5.1 "Aftershock"

[SeaFalcon]

The new bomber balance is pretty horrible.

- Bombs that do 6k dps vs an equipped fighter that does 5k with 4 guns while bombs require you to facehug an enemy due to lack of speed and aiming abilities, meaning effective bomb DPS is far lower than 6k.
- Torpedoes have so little chance to hit, the lack of ammo hurts them even more and when they do hit, nothing impressive happens in terms of damage, might as well just use your fighter guns for the same damage output but regular fighters can do that to.
- A shield that absorbs capital hits might be a pro but the massive drain makes having a shield not even worth it and forces the bomber to use weapons, bombs and torps that are not any better than regular fighters.

for anything less than a battlecruiser you're better off just using your regular guns and not using the bomber slots at all.
for anything bigger than a battlecruiser you won't have enough DPS or Ammo to really make a dent.

Good to see every big patch completely changing all the numbers and managing to still be worse in balance than the previous one.
So sad to see every ship being redone for balance while a simple few tweaks like the torpedo delay and fuse ability was enough to fix certain people abusing weapons for things they weren't meant to do.

Looks like another classic nerf of "lets lower every stat we can possibly find and that'll fix it" instead of checking where the problems were and only tweaking one or two attributes.
I don't get why nerfs always have to be across the board rather than simply dialing it in.