Battleships- how about another change, so they be battleships

[McNeo]

I've seen all that stuff too.

But, I've seen solaris battleships force swarms of VHFs to back off, and I can certainly believe with TS that a gunboat can take on five fighters and win. That's all about skill at arms at the end of the day.

The more expensive a cap becomes to die in, the better they can get. The strengths and weaknesses of the class such as what guns to choose or what those guns are don't really play a factor, since as with the ship, you dont lose them when you die.

I'd certainly make caps a fair deal stronger if you were stripped of your guns every time you died outside of connecticut, for example. This means that every time you fly, you risk anywhere from 40-80 mil. Of course with risk, should come reward, which would be higher PvP performance against both caps and crucially, snubs. Fighter and bomber pilots couldn't complain either, since they wouldn't be risking anything by flying.