Idea about SNAC/Nova Torpedo

[Omi]

These proposals in their current state are, frankly, ridiculous. The SNAC already barely does damage to anything larger than a gunboat; even with four or more bombers, it takes an immense amount of effort and time to kill anything larger than a cruiser without the usage of Nova torpedoes. Even if you forego your cruise disruptor (as most bombers have to) for a Nova torp, battlecruisers and above are capable of flakking the torpedoes off course - and half the time, a BC can manoeuver out of the way anyway.

The idea that bombers are overpowered right now against capital ships is something I simply cannot fathom. The amount of effort, sweat, and tears that goes into deploying a bomber squadron against a sizable capital ship force is far imbalanced against the bombers, particularly when instakill weaponry like razors comes into the equation. Furthermore, a Nova bomber has absolutely no defense against being picked apart by fighters, since without a cruise disruptor there is almost no threat of it deshielding you via a minetrap.

tl;dr bombers without a Nova already do next to no damage to capitals, bombers with a Nova are easily killed by having fighter escorts. Capital ships (particularly battleships) are not meant to be deployed without support.

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