Battleships

[Mr.Fabulous]

A Battleship is a big RP responsibility, and while some people can and have done it well in the past, it's infrequent to see it

Second, U R doin it wrong! A turret speed increase wouldn't help fend off the bombers all that much

In ever tactical combat example between Battleships and Battle Cruisers, Smaller, heavier fighters, namely the bomber, were the great equalizer. You name it from every book and historical event, game and sci fi movie that used big and large craft,

One bomber, not several, with an anti-matter gun makes even a heavy battleship run for its money. What is it, 3 to 4 shots and a Liberty BS, the one with the big gun, is toast?

Yes, bombers are specifically made to make a Battleships day a very difficult one, but not an impossible one.

Short answer:
Make specialization in the capitals, while bombers shouldn't be able to take out a BS in only pairs, but in several squads.

Long (and more accurate) answer:
Read the first quote above... He says that capitals, let alone a BS, are a BIG responsibility to take care of. It takes a lot of resources to create one, a lot of good, smart men to handle it, and a lot of planning to get it to move anywhere...

Now read the second quote... Yes, bombers are a force to be reckoned with, but let's face it: althought at times a bomber strike can hit a sink a vessel, the escorts are there to shoot the goddamn thing down, or at least the point-defenses are there to shoot the goddamn thing down. The bombers are supposed to make a captain's day, but the captain is in the safe hands of the fighter escorts, or the specialized ships meant for anti-aircraft fighting.

What I would like is that the other capitals would be very specialized. This is my example:
BS --->>> Beats every other capital ships with the biggest, scariest guns you could ever see

BC --->>> Beats a BC because the shear power and gun speed it has can destroy it

C --->>> Beats a GB because the shear power and gun speed it has can destroy it

GB --->>> Beats Fighters because of their SUPERIOR anti-fighter guns

Bombers --->>> Beats a BS since the capital's guns are WAY TOO SLOW to accurately hit them. Cannot defeat BC, C, GB and fighters since their torps are WAY TOO SLOW to accurately hit them, and that they only have VERY FEW WEAPON SLOTS.

Fighters --->>> Beats a Bomber since the Bombers are SUPER SLOW, and have not much weapons save torpedoes.

The bomber would be relatively agile against capitals, but not agile enough to go against fighters, which would be equivalent for a capital-turn-rate ship against an Arrow. The torpedoes would be UBER SLOW PROJECTILES, like maybe 40m/s, so slow a BC could even outrun it, which would allow other capital ships to go do the same technique of the GMG against the Rheinlanders in the 80-Year War. The Torps, however, would be invincible, so as to indicate that the captain WOULD have to move his ship. The bomber would have weak thrusters as well, and since the BS is too slow to outrun it, that would make bombers the 2-card against the ace. Hmmm... maybe a freighter armed with torp slots would be a better example of one.

The fighters would be the anti-bombers of the fleet, and they would be so effective in it that even just one fighter is needed for a fighter-bomber duel, and that even skilled bomber pilots could only last about 1-5 minutes against one alone (finally, a tip in the odds). SHF would feel fast compared to a bomber.

I agree that bombers can be strong, but they should have their own equalizer, along with the BS as well... The BS would serve as the MOTHER OF ALL FLEETS: the superweapon, the anti-capital. Their weapons would be extremely slow, but 1-2 hits from its main cannon could send a BC into decommission, let alone a GB. That said, would give the BS the respect it deserves.

Oh, and speaking of GB, my opinion on the GB is that it should be the anti-fighters of the fleet, with so much guns it would make swiss cheese a shadow of its former self, like say: 10-15 gun/turret mounts, but no missile/torp mounts, and agile enough to be more than a match against even in a 1:10 ratio.

This said, I would leave the reader to his/her own imagination. These are my opinions, but I hope they help.

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