Long range BS AA guns aka Another bomber vs cap rant topic

[CzeReptile]

Meow.
I am owner of 4 battleships for a weird reason. Now while this has been discussed so many time that I lost count, here we go again.
Flak turrets obviously work on short distance. Primaries against bombers, well do they suck. Yes. Rest has no range to oppose sniping bomber.
now we all love using relevant RL examples here, so let me use one too for some fun. WW II battleship would never die to 2 bombers (unless you drop 1000kg bomb into munition), and would most likely have sufficient firepower to scare them away without taking damage. Now in Discovery, 2 bombers, worth some 40 million each, can ditch any capital ship, ranging prizes from some 50 million to almost 2 billion. Also, sniping in bomber require imo little to no skill, ganking BS with 3 bombers is guaranteed death unless you are really dumb to fly close, while 3 BS never kill single bomber if they gank him. And besides of quickly dying in combat, capital ships have no real purpose imo. And I own six such. Mindless grind for money only to be blown away by 2 small flies.

Now I got idea if it is possible - make a gun to compensate the total inability of battleship to oppose bombers. some 2-2.5k ranged gun that - when fired, makes a distance calculation to target and shell explodes on the said distance, similar to flak, but just aimable. Low energy too so they can create a wall of explosion to prevent bombers from reaching distance without being in danger. You can still take on the BS from the sides. About that is it.

I just hate to see precious battleships die to puny bombers. Do not give me bullz bout escorts. Most people dont have faction to fly with them everytime they want to pull their cap out. Dont give me dont buy cap bullz. Some people just want, like you do your bombers. Respect that. However the balance issue is not there imo. Caps have been nerfed to point where they are only big targets. Bigger cap makes bigger target. Get a billion worth ship. Meet 2 bombers. Or even 3 VHF. Die. Fail. try again. LOSE FUN.

howg
blame me!

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