Battleship thrusters

[Jinx]

what battleships are "meant" for is subjective...

... currently - those that say "battleships MUST be used in a team" have the upper hand. - but there is like NO basis for that opinion. - think of sci-fi settings like star trek - where battleships get along perfectly fine WITHOUT escorts.

so its just in the heads of the players that battleships must have escorts.

the above is just a reminder that there is no dogma about what must and must not be.



in general - battleships with thrusters is a troubling one - and when facing 4+ bombers ... yes, you re probably screwed. - however.... if you team up with 3 mates and intercept a lone battleship - YOU will want to have a chance to kill it - before it flies 200k to a base. ( blue messages are the currency of pvpers )

thrusters also allow directional changes - so even if the thruster only took a battleship from 90 to 100ms - such a ship would be able to E-kill / turn... a feature that allows battleships to be even more like overweight fighters in terms of tactics.




either way - the bomber / anti-battleship lobby is large ... and chances to buff up battleships are near zero. ( no, i m not saying that its just or unjust )

from the current point of view - it would be more logical to give them their CDs back before we experiement with thrusters.




current use of most battleships:

- used for roleplay rather than pvp : usually alone ( no escort wants to watch you RP while no pvp happens at all )
- used for pvp rather than roleplay : often faction battleships only undocked right into a battle or used for an advance ( here you get escorts, but thats a sad thing, cause here the battleship is hardly used for RP but rather for pvp )
- used to seek pvp : usually alone ( little RP - but a slightly greater chance to get escorts - cause there is a chance for pvp )
- used to simply sit around and chill : usually alone ( little RP here - and little chance getting an escort that gets bored with you )


consider the above ! - the more you RP with a battleship, the less likely you can get escorts

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