Battleships-POWER UP!

[CzeReptile]

I fly my Cruiser more than any of my Bombers, and my Gunboat more than any of my other ships. Yet I'm against capital ship buffs.

Why?

Because I've experienced what they are capable of. I always thought Cap Ships were useless, particularly Gunboats, until I flew them for myself. Then I realised that it's not capital ships that are crap, it's the people who fly them without the proper experience which can only be obtained from flying snubcraft, like I did for 2 years before ever flying my Gunboat.

So now my response to people who think Capital Ships need a buff is generally PEBCAK. Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard. It's not Capship balance that is broken, it's your piloting ability. I've been kicking ass in my Gunboat and Dessie from the moment I started flying them, my Gunboat has only died three times, and my Dessie has never died. I've killed everything from Light Fighters, to taking on 7 or 8 fighters and bombers, and even bringing down a Dreadnaught with nothing but three Gunboats.

So maybe Capital Ships are harder to master than snubcraft, but I think it's better that way. Capital Ships are stronger than Snubcraft, and snubcraft are forced to work together to bring them down.

So next time you die and go "omg cap ships are so underpowered nerf the snac!" maybe take a look at yourself before blaming the game. Get out of your Captain's chair and back into the cockpit and gain the experience you need to succeed in a capital ship.

Allright. Aside from this being another useless argument in which you slide off topic and rather to game problems attempt to blame player. Fine.
I fly my capital ships way too often. I took on entire LNS fleet with my RM BS. I took on 19 (!) VHF / bombers in Texas with it and won with some support. I took out outcast invasion with Solaris zephyr. I can continue but I guess you got the point.

I am attempting to point out to something different but yet you choose to ignore it. 2 gunboats with some skill can take out capital ship of any class. Same goes for 2 bombers and hell, even sometimes to 2-3 VHFs. Pretty fair aint it.
Battleships need some buffing so they can be more then a target practice. Armor, better guns or something. Make them be able to fight other caps for some fleet battle scenes, not bomber swarms.

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