' Wrote:you just need to decide what do you want to do in your CAP.... if you want to be superieor fighter killer or bloody cap killer. For each way you need diferent equipmnet. You can be also combination of both but you need to know what to do.
Point of this is... antifighter cap is useless against another caps, anticap cap is useless against fighters - how to deal with that? Fly with friends.
Universal cap is weaker than specialized but have fair chance against both threats but you must know what to do... if you dont, maybe you just cant fly in cap;)
My personal utopic idea:
Limited numbers of caps and for official fractions only... (something like Red hessians 1 battleship, 3 cruisers, 6 gunboats..... RM 3 battleships, 6 cruisers, 12 gunboats etc. etc. ).
SN only as shiled buster and nova torpedo as BRUTAL.... repeat BRUTAL hull buster (300k?).
I like the idea of limited caps......... Especily if that means that caps are admin - awarded only (cant be bought) to factions, but with heavy restrictions (ZOI restrictions mostly, no big fatty style dready raids on manhat) Prehaps allow more than the 'max' number, but htey have to police themselves, no more than a certain number logged on and active at a time (they get caught breaking this, they loose weps from all caps or some group punishment)
As for the SN/nova idea of yours......
Nova should be better than the SNAC, but it has a limited ammo capacity (and should be less per bomber, as is bombers carry WAY too many, they just need to spam them)
SNAC should be weaker by a bit, prehaps slower rate of fire too, but made up for by the lack of ammo needed.
SNAC slightly better for sheilds, nova slightly better against hull.
back to limited caps tho, have them be like getting a special RP exemption. You apply for it, you allready have a char in a faction authorized caps.
Factions can have MORE than their 'max' number of caps, but with a cap limit ingame.
To use an out of faction cap, you need to have permession from that faction for you and your faction (usualy involving a deal of some sort) .
Facctions that can use caps: House mil/police (counting gallia, and otucasts/coursairs). Pirates (with restrictions depending on faction), Order, BHG, Zoners, etc etc.
