EVE General Discussion

Hello,

With reference to my previous post (https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=6903562#post6903562),
I have been thinking about what new ships we could have.

So far, we have frigates, and their bigger brothers destroyers.

Same with cruisers and battlecruisers.

So, is there a reason for battle(battleships) not to exist ? Lets call them superBattleships for now.

It would be something like an Orca, but designed for fighting.

Ship purpose:
These ships, (just as the other counterparts) will have better tanking capabilities. While holding same, or slightly better dps.
Perhaps even give them ability to fit bastion modules or capital sized tank, for increased signature radius and worse mobility.

The main idea is to give the ship ability to survive small to mid scale engagemts, while not making it too OverPowerfull (OP) and mitigate the advantages when used en masse.

So, for solo pilots like me, it will give more options to fight small to mid sized gangs.
And on the other hand, using thousand of superBattleships will give you hardly an advantage over thousand of plain battleships.

Why this is important:
Current eve realities have changed. Regardless what people are saying about EvE, it has been steadily growing over the last few years.
More people playing - means the fleets are getting bigger and bigger.

Ten years ago a 2-3 ship gang was considered as a small, 5-10 was a medium, and 10+ was a large fleet.
Nowadays, anything below 10 ships is considered as a small fleet.

Battleships EHP doesnt suffice anymore. We need some tougher ship for this kind of situations.And superBattleships is the answer!

And really no need in saying this, but the more solo pilots we have, the more small gangs will be roaming around to fight them.
The more small scale gangs will be around, the more bigger fleets will look forward to fight them.
The more content, the more interesting EvE will become.

They're called marauders and are already present in the game.

SuperBattleship, thy name is (already) Marauder!

Or they might be called Dreadnoughts.

Kronos does this job, it's a marauder.

BCs should be next for more hulls.

Especially considering there are no faction BCs except Gnosis.

Also: Maurauders.

This sounds familiar. Sounds like something I fly.

I haz drake?

You know Dreads can fit guns specifically for killing sub caps right? It is LITERALLY exactly what you asked for.

Hisec version: Marauders, except they're overshadowed by certain faction battleships.

Everywhere else version: Dreadnought with high-angle weapons.