factionized flagships

[Dusty Lens]

well put it the other way dusty do you think currently pilotable battleships are as powerful as they should be now that 2 skilled bombers can kill one and 3 is almost a 100% deffinate victory, all im saying here is theres a bomber for everyone now, now every faction can EFFECTIVELY defend against a big ship, so i think they should be upgraded hell i said factionized battleship to save moaning.... i would still be more than willing to see all normal battleships be upgraded in this way to double armour because honestly, i think all big ships should be upgraded a great deal.
EDIT: and no i dont want this thread to be turned around and say NERF BOMBERS! because they do not need it they are perfectly fine as they are now, yes they can fight a fighter but who cares if you get beaten by a bomber in a fighter your stupid, the bomber got lucky, or try not to joust it

Well, before we launch into it I would treat the oft repeated 'two bombers can kill a battleship' claim with high suspect and disdain. True it's theoretically possible, but it would likely take the two best pilots on the server against someone who doesn't know what turret mode is. And about twenty minutes of shooting.

However that's because bombers are balanced against gunboats, cruisers are rarely piloted by folks who know what they're doing *grimly recalls Mon'Star vaping his pair of Xeno bombers, proving that he's an oorp haxxorz* etc etc etc same tired stuff that we all know.

As to currently piloted battleships being as powerful as they should be? Heavens no, they've been epically nerfed. Battleships are basically just a tougher, slower cruiser which is even more at risk of being destroyed by gunboats which can snipe and run from long distances.

However, Battleships did not find themselves in their current state due to chance. Back in the long long ago, or so I've been informed, Battleships were appropriately uber and as such they were used by everyone all the time, smaller ships were not invited to come along and fight while persons could only shake their fists impotently as five BSG Battlestars rolled through systems.

Now, the same situation is largely in place, that of five battleships being able to roll through pretty much anything in their path, but they -can- be destroyed by a reasonable force. Battleships are currently tough, but they're a bit shy of being an "I win" button, to balance their potency out with the player base's utilization.

Now, if somehow the powers that be reckoned on restricting the number of the things that were to be fielded the potency could be increased to reflect that. However, again, the problem with doing so lies within the community's mixed feelings on how restrictions of vessels could, or should, be handled.

Until such a consensus is met and agreed upon by a measurable majority of the community and admin base, I can't see and differences being made to things such as faction approved super ships (No matter how well grounded in reason), or any other issues torn between fictional reality and game balance.

Just my two cents, suggest taking it with a cup of coffee and a eggwich.