Idea for hunters

[NonSequitor]

@Jihadjoe: You too brought forth some good points. I'd like respond to a few of them.

I agree that someone in a cap can easily ruin the game for someone in a smaller ship. The cap pilot should use restraint and take others into consideration. If fighters/bombers steer clear of you, there's no point in engaging them. No excessive pew-pewing when the situation doesn't warrant it. A BS or BC engaging fighters is bogus and a buzz kill for the fighter pilots. We agree on this.

Not long ago, I flew my BS into Omicron Lost, just for a look see. Then I noticed that a few Keepers and some baby Nomads had entered the system. The Keepers were in VHFs. We had some nice rp without firing a shot. Then I left the system. The end.

I heartily encourage other Core BH to try this type of rp when they have this sort of tactical advantage. It's a good opportunity to learn more about the other player's rp. And you won't necessarily blow up in the process.

Now, if I had been in an Orca in that previous scenario in Omicron Lost, well, I think our rp would have been of the pew-pew genre - with me on the receiving end. In other words, the Keepers would have taken advantage of the opportunity. Experience with them has taught me this. That's the way they roll nor would I blame them for following their rp.

I'm not sure about what to say about your arms race idea and facing and overwhelming enemy. The places I frequent aren't populated with too many VHFs. The bomber pilots I run into on a semi-regular basis haven't complained about being outclassed and outgunned. They just call in their buddies and the battle commences. Sometimes I nail a couple, but then I usually blow up or limp to the nearest Freeport for extensive repairs.

I am usually fighting against overwhelming odds myself, facing bombers, cruisers, gunboats and dreadnoughts. And yes, sometimes all of them at once. I'm getting used to that. Sometimes these gankings are fully in the spirit of good rp and sometimes they're not. And no, retreating isn't always an option, when you keep getting knocked out of cruise by 6+ train cds aimed at your massive silhouette.