The Rheinland Bomber

[Zypher]

1. The RH bomber should be moved

2. The taiidan should be there UNTIL a pirate faction bomber has been produced

3. Definately every house, and possibly a general pirate bomber

I agree whole heartedly with the notion that the RH bomber is bad RP for criminals. I do/did fly one as a corsair until I learnt about the Taiidan bomber. I have now switched to the Taiidan (which is GMG, but we criminals need a bomber.)

Also, the taiidan is at a disadvantage to the RH, not just because of the power, turrets and hull; but because its like flying a big cardboard box. Bomber vs Bomber, its alot easy to hit the Taiidan with anything, unlike the RH. The extra manouverability helps it slightly but its still very un-even.

I agree with the manouverability problem with the bombers. Its far too easy to take out agile fighters with a bomber. They should be vulnerable to the quicker ships. However, there is a limit to how sluggish you can make them without it being ridiculus for something their size. To make them extra sluggish you would have to increase the size to make it more believeable, and then they just become another cap ship. One solution might be to make them have one torp hardpoint, but the power plant to handle it, unlike other fighters. That way it gives the cap ships a chance against one or two bombers. In my opinion, the hull amount should be reduced. The Taiidan hull seems enough to deal with a cap ship, especially with the armour add-on. This would give the fighters more of a chance.