Because Cruisers are really really useless right now.
I also dont like this rule, but I suppose it made me really choose carefully which battleship I would buy. Im sure it has the same effect on other people too.
However, I dont think that battleships would be spammed in the numbers suggested (or the numbers that they have been spammed before) if this rule was relaxed or removed. Yes, it was a problem when battleships cost really not a lot, but right now they cost enough to discourage spammage of that sort.
This is because of two main factors:
1. Everyone hates a BS-only pilot. Its quite hard to stop them getting lynched.
2. Someone who just bought a new BS will play on it and experience it, rather than immediately saving for another one (because of the prices). In doing so, they may find out that lone battleships really are hugely vulnerable.
I'd say, let people have two or three associated with the same IP. I only know two people who were true battleship pilots [LancerX, Hylden]. The latter is perma-banned...
What really counts though, is not how many battleships that a given player has, but how long he spends on them compared to other craft. If his main ship is a battleship whose sole purpose is to seek out and destroy everything it possibly can within the PvP rules, then that is obviously bad. However, if another person has 10 battleships, but barely uses them in combat, then I would like to think that its his choice. But, that is a very hard thing to regulate.
Then again, im sure im saying this because im going to fill my only battleship slot in the near future.:rolleyes: