The Rheinland Bomber

[Dab]

Okay, too many people and posts to respond to specific ones directly.

First to the guys posting alot before Korrd, Hoodlum, Marauder, and Nightfall started discussing it. The point of this is to bring the bomber down to a balanced size and power. Not nerf it to death and make it obsolete. Giving it any weapons under level 8 would make it QUITE obsolete.

Nightfall, Hood, Marauder, and Korrd. Good discussion. I agree with alot of it, especially putting the bomber in the RH Guard system, and the other hopefully-to-come bombers in their house's guard.

To Hoodlum; Yes, in general the next class' weaponry should be stronger than the classes below it. But the nova AMs on the bomber are, and should be an exception to this. They are specialized weaponry to take out capships. The problem is, they are too good against fighters. This is why they need a major speed reduction. You can track a BS pretty easily with novas going 300m/s instead of the current 700-800 it is. The smaller and more agile the ship, the harder to hit. Fighters would be able to dodge these much easier, as they should. Gunboats could even do it, allowing them to fulfill their role of fighter/bomber killing. Cruiser has a chance to take out the bomber while its dodging, while the BS attempts to use its massive firepower to take the bomber out before it is. The bomber should be able to kill the BS if the BS doesn't have good anti-fighter weaponry or support.

The weaponry does need a bit of a reduction though. Which is why I proposed that we change it to 4 9s and 2 10s. Even 6 9s works well. I think 6 9s would be best. BS shields should take a bit longer to take down than they are now against a bomber. As its defensive power is the only thing giving the BS a chance.

Olsav makes a point about the fact that putting it in the guard system would stop others from using it, even in RP fashion. Perhaps it would be better to have it on just a battleship. Maybe a well defended and hidden battleship. A new one that isn't already known about.

And Hoodlum, its not impossible.. Are you forgetting Leeds? My bomber took on 4-5 of the Phantoms. (Kane and I didn't touch each other in that one, which I believe is a good thing for me.. No offense but I think Kane is better then the rest of the Phantoms. Yes, even you Virus.:P)

But the fact is, I really SHOULDN'T have been able to do that. I shouldn't have been able to strip the shields as easily as I had, since I had the firepower of 2-3 heavily-weaponed fighters. The agility is fine. When I went after shields, you guys got quite alot of shots in on me, forcing me to break off. Its just that on those very brief runs, I did more damage than I had any right of doing.. Thus, bringing the too many high-power guns issue.

I don't think the hull should be taken down, and if so not under 19k. The bots/batts, however, should as Korrd said, be taken down by a pretty large amount.

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