Bomber Weapons

[Nightwind]

surprise.... impossible vs. gunboats.

how do you hit a gunboat with a nova - which MUST have a large blast radius? - you can only hit a gunboat with a nova when you re jousting it, firing the nova right into the approaching ships face. - the downside is .....

while you might hit the gunboat, you will most certainly hit yourself, too. and thats no good feature when you have just recently jousted a gunboat that has most probably taken your shield down.
besides - it doesn t make the barghest THE best pirate bomber.... it makes it one of the best heavy bombers indeed... but for piracy, you need a CD. - or you can only watch all your DPS fly slowly after the laughing trader that has just initiated cruise.

Well, are you supposed to win against a GB with a bomber? Bombers should be good against large caps but the role of GBs is an anti-fighter one. Bombers as we have/had them are way too good in fighter vs fighter combat. They should be able to defend themselves, be a threat against large caps. BUT...GBs are supposed to be the perfect anti-fighters.