Capships re-examined

[waddoff]

I don't agree that lone fighters should be able to take down capital class vessels... whats the point of owning a ship that costs 10 times more but still be killed by fighters?
I mean, its not impossible, a GB was killed today by a lone fighter.

And if you are being hammered by a battleship, it's best to retreat out of range to continue the fight. A tactical retreat is not fleeing, I had an osiris breathing down my neck in NY while fighting 2 Eagles by myself in a Liberator. I just moved out of range from the battleship and kept fighting the Xenos.

Fighters may have a tough time killing cap ships, but a cap ship can still have trouble fending off a group of nimble fighters. I went up against a cruiser with two fellow pilots, all in VHFs, we gave her a real good beating, but my comrads got destroyed and I was forced to retreat. That to me is good combat.


I have a proposition though, perhaps a capital class shield with lower capacity, but a resistance to anti-matter technology is in order? This way some Cap ships will we able to resist bombers, but make them at least killable by fighters.

I also think some cruisers could stand to be bigger, if you compare the size of a fighter cockpit to the size of one deck on a cruiser, I'm pretty sure the cockpit is bigger, taller at least.

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