Cap vs. Fighter/Bomber weapons.

[Dab]

It depends on the type of standard weapons. Outcasts have two for their Destroyers. The Cruiser turrets fire faster and drain more, where as the Destroyer ones fire slower and drain less.

Yes, but the cruisers shield will be very low. A few seconds of Imp. Debilitator fire can down it. Even an inferno if one is on hand. Which will leave enough energy to fire the SN, since even 4 imp. Debs can't drain from a bomber.

Cruisers also have this thing called a 'mediocre refire rate'. 3.03 at best unless they're Solaris turrets. Most bombers can dodge this unless they're flying straight at the cap and not strafing. I'm not complaining, by the way.

Incidentally, what ship class do you use the most?

I'd love to see you try that on my cruiser. You see if a few seconds of Imp. Debilitator fire can down my shield. I can guarantee it doesn't.. And Infernos still take awhile to drop a cruiser shield. The cruiser's shield regen is almost enough to nullify the inferno's shield damage when a fighter is using it. Bomber has better luck, yet it still takes awhile to drop that shield, and energy as well.

And about the refire rate, thats not that important, since the cruiser has a good chance of hitting its target. The projectile speed of over 1,000 sees to that. If a bunch of battleships with 2.00 refire manage it, surely you can with 3.03 in a smaller and faster ship.. If not, its not because balance is messed up.

Also, the damage to energy of those two OC destroyer turrets is similar. Of course the faster refire takes a bit more energy, but also gives more damage.

And I use fighters, bombers, and capships all. And since before 4.80.. So I've seen the bombers that were too good, bombers and fighters that were absolutely useless, and ones that were at least proficient at their job. That is what bombers are for, killing capital ships.

If your cruiser has trouble against a bomber, which by all rights it SHOULD, get some fighters to escort you, because they DO help.

And that Redcat that killed the BHG BC in Sig-13. Well he had to have had a full load of Imp Debs along with an SN and the BHG BC had to have been a very bad pilot, because I could beat a RedCat with an Inferno, Imp Debs, and SN all together with little damage..


Now if you want to compare strength of capships to bombers, go ahead.. But don't try to compare bomber weaponry with capship weaponry. It can't be compared and trying to won't get you anywhere. If we balanced it in the way you guys seem to want, either bombers wouldn't be able to fire their anti-capship weaponry, or capships would be able to chainfire mortars every 2 seconds.

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