bombers (discussion only)

[ProwlerPC]

I am terrified at what would happen to the GMG| faction if bombers got nerfed because the Fighters can't take them down. As Friday pointed out, there is the always prevailant fear of lolwutters in caps but as pointed out the Bomber pilots are becoming the most significant lolwuters these days. THis is because the Bombers, particularly the smaller agile ones, are seen as having no threat. This may be true. Indeed I've been in a my VHF and found it long and arduous to take down a single bomber, I can say the same for fighting another VHF. It's not that the bombers are uber it's that the Fighter's don't have the "stuff" to be effective escorts against bombers. They don't really have the "stuff" to be effective as escorts against their own class. Instead what you have in the Fighter class is a set of ships that are only fun for long long dogfights which seperates them from the rest of the classes. Buff their weapons so that they can not only bring each other down more effectively but also bring down bombers more effectively. Let's see if that works before making any other adjustments, it might be that once the faction guns are pumped the VHFs will be effective enough that it still keeps the upperhand even if the target bomber is using faction guns themselves. Basicaly we need the Fighters to hit easier and chew through shield/hulls faster.

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