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T1 Battlecruisers

Tech 1 battlecruisers strike a good balance of DPS, tanking, agility, speed, and cost. They can be fitted for long or short range PvP combat. In large-scale alliance battles in nullsec they are often part of each side's support fleet, defending the main battleship fleet from attack.

Tech 1 battlecruisers are the standard tool for Level 3 combat missions. Several battlecruisers (such as the Drake and Hurricane) can mount excellent passive shield tanks

Battlecruisers also have the ability to fit a single warfare link, which can give extra bonuses in small gang PvP. Warfare links will be described in more detail in the section below on command ships.

One battlecruiser from each of the four factions (the Oracle, Naga, Talos, and Tornado) is capable of mounting battleship-sized (i.e. large) weapons (as opposed to the medium-sized weapons normally mounted by battlecruisers). These battlecruisers can therefore deal almost as much damage as a battleship, but with a much weaker tank, and are often referred to as "tier 3" battlecruisers (not to be confused with Tech 3 Strategic Cruisers; the "tier" nomenclature is a relic of the way ships were designed before the tiericide). [edit] Amarr Prophecy: Can tank better than some battleships. Usually bait. Low dps. Harbinger: High DPS, can tank well. Can be fast when it isn't loaded down with armor plates. Very cap-dependant, since it uses lasers. Oracle: Able to fit Battleship-sized lasers. Most often used as snipers fit for amazing alpha. A bit slower compared to the other Tier 3's. [edit] Caldari Ferox: Hybrid turret gunboat. Not very popular. Drake: Amazing passive shield tank for PvE combat (with low dps). Alternatively, good PvP dps when fitted with Heavy Assault Missiles. Drakes are often bait in PvP. Naga: Battleship-sized hybrid turret platform, favoring railguns, forgoing the normally impressive tank of its brethren. Easiest battlecruiser to fit for sniper combat. [edit] Gallente Brutix: Blaster gunboat, high point-blank dps, usually not well tanked. Sometimes mounts a PvP shield buffer tank for speed and to clear lowslots for damage mods. Myrmidon: Versatile drone boat. Usually mounts an active armor tank. Can also mount a passive shield tank. Talos: Blasterboat toting Battleship-grade guns. Next to no tank, making it very risky to fly into close quarters combat that blasters normally favor. [edit] Minmatar Cyclone: Respectable dps, bonuses for active shield tanking. Hurricane: High dps and high speed. Can mount an active armor tank, buffer armor or shield tanks, or even a passive shield tank. Tornado: Minmatar's Battleship gun toter. Fastest of the Tier 3's, usually fit with high alpha artillery racks.

Attack Battlecruisers

All Attack Battlecruisers get a 95% reduction to powergrid use, a 50% reduction in CPU need, and (excepting the Tornado) a 50% reduction in capacitor need.