bombers (discussion only)

[JakeSG]

So your solution to this is quite simple. Everyone should have a cap.8 and that's that?

Really now , that's a very unrealistic argument. Someone mentioned that a bomber is killed instantly from a salvo of primary turrets. I'm going to say that it doesn't work , even if the bomber lacks a skilled pilot , a complete salvo doesn't kill him , because the turrets themselves cannot hit such a small target , all at once. Some of them simply pass by the bomber , but yes , they do deal significant damage , when they hit.

I believe I said if. The entirity of the discussions were theoretical. And I mentioned turrents instakill a bomber. If their shield's down, and they're unlucky enough for the server to record all hits, boom they go, no time to regen mid-salvo. True story. Happened to me eight hours ago, whilst fighting a Mako with a Cap 8, mind.

The second problem is that , unlike Battleships and Battle cruisers , bombers live a "double life" without sacrificing anything , meaning that they are good against the capital ship and the fighter classes at the same time , without the need of a different load out and what not. Capitals don't have that option , either you go the anti-capital ship way , which you should , or you load your ship with ridiculous weapons , which are highly un-effective and try to act as a large fly swatter. Some people will say that you can go for a mixed load out , but all who've tried know that doing that means that your ships can't handle both capitals and bombers.

So buff the speed of primary/defense turrets, or add maybe one or two slots without touching their generator. Of course, then you'd have to raise the strafe of the Caps to account for the Cap vs Cap changes, then you'll be raising the speed of SNAC's to account for that, and then the fighters will be whining more. See, balance is fiddly. When the answer is simply 'skill', oft it is best to spend your time practicing rather than picking holes in each others arguments, because unless certain members of the Dev team grace the topic with their presence, nothing is ever done.

Edit - The Cap 8 Mako was using nothing but Defense Turrets, so I'll have to concede the mixed loadout point.

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