Battleships

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I think that the idea here is to make bombers less effective at their role. Battleships already have the capacity to take on almost every other capship. If we held bombers back, the battleship would dominate the server.

If you want my opinion (of course you do!) bombers DO need to be held back...the reason why is that they're nigh impossible to shoot down with FIGHTERS in time to prevent a capship from being destroyed; escorts are not nearly as effective as they need to be. I want to see one of two things:

• Battleships receive effective anti-bomber point-defense weapons with a range of 1K. They need to have at least a 30% hit rate with an average BS pilot, they need to do at least half-hull damage, and they cannot take more than a fourth of the Battleship's powercore. Essentially, a Razor optimized for taking out Bombers as well as Gunboats (with a shorter range than the current ones).
  
• Bombers need to be stunted in such a way that they become easy, easy prey for fighters, fast. Not Battleships, jut fighters. Escorts - average pilots, not the fighter jockeys - need to be able to do their job quickly before the requisite number of bombers can pump Supernovas into the target capship.
  

Frankly, I'm partial to number two. As much as I love Battleship Jousting (a dead art) they need to be used in cooperative play outside of their home space.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.