Do Bombers suck as much as I think they do?

[Rogue63]

I have noticed this thread and thought about it quite abit. As a pirate I have flown, the Rogue/Outcast/Warren/Red Hessian/Blood Dragon bombers, and several other bombers in a freelancer char, and I did put several hours into each ship. I currently now own zero bombers, and won't buy another one. For me they are all pretty much bricks, unless you got someone with you, chances are you are gonna get smoked. What I was thinking about, was a suggestion to keep the torpedo mounts as they are (2 ea) , but reduce the max level of guns it can carry. Most can carry 4 level 10 guns + a turret or 2, what I propose is to lower that to class 5/6 guns lose and the turrets. And to compensate, increase the manueverability to that of the average VHF. With that level of guns, you won't do much damage versus the average player, but you can do what the ship was intended to do use your heavy weopons (aka torpedos/ minis/ novas) versus capitol ships and have some manueverability to avoid some of the heavy fire. Maybe some of the topguns here can do more with them, but I have talked with several ppl here some I know personally some I dont, and most feel the same way. I see it coming already, from the other side OMG bombers that turn like fighters...This is just a suggestion for future revisions, but I think there could be some give and take in this area. I see the SA/LSF flying bombers, but they usually have others with them in fighters or other ships. Other than this dont see very many around, and I do think what I said above may have something to do with it. For me I will fly my fighter or gunboat for the time being.