an average of 1/50 players online plays ( and that is plays - not logs on situational ) - usually its more non-factionized players that "play" battleships and more factionized players that log on battleships situationally ( meaning when an attack is immediete )
( i have monitored the last 3-4 months - looking for how many battleships are around compared to the players online at usually the prime time )
other than that.... many stats are changed in the next version - battleships won t have have universal "good against everything" weapons anymore, but need to specialized. - a lot of responsibility to choose weaponry. - things ARE balanced right now ( more than that even ) and they will still be balanced then. - ( if you like the majority of players to fly tiny fighters - disco is what you want right now )
* i have no kept track on smaller vessels than battleships.... so what i said only refers to battleships, not to cruisers or gunboats - which are much more common.