Capital Ship Missiles

[Nadir]

And -that- was the Mighty War-Hammer of Justice... *WHAM!*

Enough of that. *in asbestos underwear*

Ok, back to the topic;

Simple Laymans terms time!

Single fighter = Good against other fighters, even chance of besting a GB, little to no change against cruisers or battleships.

I want to start a new topic for this. Why shouldn't a fighter be able to take on a gunboat or a cruiser. A battleship is a bit much but still... remember Starwars? Remember the game X-Wing? Countless other games which pit a pilot against a huge enemy vessel. Note how a torpedo from a single WWII fighter can could critically damage a destroyer (smallish warship). There are bigger issues at stake. I'll start a new topic under Balance Issues to air these.

Fighter WING (3 or 4 fighters) = Excilent against opposing single fighters, good against wings, good against GBs, possible to take on cruisers and battleships
Gunboat = Excell at anti-fighter operations. Support for cruisers and battleships.
Cruiser = Mini-battleship. Not as powerful, but small and able to project power into areas where battleships cannot go.
Battleship = Stand-alone terror. Able to deal out death to any who attack, threatened only by other battleships, well-flown cruisers, and bomber wings.
Bomber = Useless against fighters, but deadly to GBs one-on-one and highly dangerous to cruisers or battleship in pairs or trios.

I will point out my two-missile idea once more. No, I won't post the stats again (unless you ask) because I have said it so many times I think some people are starting to know it by heart.

Anti cap ship missiles are very similar in concept to Flack canons as they stand. Perhaps Flack should be relegated to short range anti-missile/anti-fighter/anti-mine (very high turn rates, very short range) - we don't have an anti-missile/anti-mine specific weapon. Requirements: very short range, very very accurate, minimal damage. How many hull points does a missile have anyway? Move Flack to anti-missile, and cap ship missiles to anti-fighter-but-not-very-good-at-close-range (medium turn rates)... It could also mean you can pump up the slow moving torpedoes with reasonable expectation the enemy can repel them (hang on, are torpedoes targetable??) with a weapon tuned to do so (flack or missile or whatever).

More cents worth into the mix....
Hona sionara sensei

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