For those of you who aren't in the loop, even though the Odysseus is an SoE Battlecruiser, the stream two days ago mentionned build costs similar to an Orca. As well as the BPC being 2.5 times more expensive than a nestor. Placing it at.. **I'm guessing 2 billion isk per hull?**

**..isn't that a bit too much?** One concern that was specifically mentionned alongside the price, was a balancing issue with C13 (small class) wormholes. But you can't control PvP oppressiveness with just price anyway.. People with money can still trample people in C13s, leading to a poor experience, that one or two billions more or less won't change...

**With this expansion, the newer players are excluded for too much of the content for no discernable reason:**

* No phased asteroid fields in high sec (not even a smaller version to give a taste!)
* New mining command dessies that can't even teleport themselves in high sec
* Carriers changes that don't affect new players..
* Not to mention, newer players will soon also be hunted down in C13s by pimped Odysseuses who are there for the content and not for profitability.

**And now, we have yet another new battlecruiser whose price will be absolutely ludicrous, solidifying the trend set by the last expansion.**

However, all hope is not lost! It just so happens that you, CCP, designed the perfect way to balance the Odysseus!

If the oppressiveness provided by its zero point mass entagler is too much... Why not **use that brand new per-system bonuses** **to...** **nerf it inside C13 wormholes**! 

I fully agree that the Odysseus should not be as cheap as an T3C explorer, in order to give a smooth progression curve with this new ship at the top.. But should it truly be as expensive as it is now? Its stats are good, but they are not 2B isk good.. Of course, some people will still buy them, but is it really okay for the ship to be reserved to elite use cases?

With the "concern" around small ship wormholes actually handled, and handled better than the current "solution", I want to suggest that the price of the Odysseus should be slashed by 50% accross the board (LP, isk, mats, everything). It simply isn't worth more.

Enough to keep it on the pricey side, but not enough that you need to survive for tens if not hundreds of hours, for its use to be worth it over, say, a T3C or a covops.

Thank you for reading! I am now available to hear why this proposal is stupid. Have at it!

The Odysseus shouldn't be so expensive, and there is a better way to balance it!