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There are several ways the new Black ops can be done. They could be enitirely different branch class of ships in the same way interdictors have low requirements and don't lead to anything better (aside for the upcoming more powerful interdictors being patched in) or they could have prequisites placing them deep in a skill tree.

So far the devs are considering on making battleships their prequisite since they are a battleship class.

I'm hoping though they change their minds on this one and make recon their prerquisite. Recon ships are cool but their requirements make it hard for a player to invest time training both that and battleships if they want that flexibility of having a ship as strong as a BS.

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Originally posted by mutantmagnet

There are several ways the new Black ops can be done. They could be enitirely different branch class of ships in the same way interdictors have low requirements and don't lead to anything better (aside for the upcoming more powerful interdictors being patched in) or they could have prequisites placing them deep in a skill tree.
So far the devs are considering on making battleships their prequisite since they are a battleship class.
I'm hoping though they change their minds on this one and make recon their prerquisite. Recon ships are cool but their requirements make it hard for a player to invest time training both that and battleships if they want that flexibility of having a ship as strong as a BS.

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Yeah, well, fat chance that the new Black Ops ships won't require at least basic Battleship skills. Probably, they'll need some skills from the Recon tree as well. In addition, since they have Jump Drives, you'll be needing the previously capital-ship-only required Jump Drive Operation and Optimization skills. Those aren't fast to train, no matter who you are.

The basic inventions for Black Ops ships are going to be Battleships, which means their price will be on the upscale of 500-600mil from the start, I guess...

The Black Ops are the 'top of the line' ships for the Recon branch. Just like getting into Recon Frigates requires more then just T1 frigates, and getting into Recon Cruisers requires more then just T1 cruisers, Black Ops ships will require quite a bit more then just T1 battleships skills.

Yes, they're 'endgame' products for people to aim for, and for veterans to skill up on, too. That's why they're also introducing the EW frigates and the new Battlecruiser-sized Heavy Interdictors, for low- and intermediate-level play enhancement.

Ok a black ops IS a battleship so wanting it to not have bs skills is stupid, also the abilities that ship has I'm happy you need a crap load of skills to use it.   I mean a ship that can use gates, use jump drive, USE A JUMP PORTAL GENERATOR for cov ops. PLUS can use covert cyno gens for other black ops. and have it's cloaking ability and everything else...........DAMN rights it's gonna need a shit load of skills and you'd have to be able to master a battleship if you wanna use one.......Otherwise you'd be wasting your cash spending as much on it as you would a cap ship cause you don't know what you're doing....