Battlecruiser

[Raging_Squirrel]

Cheap T3 navy brought by 3603 had made it a bit OP, I think.
The point is while you invest in T2 ships, an UEF player can easily stop his production and give you the lead on the sea while getting a T3 naval fac and a Battlecruiser. It all costs ~9k mass which is 4 or 5 Destroyers.

But battlecruiser eats those 5 destros at breakfast, 5 more at dinner and 10 more at supper combined with shield boats.
Torp bombers also ain't help here much.

My suggestions are:
1. Rasie mass cost
and/or 2. Raise buildtime
(haven't thought of exact values)

[FunkOff]

Battlecruisers are strong against T2 ships, but have several weaknesses:
#1: They are helpless against air
#2: They are nearly helpless against subs
#3: They are strongly countered by battleships

Also, I doubt your assertion that a battlecruiser can take 5 destroyer... maybe in series (one-at-a-time), but not in parallel (all at once). If you make battlecruisers ineffective against lower tech surface ships, then there's really no point in building one in the game. Also, battlecruisers being countered by battleships gives every faction a direct counter to them on teh water and also makes it useful to build battleships.... they are highly under-used.

I vote no change.

[Ze_PilOt]

#4 they are slow as shit.

[Gowerly]

#5 The other factions have their own advantages:
Cybran - stealth, BCs can't hit what they can't see
Aeon - Mobile Shields. Cheaper and more effective than shield boats
Seraphim - t3 subs.

[Zock]

Aeon Shields may be cheaper, but they are mutch less effective then shield boats imo. They are just way too slow and the shield size is too small to cover ships without heavy micro. Sera got also Shields btw.

Cant say anything about the battlecruiser, i rarly see him ingame wich might would be different if he were very strong.

[Gunseng]

I'd have to say no change. They're are awesome and UEF needs them. Just don't try countering them with destroyers. They're designed to take out ships like destroyers, use something else lol.

[Ze_PilOt]

Aeon Shields may be cheaper, but they are mutch less effective then shield boats imo. They are just way too slow and the shield size is too small to cover ships without heavy micro. Sera got also Shields btw.

Cant say anything about the battlecruiser, i rarly see him ingame wich might would be different if he were very strong.

They are strong, but I think not a lot of people are used to the new T3 naval balance and fear to go for it. But T3 navy destroy everything.

[Lu_Xun_17]

There were a big problem in 3599 with T3 navy, however now it's perfect. We saw some epic T3 navy battles with 10 battlecruiser vs 10 battlecruisers! awesome

i vote for no change

[FunkOff]

Lux, 10 battlecruisers vs 10 battlecruisers? And no battleships?!?!!? I'm appalled D-: