe spark some intelligent conversation.

Facts:
Tier 3 BC
Large Weapon Systems
Low Ability to Tank

Intelligent Assumptions (if those things exist)

Due to this ship being able to fit Large Weapons it could naturally be assumed that since they are not a battleship they wont be able to fit a whole rack. Lets presume 4-5 weapon slots with 2-3 maybe 4 utility slots. This would keep the need for Battleship's as they can hold full racks of large weapons. Ex: Tornado can fit 4 or 5 800's, use the utilities for neuts. Caldaris can fit 4-5 torps, the rest can be neuts or spider shield mods.

Their bonus will be towards fitting, much like Stealth Bombers have bonuses to allow Torps to be equipped despite their fitting ability. Example: 69.65% reduction in Large Projectile Weapon systems powergrid needs. (I made that number from thin air as I dont assume itll be like SB's 99.65% reduction.

Low tank ability makes me think they will have reduced low/mid slots. This will diminish the ability of Armor tankers to fit tracking/dmg mods and shield tankers diminished ability to shield tank/tackle. They will pick one or the other or try to even out between the two making them only somewhat average in both respects.

So this appears to sound like a pretty balanced ship that wont be the WTF pwnmobile. Theyre still large weapons which means smaller sig ships/faster ships can outrun siege missiles and waver away from tracking of large guns. The ships wont be overtanked as they will have lowered tanking ability (RP element of using more space/systems/power for large weapons).

GOD NO!

Fast Fleets need insta damage --- buy the time anything 'missile' related is shot the target will be popped.

And I say this even with having deficient gunner skills :(

Please CCP! Give those ships their own class!

they are not Battlecruisers! battlecruisers are ships with 5-7 medium guns!

I said, hell yeaaa