Fuel for thought...

[Dab]

Mal, you aren't nearly THAT old a player here.. You've got about 6-7 months on you. Its also not as bad as you describe it.

Koolmo made a very interesting suggestion. Bombers right now are very powerful, but we don't want to nerf them into uselessness. If the Novas required ammo, or MOX (which would now need to be sold on all station if this was put in effect) they wouldn't be so powerful, but certaintly not useless. They can do a good deal in damage, but like a fighter with missiles (also is very good in dogfighting, hence why they take ammo) you would have to watch your ammo and not use it to quickly. Might even tempt some people who are having fleet engagements to use a ship for ammo storage. The Luxury Liner is quite capable in defending itself in combat, even without cruiser shield and weaponry, yet can't match most capships. This makes it an excellent support ship for bots/batts and/or ammo for certain weaponry. Such as mortar ammo for caps and nova ammo for bombers/fighters. (If both were configured to use ammo.)

This ammo would need to be expensive for Nova and Mortar. Thats why it shouldn't be MOX for those. BTW, this is not making them into torpedoes. the 'Ammo' is actually carried in your cargo bays. Excelcia mod does similar things with their guns and turrets.

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