# Dev blog: Balance Changes Coming In The March Release **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev Blogs\ **Tags:** official, devblog\ **Created:** [February 19, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209 "2018-02-19T14:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Admiral\_Brodnack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/admiral_brodnack/32/376090_2.png) [@Admiral\_Brodnack](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Admiral_Brodnack)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/372 "2018-03-08T05:57:52Z")
I agree, battleships need little more scan resolution, if you compare them to capital ships they’re almost the same in scan res department. 15-20% more scan res wouldn’t hurt t-1 battleships. ---
**Author:** ![elitatwo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/elitatwo/32/373473_2.png) [@elitatwo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/elitatwo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/373 "2018-03-08T12:12:05Z")
> [@Admiral\_Brodnack](#): > > 15-20% more scan res wouldn’t hurt t-1 battleships. I am right with you here and have been saying this for years. 120-150mm should be fine and won’t break EVE (more). ---
**Author:** ![Tiddle\_Jr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tiddle_jr/32/469145_2.png) [@Tiddle\_Jr](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tiddle_Jr)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/374 "2018-03-08T13:31:12Z")
I’m totally vote for ammo bay vs. increased cargo bay. Warp speed and agility is also some thing to consider. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arrendis/32/432594_2.png) [@Arrendis](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arrendis)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/375 "2018-03-08T13:42:53Z")
You know battleships are _supposed_ to be slow and ponderous, right? ---
**Author:** ![Stitch\_Kaneland](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/stitch_kaneland/32/380745_2.png) [@Stitch\_Kaneland](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Stitch_Kaneland)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/376 "2018-03-08T14:43:07Z")
Yeah, im not sure why people want battleships to warp around like cruisers. Its supppsed to be a bit tedious to fly around in a BS. Its slow, but not unmanageable. The only thing i would change as far as battleship warping goes is the time it takes to actually exit warp. Sitting on grid for 5-6 seconds while still stuck in the warp animation can be annoying sometimes. However, its not something that is a pressing issue imo. ---
**Author:** ![Stitch\_Kaneland](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/stitch_kaneland/32/380745_2.png) [@Stitch\_Kaneland](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Stitch_Kaneland)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/377 "2018-03-08T14:44:52Z")
Cargo bay increase is probably easier to code than ammo bays for every battleship. Also, its nice to have more cargo space for deployables. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arrendis/32/432594_2.png) [@Arrendis](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arrendis)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/378 "2018-03-08T15:09:49Z")
It’s a weird thing, yeah? Personally, I think CCP’d be better served breaking up the ship _classes_ and consolidating ship _skills_. Replace ‘Racial Frigate’ and ‘Racial Destroyer’ with ‘Racial Small Hull’. Same with Cruiser/BC. That’d free them up to actually present a greater variety in roles in the T1s (note: Not necessarily _provide_ a greater variet, but _present_ a greater variety). Current: Minmatar Cruiser - Bellicose, Rupture, Scythe, Scythe Fleet Issue, Stabber, Stabber Fleet Issue Minmatar Battlecruiser - Cyclone, Hurricane, Tornado. Rework: **Minmatar Medium Hulls** Cruiser (CC) - Rupture, Scythe Fleet Issue Support Cruiser (CS) - Scythe Light Cruiser (CL) - Bellicose, Stabber, Stabber Fleet Issue Heay Cruiser (CH) - Hurricane, Cyclone Battlecruiser (CB) - Tornado It also has the advantage of aligning ship types and expectations with, you know, _actual_ ship types and expectations (let’s face it, a lot of EVE players are current or former military). Cruisers represent the baseline of ‘standard speed/defenses/firepower’. Support cruisers are basically tenders, providing repair and resupply capability. Light cruisers are faster, sacrificing either defenses or firepower to get that speed. Heavy Cruisers (or if you prefer, Armored or Proteced Cruisers) are slower than ‘normal’ cruisers, because of improved defenses. Battlecruisers are lightly-armored, faster ships (on-par with the speed of a ‘cruiser’) that carry battleship-scale weapons. And yes, this means the only _true_ battlecruisers EVE has are the ABCs. The CBCs are just bigger, slower, more armored… cruisers. (Really, if you wanted to get it right, you’d move the ABCs up to ‘Large Hull’ and just make them lightly-armored, faster, more maneuverable hulls (as they are now, compared to ‘normal’ battleships). Then you could even actually differentiate between ‘Battleship’ and ‘Fast Battleship’ (as opposed to Battlecruiser). ---
