Battleships-POWER UP!

[Tempest.]

I fly my Cruiser more than any of my Bombers, and my Gunboat more than any of my other ships. Yet I'm against capital ship buffs.

Why?

Because I've experienced what they are capable of. I always thought Cap Ships were useless, particularly Gunboats, until I flew them for myself. Then I realised that it's not capital ships that are crap, it's the people who fly them without the proper experience which can only be obtained from flying snubcraft, like I did for 2 years before ever flying my Gunboat.

So now my response to people who think Capital Ships need a buff is generally PEBCAK. Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard. It's not Capship balance that is broken, it's your piloting ability. I've been kicking ass in my Gunboat and Dessie from the moment I started flying them, my Gunboat has only died three times, and my Dessie has never died. I've killed everything from Light Fighters, to taking on 7 or 8 fighters and bombers, and even bringing down a Dreadnaught with nothing but three Gunboats.

So maybe Capital Ships are harder to master than snubcraft, but I think it's better that way. Capital Ships are stronger than Snubcraft, and snubcraft are forced to work together to bring them down.

So next time you die and go "omg cap ships are so underpowered nerf the snac!" maybe take a look at yourself before blaming the game. Get out of your Captain's chair and back into the cockpit and gain the experience you need to succeed in a capital ship.

Well said. If one is not able to fight properly with his/her capital ship, then it means that this particular person needs to train more and more and more. Seems that most of us (including me actually) are not able to fight properly with the current capships, therefore some of us want them made more capable so in the end *every* newbie could pawn with one of these.

NO!!! My point of view is that if you are not fit to fight with a capital ship, then get another ship type - capship is obviously not your type then and you don't deserve flying one. If you still feel that you want to fly one, then *act* yourself and *train*, don't ask for the mod team to *act* and make things easier for you. Work more on your own please.