Player Features and Ideas Discussion

and the brassban of "no it will change my game" is here again :D


Feel free to come With some tought why it is such a bad idea... or good idea for those that really want to insult the forumusers here.

Ok, try this:

Even during the height of the Naval Battleship era they understood that ships of that size needed support ships. Today's modern carriers, the ship that ended the age of the battleship, have multiple aircraft types, multiple defensive weapon emplacements, and are always at the middle of thier battle group. So:
Why is this so hard for people to figure out?

Well the game Balance aint right when u rarely see any battleships in pvp Battles..... as now, battleships aint much in use in null... sometimes u can see them in low

well.... the battleships.... from ww1 to present time, are fitted to deal With attacks from big and small ships... and from planes. They dont use their main guns to shoot down planes...... and yes, they had and they have, support ships.... But they rarely was sunk by small ships... lets dive into history abit.... in the Lifetime of the MTB's, they have only managed to sink 1 battleship... all nations togheter that had MTB's.

Destroyers, might had a better chance, but when they came to Close, the was at big risk by being hit by both large and small guns on the defending battleship.

Why shouldnt it... as now, most supers and caps are useless, since systems and station can be taken out With frigs... EVE is now, in nullsec a frigate game.... nothing else

Those days are gone anyways, players from the big assosiations are scatterd around, in New alliances, New corps and the old strings are fading away. And not to forget the decline in playerbase.... null is pretty desolate.... you can fly thru many regions off null in a T1 frig and not be taken by a gatecamp or a bubble.... 2 years ago, all bordergates was guarded... now they owners dont bother, cuz there are no threats... and no inhabitant.

So.... its to late to go back to the old days, even if CCP changed the game back, there aint enogh players to make null alive again.

Refere to sizeable Battles the last year where that is the issue.... where battleship was the major force.... I havent found a big Battle in null which include a majority of battleships.

In a set situsation, following EVE rules of Battle, a little frigate can take Down a battleship, lets say Hyperion, 1,5km long... (With a moron fit and moron player)... its like wrecking a car With a peagun...

Extremely vague proposal: Check
Comparing EVE gameplay to real world naval ships: Check
Clueless on game balance: Check
Didnt search for the same topic thats been proposed regularly: Check

Congrats, you failed to use the search feature and have created another "BS should kill everything thread"

As someone who uses BS fairly frequently from a solo perspective, youre wrong. They can be overwhelmed, but thats true of any ship. Id say missile BS are quite viable. Same with drone BS. Its the turret BS that are suffering, minus the vindicator and mach, but thats because they have a way control range/transversal. In terms of fleet fights, you have bombers, akin to submarines/uboats which will devastate a BS fleet. So until more counters are developed, or bombs nerfed, you will likely not see many fleets.

Hears a hint, fit a BS for specific engagements and try to find those engagements as best as you can. Sometimes it means baiting, or purposely being aggressive to get the fight, but ive killed groups of t3ds with a typhoon amd wiped out 7 frigs in a 14man gang with a HAM drake. But its because i fit directly to counter smaller ships and would be at a disadvantage to bigger ships. These are the sacrifices and choices you make when flying bigger ships. Do you want max tank and dps? Ok, you will pay for it in application. Do you want max application and dps, then you sacrifice tank. Etc etc.

You can't compare EVE battleships to real world WW2 battleships. There is no comparison.

Also, I don't know what history you are reading, but battleships were sunk and destroyed on several occasions in WW2. Sunken BS that come to mind: Bismarck, Tirpitz, Arizona, Oklahoma, Prince of Wales, & Yamato.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sunken_battleships

Real world Battleships were rendered obsolete with the advances in Carrier design and missile technology.