Capships re-examined

[Laowai]

The matter isn't avoiding battleship turrets.

You can avoid battleship turrets 'til the cows come home, but until the battleship decides to leave you alone, which never happens, since then he'd have to leave the system for four hours, you're stuck with only two options, those being run and leave the system for four hours or stay and fight a little while longer.

There is nothing the fighter can do to not lose the engagement. Nothing.

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And never have I had a battleship not engage me just because I'm in a fighter. They always engage. Always.

So? leave the system for four hours then? Handle it in RP? (odds on the battleship isn't gonna stay there for four hours anyway?)

said it before, will say it again - leave the cap ships alone.

A lone fighter shouldn't be trying to engage, but hey, they can if they want? Perhaps the pilot is insanely brave? perhaps he had too much coffee... whatever. If the cap engages you, then deal with it, leave the system, fight or call in friends. What is this " a capship shouldn't be engaging a lone fighter" business? IF that player wants to, that's their prerogative... (its a waste of time anyway and any cap ship player who knows will say as has been said if the pilot is anything more than a rubbish pilot you wont hit him) BUT:

You will drive him away.

Could be the point?

What a capship shouldn't be doing is inserting itself into a that's taking place between fighters and bombers alone - unless they are asked or requested.


People choose to fly the ship class they choose to fly they have to accept all the advantages AND DISADVANTAGES that come with that choice. They shouldn't come running to the forums asking to have the entire system changed because they dont like the consequences of their choice. I chose to fly a cap... i know that im vulnerable as hell in a fight, that if im caught by a few good bomber pilots im in trouble...

fine, i live with it.. avoid bombers, or sure has heck give them a good verbal taunting while they dance around my ship and slowly but surely kill me.

Others chose to fly fighters, so, when a big hulking barge of death looms in front of you RP it accept the fact that alone you have no hope and deal with it., dont sit there wanting your cake but to eat it to.


Owing to my comp and internet limitations, i almost exclusively play caps now - (actually, id like to play in a fighter as well but its pretty much unplayable) - I like to think i play my ships responsibly - but these kind of "change the whole system" threads are unfair to those players out there in caps who play well.

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