What I'm looking for isn't forcing the bomber pilots to swarm in groups of five. What I'm looking for is the ability to destroy those two bombers within a reasonable amount of time (say ten minutes). The only weapon that allows this kind of performance on a larger Battleship is the Razor, and to call this process 'hit or miss' is the understatement of the year. The Razor's power requirement and recharge rate is so high and so low respectively that taking potshots at these bombers is a very difficult process; the gun has to be very close to the bomber, and that's generally about, assuming the bombers have any idea what the letters "WASD" means, under 500 meters, which is a distance the bomber can easily stay out of, and even then a hit is a very, very unsure thing-if your ping is over 100 (and I think most non-European players' pings are indeed so) then you're going to have real issues hitting with the Razors even in your kill zone. Also, by that line, one or even two razors can't cover an entire ship; all a bomber has to do to stay alive is stay towards the end of a cap that doesn't have the razors mounted. So theoretically these two bombers, while they probably can't overwhelm a large Battleship on their own, can bore it to death by flying around in circles and peppering it with SNACs. The Battleship will probably never be able to hit them enough once their shields are down to damage them.
So, since we've obviously established that there is no possibility of BS missiles becoming anti-fighter weapons once again, I would like to see the Solaris made more like the CIWS system we see on modern warships. A higher rate of fire (5.88, ideally) with a proportional damage level and a marginally higher range (1300-1400 meters). This would give lone or only very lightly escorted Heavy Battleships the ability to slowly whittle away those smaller forces of two or so bombers on their own so as not to suffer the metaphorical death by boredom. Three or more bombers would still be able to break the Battleships fairly easily, but those smallest forces wouldn't be able to approach the Battleships unless they had reinforcements coming or a deathwish, and the Battleships wouldn't become near-useless sitting ducks once the caps in a fleet battle are destroyed. Maybe I'm crazy, but I don't think that's too much to ask for.
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