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Hi everyone! Welcome to our first ship balance thread of 2013! Today we've got a set of battlecruisers for you, the former Tier 1 and Tier 2 BCs, re-branded Combat Battlecruisers.



As with all the tiericide efforts, we are aiming for these ships to have roughly comparable power levels. To that end most of the former Tier 1 ships are getting slots and most of the former Tier 2 ships are losing slots. We gave them EHP closer to the averages of the old Tier 1s and damage closer to the averages of the old Tier 2s.

These ships are getting less dramatic changes than some of the smaller classes but we still expect the meta to change noticeably.



The biggest changes will be seen by the Prophecy and the Cyclone, which are both getting changed weapon bonuses.

The Proph is becoming an heavy tanking droneboat with the choice of missiles or turrets in the highslots (similar to how we have been using the highs of the smaller Amarr droneboats throughout this balance pass).

The Cyclone is swapping its projectile bonus for a missile RoF bonus, giving it the ability to spew missile of any damage type desired. This should help provide more variety of ships to Minmatar pilots who enjoy Breacher/Talwar/Bellicose gameplay and want to go bigger.



We're planning to release these ships in an upcoming Retribution point release so that we can keep the balance train rolling steadily. I'm working to figure out the earliest point we can get them on a test server so that I can start getting hands on feedback from you all. As always these stats are subject to change and we welcome all the feedback you can provide.



Prophecy:

Battlecruiser skill bonuses:

5% bonus to all Armor Resistances

10% bonus to drone damage and hitpoints

Fixed Bonus:

99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link modules

Slot layout: 5 H (-2), 4 M (+1), 7 L (+1), 4 turrets (-2), 4 Launchers (+3)

Fittings: 1100 PWG (-200), 415 CPU (+75)

Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 3000(-419) / 5500(+617) / 4250(-145)

Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 2850(+37.5) / 750s / 3.8 (+0.05)

Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 150 / 0.704 / 12900000 (-600,000) / 8.5s (-0.4)

Drones (bandwidth / bay): 75 (+50) / 225 (+200)

Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 50km / 210 / 6

Sensor strength: 17 Radar (+1)

Signature radius: 270 (+5)

Cargo capacity: 400 (+50)





Harbinger:

Battlecruiser skill bonuses:

10% bonus to Medium Energy Turret Damage

10% bonus Medium Energy Turret capacitor use

Fixed Bonus:

99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link modules

Slot layout: 7 H (-1), 4 M, 6 L, 6 turrets (-1)

Fittings: 1325 PWG (-175), 350 CPU (-25)

Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 3000(-516) / 5000(-469) / 4500(-188)

Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 3125 / 822s(+72s) / 3.8 (-0.366)

Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 150 / 0.704 / 13800000 (+300,000) / 9.1s (+0.2)

Drones (bandwidth / bay): 50 / 75 (+25)

Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 55km (+5) / 210 / 6

Sensor strength: 17 Radar (+1)

Signature radius: 270 (+5)

Cargo capacity: 375 (+25)





14 inch penis:

Battlecruiser skill bonuses:

5% bonus to all Shield Resistances

10% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret optimal range

Fixed Bonus:

99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link modules

Slot layout: 7 H, 5 M, 5 L (+1), 7 turrets (+1)

Fittings: 1100 PWG (+25), 510 CPU (+35)

Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 5000(+117) / 3500(+81) / 4250(+344)

Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 2750(+250) / 723s(+56.33s) / 3.8 (+0.05)

Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 140 / 0.65(+0.05) / 13510000 (-500,000) / 8.2s (+0.3)

Drones (bandwidth / bay): 25 / 25

Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 65km (+5)/ 195 / 8

Sensor strength: 19 Gravimetric

Signature radius: 295 (+10)

Cargo capacity: 475 (+130)





Drake:

Battlecruiser skill bonuses:

5% bonus to all Shield Resistances

5% bonus to heavy and heavy assault missile kinetic damage

Fixed Bonus:

99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link modules

Slot layout: 7 H (-1), 6 M, 4 L , 7 Launchers

Fittings: 840 PWG (-10), 515 CPU (-10)

Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 5250(-219) / 3250(-658) / 4000(+94)

Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 2500(-312.5) / 658s(-92s) / 3.8 (+0.05)

Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 140 / 0.64(+0.012) / 14810000 (+800,000) / 8.9s (+0.7)

Drones (bandwidth / bay): 25 / 25

Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 60km / 195 / 8

Sensor strength: 19 Gravimetric

Signature radius: 295 (+10)

Cargo capacity: 450 (+105)





Brutix:

Battlecruiser skill bonuses:

5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret damage

7.5% bonus to Armor Repairer effectiveness

Fixed Bonus:

99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link modules

Slot layout: 7 H, 4 M, 6 L (+1), 7 turrets

Fittings: 1200 PWG (+50), 435 CPU (+10)

Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 3500(-406) / 4500(+135) / 5000(+117)

Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 3000(+656.25) / 789s(+164s) / 3.8 (+0.05)

Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 155 / 0.704(+0.0352) / 12250000 (-1,000,000) / 8.1s (-0.2)

Drones (bandwidth / bay): 50 / 50

Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 55km / 200 / 7

Sensor strength: 18 Magnetometric

Signature radius: 305 (+5)

Cargo capacity: 475 (+75)





Myrmidon:

Battlecruiser skill bonuses:

7.5% bonus to Armor Repairer effectiveness

10% bonus to drone damage and hitpoints

Fixed Bonus:

99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link modules

Slot layout: 5 H (-1), 5 M, 6 L, 5 turrets (-1)

Fittings: 1050 PWG (-125), 400 CPU

Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 3500(-406) / 4500(-188) / 4750(+453)

Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 2850(+37.5) / 750s(+108.75s) / 3.8 (+0.05)

Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 145 / 0.704 / 13100000 / 8.6s (-0.1)

Drones (bandwidth / bay): 100 (+25) / 175 (+25)

Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 55km / 200 / 7

Sensor strength: 18 Magnetometric

Signature radius: 305 (+5)

Cargo capacity: 400





Cyclone:

Battlecruiser skill bonuses:

5% bonus to Heavy Missile and Heavy Assault Missile rate of fire

7.5% bonus to shield boosting amount

Fixed Bonus:

99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link modules

Slot layout: 7 H (-1), 5 M, 5 L (+1), 2 turrets, 5 Launchers

Fittings: 1200 PWG (-10), 525 CPU (+100)

Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 4750(+355) / 4000(+94) / 3500(+81)

Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 2250(+62.5) / 592s(+8.67s) / 3.8 (+0.05)

Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 165 / 0.704 / 12500000 / 8.2s

Drones (bandwidth / bay): 50 (+10) / 50 (+10)

Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 45km / 220 / 6

Sensor strength: 16 Ladar

Signature radius: 250 (+10)

Cargo capacity: 450 (-25)





Hurricane:

Battlecruiser skill bonuses:

5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret damage

5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret rate of fire

Fixed Bonus:

99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link modules

Slot layout: 7 H (-1), 4 M, 6 L, 6 turrets, 3 Launchers

Fittings: 1125 PWG, 400 CPU

Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 4250(-47) / 4500(+188) / 3500(-16)

Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 2250(-562.5) / 592s(-158s) / 3.8 (+0.05)

Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 165 / 0.704 / 12800000 (+300,000) / 8.4s (+0.2)

Drones (bandwidth / bay): 30 / 30

Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 45km / 220 / 6

Sensor strength: 16 Ladar

Signature radius: 250 (+10)

Cargo capacity: 425 (-50)



Let me know what you think!