4.85 Weapons

[Varyag]

Peh, anyone who thinks cruisers are a worthless class hasn't seen one truely in a close support role. Having a cruiser as just a long range artilary piece really removes its use to many factions. For instance a lot of factions simply do not use caps larger then a cruiser and do not seek to fight a BS head on. They do, however, use them in a small hunting pack for hit and fade, ie the RHA.

If the Cruisers are regulated to ranged combat they will fail completely. It is just too easy to close that distance fast enough that the Cruiser would be completely caught. Also, take the cruisers ability to use it's main weapons against smaller craft at close range and they will be fodder just because fighter cover cannot kill a bomber faster then a bomber can take down a defenseless cruiser.

There really is a way to use them as a great platform and many people can't figure it out and push them as a worthless class. It is not true in any sense. Yes, they are a support ship to some factions, Lib Navy is an example, but a more Bizmarck style raider for others such as the Hessians.

-edit- there is no way that a single bomber can take a well flown Cruiser on its own, anyone who thinks this is true I challenge to do just that vs the Varyag.
Heh, looking back at this post mabye I should just wait and see, the developers arn't idiots, I am sure they have thought it all threw.

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