Battleships-POWER UP!

[NonSequitor]

But I think faction flagships deserve a buff.. Maybe they should have 5xhull ie a 20x armor upgrade.. Which would be something you dont want to come against unless you have some really good firepower..

Not a bad idea in and of itself. However the hull and armor multipliers don't need to be quite that beefy. I'd say give the faction one set of cap armor 6X, instead of the standard 4X (CAU 8) they receive. It's enough of an armor multiplier to make a difference without having more ill will and envy heaped on factions.

Back to the OP's original thoughts...

Capships, and BSes in particular, will not be buffed up. And they probably wouldn't be buffed even if they were restricted. It's ultimately a question of balance that's already been alluded to: one player piloting a BS killing players in smaller craft with relatively ease would not be desirable. The result would be more players moving to bigger vessels, which would somehow ruin some players' sense of RP immersion. Because it's not "realistic" to have the majority of players in capships.

What I find interesting in that point view is the fact that NPCs are completely discounted. You could basically have everyone fly a capship, a BS even, and it would still be reasonbly "realistic" because of the NPC presence. 200 capships spread out all over Sirius would be quite believable.