**Author:** ![Jin\_taan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jin_taan/32/381307_2.png) [@Jin\_taan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jin_taan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/379 "2018-03-08T15:52:07Z")
> [@Stitch\_Kaneland](#): > > m not sure why people want battleships to warp around like cruisers. Primarily it has to do with home defence doctrines being weak to Battleships, and roamers wanting to be able to bring ships that have an advantage in that respect to help them fight outnumbered, in the guise of “it’ll create more content”. I’m personally in favour of a return to old 3 AU/s for BS and just making the other ships stay as fast relative to that baseline if needs be. 2.5 AU/s is just cripplingly slow. It’s the Jump Fatigue of subcaps. ---
**Author:** ![Stitch\_Kaneland](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/stitch_kaneland/32/380745_2.png) [@Stitch\_Kaneland](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Stitch_Kaneland)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/380 "2018-03-08T16:21:35Z")
I agree that if BS warp speed is buffed, all other ship warp speed should increase to keep the same difference between ships. Its not so much the warp speed that is too slow, _its the coming out of warp that is too slow_. Idk if that value specifically can modified, or if its directly tied to warp speed. I solo roam battleships and battlecruisers in null, and ive been able to escape most home defense fleets that are sent after me (though the plan is to get in, get a few kills and get out, lingering gets you killed). I roam in plated torpedo typhoons or raven navy issues/pests. So not the most agile of ships. It may not be the most popular opinion, but setup, safes and bounces are a battleship’s best friend when youre roaming, not faster warp speed. You can fake out defense fleets very easily by warping to the gate theyre on at 100km (or a bounce) and then warp to a safe that is 2-10AU off the gate but inline with another gate (20-40AU) away. Youll pull 75-100% of them away, can jump gate no problem as most tackle is chasing your ghost. This works because people know BS warp slowly, so seeing you linger on dscan for 10s after you warp isnt uncommon. Long warp times also help in some cases, reloading weapons, cap boosters, ancil reps, letting shield recharge, repping etc before you land on your next gate to fight. I feel a faster warp speed isnt strictly tied to home d fleets and small gang. A battleship going 3AU/S doesnt mean it can outrun an interceptor/HAC/AF/HIC that wants to tackle it. Its just less time consuming to roam in. So its more a convienence buff than something that would change the meta. ---
**Author:** ![Salvos\_Rhoska](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salvos_rhoska/32/14128_2.png) [@Salvos\_Rhoska](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salvos_Rhoska)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/381 "2018-03-08T16:41:54Z")
> [@Jin\_taan](#): > > I’m personally in favour of a return to old 3 AU/s for BS and just making the other ships stay as fast relative to that baseline if needs be. 2.5 AU/s is just cripplingly slow. Cruisers travel at 3AU. Its not rational to reduce BS AU down to that. Did you forget also about BC sandwiched between the two classses? What you are proposing would require a complete adjustment of AU on all classes below BS, leading to all of them warping much faster than they do now, in proportion. This possibility has been discussed extensively many times before, and always comes up negative. ---
**Author:** ![Erethond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/erethond/32/11049_2.png) [@Erethond](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Erethond)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/382 "2018-03-08T16:46:25Z")
> [@Jin\_taan](#): > > and just making the other ships stay as fast relative to that baseline if needs be He already addressed the fact that it would impact other ships and how he would deal with that. You even quoted that bit! Maybe you don’t like the proposition, but don’t make it look like he forgot about other ships… ---
