Reduce the Prices on Battleships

[Monk]

Yes.

I hate planning. I hate approval. And I hate telling somebody I'm coming to crash their party. If by some act of god we actually manage to drum up an attack force large enough to justify bringing a Battleship on an offensive raid and we TELL them we're bringing a Battleship there tends to appear (A) A wall of bombers, (B) a wall of enemy Battleships, Both the minute we jump in system. No cap on bombers, and quite frankly, the minute they're onto you you're screwed. So no. Surprise is good. Might seem a little convoluted and 'unfair,' but at that I remind people that by that vein of thought three bombers are also unfair.

Ok, I see your point, but isn't there a point where you have to accept that you can't have everything the way you want it, if a sense of RP is to be maintained the current theory suggests that we have to have some sort of limitation implemented. LOLcappers are a problem and they have to be dealt with. We've learned that increasing prices does not work and only aggravates more reasonable players. So what are our other options? We can restrict usage, as I suggested, we could weaken battleships, which would be unpopular, or we could just deregulate everything and allow the natural economy of bombers vs. caps and fighters vs. bombers find an equilibrium, which I think will just end up with an unpopular status quo of some sort.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I hate restrictions as much as you do Eppy. I would very much enjoy having the ability to express my RP as I wish w/o limitation. What if setting up an event alone was enough to allow you to bring a cap? By this I mean that you don't have to inform the other side that you are bringing a cap...but you might. They would just be aware of how many pilots you are bringing. Though, if you wish, the sides could still outline what ships they were bringing if it is a more coordinated event borne out of making a good clean fight.