Having tested bombers post-patch, I can say that solo bombers now even have issues with dealing with transports. You need literally need 5 - 10 minutes to down the shields of a battlcruiser that just sits still. If it was fighting back, you would be low on bots before you even start doing hull damage.
Meaning that you need to summon swarms of people to deal with actual cap players. This is even worse against gunboats, which there are legit no counters for except other gunboats.
I keep feeling none of the balance devs are bomber mains.
Edit: the bomber never managed to take down the shields, and that was with incapacitators