' Wrote:furthermore, we wanted to achieve something that encourages the team. - so a faction battleship, relying on the other faction members CAN actually specialize. - so it does make sense for a faction to deploy two of those battleships for example. - one that is highly specilaized on anti-cap... another that is specialized on anti-bomber / anti-gunboat. ...thats a luxory a lone battleship without faction backup cannot have... a lone battleship must rely on a well rounded loadout to answer to as many threats as possible. - so the idea is to weaken lone battleships compared to faction battleships by their free choice! ( a lone battleship can still go fully for anti-cap... and it will be terrible to meet such a ship when you re flying a cap. - but since its lonely, it will have no chance when attacked by bombers.
Either you have given caps an answer to bombers, or you haven't.
If you have then you will see a lot of indy anti-bomber cap ships around, more than ever. It's the only thing an indy can do to keep a chance of a fair fight from the normal 4 to 1 odds the factions give him.
That means factions and groups will respond with anti-cap cap ships to counter the anti fighter/bomber cap ships. More caps all around.