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Inherently, quite possibly, a low priority update though with recent blog of Rebalancing EVE, One Ship At A Time I think this can correlate quite well together.

The proposal is to better-define the differentiation of the Battlecruiser from the Battleship and the Cruiser by simply renaming it. There is much to a name especially in the encyclopaedia of names items that is EVE Online. I questioned folks in Deep Core Mining Inc. and they seemed ok with the idea of renaming Battlecruiser from its in-between similarity of Cruiser and Battleship.



What would re-indentified Battlecruisers be known as?
Condition: Must remain a militaristic impression.

• Gunboat (English)
Probably the only and the best re-identification of the list of Battlecruisers. It is still an impression of militaristic, similarly to 'Battleship' yet curiously smaller than Battleship and very much role-specified by the name 'Gunboat'.


• Other titles?


• Other foreign titles?

Explained why.

If it were Gunboat [Gb] already and this thread existed to change it to "Battlecruiser", you'd likely say the same thing of it confusing players and new players and it'd probably be more believable. e.g. 'Battlecruiser sounds like Battleship. Be confusing.'
See?

It works. Plus it sounds rather awesome; Gunboat.

Handheld Guns shoot projectiles projected from the barrel.
Turrets shoot projectiles & lasers projected from the barrel.
Launchers shoot missiles projected from the barrel?

technically equally 'Battleships', too.

Yet it's a different ship. A battle-specialized Cruiser can equally be a Gunboat and a battle-specialized Cruiser would be a TECH2 variation (Specialized) of a Cruiser in EVE Online terms, recently.

Not supported. Nobody is going to gain anything from this, and it won't change anything either.

Besides, neither the Drake nor the Myrmidon (coincidentally my two favorite Battlecruisers and the only two I ever fly/buy) are gun-boats. The Myrmidon is a Drone-Boat, the Drake is a Missile-Boat, every other Battlecruiser is a Gun-boat. Sure, the Myrmidon can utilize guns, but it doesn't get any kind of bonus to its guns.

At the moment, Gun-boat is one of three unofficial classifications that apply to multiple ship-types. We have Gun-Boats, which are ships that have good guns. We have Missile-Boats, which are ships with good missiles and we have Drone-Boats, which are ships with good drones, and then we have the Typhoon, which tries being all three and fails horribly at it.

Why should Battlecruisers suddenly be renamed Gun-Boats? It'll just create more confusion when people mention the word and actually talk about ships like the Rifter or Hurricane.

Cruiser, Battlecruiser and Battleship are 3 different names with 3 different meanings for 3 different shiptypes with 3 different roles. Doesn't get much more different than that. No renaming of an entire class of ships is necessary.

Now the idea of "gunboats" as a new class of ship might be interesting. Needs a purpose to create them though...

Apparently you just don't get it. Either that or you are trolling which is violating forum rules and I should report you.

You came here asking for an opinion and you got it....if YOU don't like it...then kindly walk away.

PS: If you can't take criticsim then don't expect mercy.

****** suggestion. Burn post del... wait... wat?

If someone cannot tell the difference between a cruiser, a battlecruiser and a battleship, then Eve is the wrong game. Also, they should not be allowed to vote. Or breed.