“And if we are going simple by name… Isn’t an interceptor a type of jet which is leagues faster than any naval vessel.”
Yeah and an interceptor would have a limited range and would have to stop mid warp a dozen times when crossing a 70+ AU system. Where as a battleship would make it in warp one no problem
HOI4 does a fairly good job of simplifying/emulating fleet battles.
As relevant to this thread, battleships etc move slower and arrive to the site of the battle later than faster vessels which are the first engagers. They also have stats which optimize them for engaging larger vessels.
Furthermore, if an enemy fleet has no screening vessels, the slower vessels are immediately engaged by smaller/faster vessels against which the larger/slower ships are less capable and have difficulty escaping.
OP seems to want faster BS, so that he can solo with his BS.
Thats well and fine, but its short-sighted, since it screws the ship class cascade, and basically means why fly a frigate/cruiser except for price considerations.
Faster ships scout and engage, slower ships arrive once that has happened to bring bigger guns to bare.
Speed is the Achilles Heel of BS, as otherwise they have EHP and firepower far greater than any smaller ship class.
Id suggest to OP he fly BCs instead. They are somewhere in the middle, and albeit perhaps a bit too expensive atm, allow for quite a variety of fits with good firepower, ehp and speed vs both smaller and larger targets.
What’s the deal with BS warpspeeds? Everything. It’s just boring gameplay to watch your ship waaaaaaarpinnnng. CCP seems to not understand that “because of balance”.
It is not, BS already align slower, smaller vessels will already be faster at the destination point, and I don’t mean to reverse the change just adjust warp speed of BSs.
I know at least one module and one rig that affect warp speed.
You don’t takle BS in BC or Crusier, we have ships for that they are called interceptors. Even if they warp as fast as smaller hulls they still align slower.
Ofc you can, you can do it even with other BS. The point is BS warp speed mustn’t be so slow to do that. Because they already slow to start into warp speed already.
Warp speed determines how fast a ship passes from location A to location B. When that ship starts the alignment process inorder to warp is incidental and arbitrary. Nothing prevents you from initiating alignment before someone else.