Fixing the Battleship problem and overall balance

[Zyreal]

A biplane cannot take out the Bismarck, my friends. The same should apply to a battleship v. fighter in FL.

There should be ABSOLUTELY NO chance that a fighter can take out a battleship alone. The battleship could be slightly, so very slightly, damaged or inconvenienced, but impossible to destroy or make run away.

On that same rationale, it should be difficult for the battleship to take out the fighter, but, seeing as how it would be a battle of attrition, the battleship will eventually win.

That's my vote.

Wait a sec, I need to rephrase it in Tortured Soul's way... hmm..

"No, you tosser, it should be... whatever I wrote above!" Does that work?

Teehee, just kidding, you're not a tosser.

Harley

Well to be honest, although the bismark was sunk by the King George V, both Yamato Class Battleships, the biggest Battleships to ever sail the seas, were both taken down by fighters. The Musashi (One of two Yamato class battleships) was taken down by almost all aircraft. And the Yamato (The flagship) was defeated purely by a carriers aircraft.

Oh and the Tirpitz, the other "big german battleship" of WWII was taken out of action by fighter attacks...since other big ships couldn't get close.

The biggest threat by far to battleships are aircraft.

EDIT: I was wrong, a Fairey Swordfish aircraft was what crippled the Bismark, and allowed her to be picked off by the King George. So ironically, yes, a bi-plane did sink (or at least did most of the sinking) of the bismark. So all four of the major Enemy Battleships in WWII were sunk all or in major part by aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish (The bi-plane that sunk the bismark in all its glory) (Sorry Harley, no hard feelings) =)

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