Battleships

[NonSequitor]

Battleships are fine. The Primary turrets are fine. Secondary turrets are a waste of a hardpoint, frankly. As far as personally owning 2 battleships I have to agree with Eppmeister on that point. You're better off settling for one BS and slapping some cap 8 armor on that bad boy. A BS is a big target and you're going to need that armor.

If you want to keep bombers off-balance, get yourself 2 battle razors and assign each of them to different weapons' groups. They were originally designed to take out gunboats but with practice you can ruin a bomber pilot's day.

Solaris turrets are ok, but not nearly as useful as battle razors. BRs can zap bombers and cap ships. Solaris turrets are anemic in the dps department. And their range is pitiful. Sure, if you put 4+ Solaris turrets on your BS you'll be cursed by every bomber pilot. And then they call in a cap ship to take you out, since your anti-cap capability is somewhat compromised. Choices, choices.

Bombers: Since bomber proponents like to use real-world paradigms and comparisons, how about this one - dedicated bombers are larger, less manuverable and slower than fighters. More often than not, bombers are accompanied by fighters. They have a limited amount of ordinance. Bombers blow the big targets up (as they should) but they have considerable limitations and drawbacks.

Currently, Disco's basic bomber design philosophy can be summed up thus: Bombers are VHFs with larger power plants. Ok, this is a bit of an exageration, but not too far off the mark. Wonder why you see more bombers than VHFs? Why would you settle for a VHF, when you can have a bomber, which is only somewhat less manuverable than a fighter with a lot more juice for the guns?

For the record I own both a BS and a bomber.