The issue isn't that the AA turrets range is lower than the effective range of the Supernova, it's that it's too short to do anything at all...if you fly some kind of Battleship-any kind of Battleship-1300 meters isn't a hard shot. I used to do it to Osirises and Dreadnoughts more than occasionally back in my day (shakes cane) at 14 or 15, and I rarely missed unless I was being harassed by fighters (and, for the record, I am a HORRIBLE bomber pilot, even more so than I am a horrible fighter pilot). All we're really asking for is 3-400 more meters so we can actually make the bombers work for their lunch, and *gasp* shoot one of them down if they don't come in the requisite packs of three or four.
EDIT: And three Rheinland Bombers took out Willard in Vanilla because Vanilla sucked. Let's face it. The original Freelancer threw 'balance' to the wolves in favor of budgeted cinematic effect.
EDITII: Also, I hate the Falcatta. Just saying.
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