**Author:** ![Salvos\_Rhoska](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salvos_rhoska/32/14128_2.png) [@Salvos\_Rhoska](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salvos_Rhoska)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/383 "2018-03-08T16:48:03Z")
> [@Erethond](#): > > but don’t make it look like he forgot about other ships… Run through the ship class/type increase in AU cascade to accommodate BS at 3 AU. Show me. ---
**Author:** ![Alcarne\_Xero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alcarne_xero/32/204296_2.png) [@Alcarne\_Xero](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alcarne_Xero)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/384 "2018-03-08T16:53:08Z")
So, basically the DNI has been placed into pretty much the OLD drake state, with 7 launchers and that odd one high for a drone aug or command burst or neut if you’re feeling ballsy. Not overly fond of the Mach change, essentially relegating it from “armor-based fleet brawler” to “shield-based fleet brawler” and with the falloff nerf pretty much locking it into a brawler set-up. You might want to garner some good will from the community by removing the rigs fit to it, on the off chance that anyone has installed tri-marks or some other armour rig. In my honest opinion, leveling the playing field across the board of ships is a horri-awful idea, essentially breaking down the individuality of each race into 4 different shades of grey. ---
**Author:** ![Stitch\_Kaneland](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/stitch_kaneland/32/380745_2.png) [@Stitch\_Kaneland](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Stitch_Kaneland)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/385 "2018-03-08T16:57:47Z")
New warp speeds, took me like 2min to figure out. Battleship - 3AU BC - 3.7AU Cruiser - 4 AU Destroyer - 5.5 AU Frigate - 6AU Interceptor - 9AU Not hard to change those values. Basically everything goes up 1AU. Im not saying it would be a big deal to change warp speed, but its not a meta change, its a convienence change. Preferably id rather CCP focus on far more glaring flaws in battleship design, like scan res and sensor strength, instead of making battleships warp faster. ---
**Author:** ![Salvos\_Rhoska](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salvos_rhoska/32/14128_2.png) [@Salvos\_Rhoska](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salvos_Rhoska)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/386 "2018-03-08T17:20:27Z")
> [@Stitch\_Kaneland](#): > > its not a meta change, its a convienence change. And what about the non-combat classes? Also a +1AU across the board? Up till which ships? ---
**Author:** ![Stitch\_Kaneland](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/stitch_kaneland/32/380745_2.png) [@Stitch\_Kaneland](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Stitch_Kaneland)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/387 "2018-03-08T17:41:08Z")
Across the board means across the board. All ships get a 1AU increase, except capitals or anything larger than BS (though caps would still see the same difference in speed if they went up +1AU). You would see the exact same difference in all ships you do now, they would just go faster. ---
**Author:** ![Jin\_taan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jin_taan/32/381307_2.png) [@Jin\_taan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jin_taan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/388 "2018-03-08T19:19:22Z")
BS: 2AU/s -\> 3 AU/s BC: 2.75 AU/s -\> 3.75 AU/s Cruisers: 3 AU/s -\> 4 AU/s Linear increase, makes everyone travel a tiny bit faster but affects slowest ships more due to the way the Warp calc works. ---
**Author:** ![Makshima\_Shogo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/makshima_shogo/32/247769_2.png) [@Makshima\_Shogo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Makshima_Shogo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/389 "2018-03-08T19:37:03Z")
Looks good I’d be happy with those change’s but doubt we will see something like that anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Aurora\_Layne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aurora_layne/32/148516_2.png) [@Aurora\_Layne](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aurora_Layne)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/390 "2018-03-08T21:31:51Z")
Any love for the industrials? ---
**Author:** ![Arrendis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arrendis/32/432594_2.png) [@Arrendis](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arrendis)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209/391 "2018-03-08T21:40:17Z")
Note that Jin’s commenting on a hypothetical increase proposed by another commenter in the thread, **not** an incoming change that will actually be in the patch. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209.md?page=18) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release/58209.md?page=20)