Bomber balance

[Blodo]

Bombers are supposed to be vulnerable to GBs. Their counter to them is
1. dodge them - doable in Catamaran, Falcata, Havoc...
2. kill them fast - RH bomber, Challenger, Praetorian...

Again, I would agree were it not for the fact that a single Catamaran would be able to destroy a GB, a single Thor wouldn't even with the improvements you suggest, because it wouldn't be able to even target the GB without losing bots (or fly around it while energy recharges for that matter) due to crippled dodging and a huge hitbox. I mount an Inferno and SN on my Thor and I can still only do so much before getting blasted to bits, most people agree with me that unless we jump somebody in a pack of 4 or more Thors it is next to impossible to do anything, which is out of balance if you ask me.

A fighter and bomber should be able to effectively take out a GB. Remember when we were fighting Mule in O-5 in his GB (me in a fighter, you in a bomber), were it not for the rocks and Ronneburg base we would both be toast, and even then we had no chance of fighting him off before chopper undocked with his bomber. Now for it to take three ships to toast a GB when normally a skilled catamaran player can pull it off alone... I am sorry, but I can't agree with just the powerplant buff.

I have some flying behind me in a Barghest... killing a BC with only one VHF in support(in open space), getting a rampage in NY against Cruisers/GBs multiple times with fighters on me all the time.

NY however is more or less newbie nation. Four Taiidans can completely cripple anything that is thrown at them (including fighters, GBs, LFs, you name it) by the lawfuls there, and I know that from personal experience. Not much use using it for compare purposes.

As to your points about the Catamaran and Taiidan: I wholeheartedly agree on those. Both have a bit of a weird hitbox, it should be remade before 4.85.