Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I'm sure I'm not the only one that sees a parallel between destroyers and battlecruisers.
They both use a non-racial skill, they both are intermediate sizes between sizes for which there is a racial ship skill, and they use the racial skill corresponding to the smaller shipclass they are intermediate to.

In general, BCs are pretty good at killing cruisers, but lose to battleships. In generla destroyers are good at killing frigates, but lose to cruisers.

BC have 2 tiers (soon to be 3), so why can't we have a 2nd destroyer tier?
Just model them off the BCs:

For example:

Gallente BCs: 1 blaster/hybridboat, 1 droneboat
Gallente Destroyer: 1 blaster/hybridboat lets add a destroyer class droneboat with a 50m3 drone bay and a bonus to drones (or perhaps a 25m3 drone bay and the Ishkur bonus of +5m3 drone capacity per level, and a hybrid falloff bonus

Caldari BC: 1 optimal bonused hybrid boat, 1 missileboat
Caldari Destroyer: 1 optimal bonuses hybrid boat (7 turret, 1 launcher)
Add a destroyer missile boat, 7 missile launchers 1 turret, 50% missile velocity bonus, 25% missile ROF penalty, 5% light missile and rocket damage bonus

Minmatar BC: 1 gank/all turret bonus (hurricane), 1 active tank BC
Destroyer: currently all turret bonused.
Add a destroyer lacking either the tracking or damage bonus, add a shield boost bonus (although I don't see this being very useful, as I don't like active tank bonuses, maybe a 5% per level speed bonus would be more fitting of a minmatar ship)

Amarr BCs: 1 tank, 1 gank
Destroyer, currently gank
Take away a gun bonus, add a 5% armor resist bonus per level


Tier 3 BCs coming with oversized weapons.....
Add a tier 3 destroyer with medium guns

Those are good ideas in a sense. I believe that there should be a lot more ships in the game but I think that between the tier of a ship the advantages should be marginal or pointed to a specific task that would balance their individual power. But the tec level of a ship should determine the clear superiority. I would like to see no less than 3 tier or any ship at each tec level. I think would complex dynamics and provide a dramatically more unique experience day by day.

Are you high?
The "coercer" is a laser boat.

The "cormorant" has 1 missile launcher, with no bonuses. The only other destroyer that can fit a missile launcher is the thrasher - again 1 unbonused launcher..

Sorry, I've been flying a heretic so long I forgot they have the t1 turrets and the dictor as a missile boat. (6/4)

I absolutely agree that there is something seriously lacking with the destroyer class ships. The interdictors aren't really a destroyer at all.

I love the sig radious and scan res bonus suggested here!