pirate typical ships

[joojoo1975]

my pirate ( clover ) is flying a bomber. - why? - cause it is the most efficient ships for piracy.

- it is cheap
- it is small
- it is probably cheaper and easier to maintain than a gunboat
- it packs the punch to take down a transport without too much pain

and
- transports FEAR a bomber

i have tried flying a VHF - and when i was flying a VHF, some transports entered some sort of sportive attitude before RP. they were not at all intimidated by the fighter ( some with good reason, cause i somewhat tried without success to take them down when they denied to pay ).

so thats when i changed back to a bomber. - the supernova is not very balanced.. but its a fearsome weapon. - and every transport captain knows that it won t take more than 2 shots to destroy ANY transport, no matter of its armour - and it requires hardly any skill to hit with it.

thats all points that speak for the bomberclass.

a gunboat can do the same - but is not as cost efficient as a bomber ( in RP ... in reality, its cheaper cause you won t have repair costs every now and then, due to the much stronger shields )

VHF do well - in packs, but not when you re a lone pirate.... light fighters are a challenge, but impractical - only when you seek a david vs. goliath fight.

i'm not gonna even say a thing. i believe you have said everything i been thinking all along.

I was wondering about somewhat the same thing today, only in real life. I couldn't figure out why bandits trying to rob a heavy fortified van transporting valuables always use cars, heavy vans or even trucks. Why can't they just use a bicycle instead?

/sarcasm
Come on seriously? Usually you pirate in groups of 4 max. 4 lf's are barely able to do damage, let alone survive defensive fire.

you had posted after i said i wan't advocating pirating in lf's what up mate?

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