Nova's and their like

[Locke]

Or there is another solution, turn bombers into bombers. Make them shoot torps straight down. Make the torps wicked accurate and do horrendous damage. But a pain in the ass to aim. Ta da!

Shooting straight down makes sense for RL bombers because gravity pulls them down. I don't think aiming would be possible unless you were in turret view, which equals instant death if anyone is shooting in your direction. It's not a bad idea to have a different style to firing novas, but this would require a serious change in bomber stats which isn't the topic at hand.

I like everything about novas, except the anticlimactic 'blast' when it hits. I'd like to see a big explosion.
The problem with ram-hitting would be solved with a blast radius. I agree that novas are avoidable when jousting, but if a bomber is in a beeline ramming course from somewhere other than head on, a well timed shot as soon as the bomber hits can take out even a light fighter if it doesn't know it's coming. I've seen some serious pwnage due to ram-nova's, and it's still an impressive skill-- but that doesn't make it right.

• If novas can have a blast radius and still be as effective against capships, I say make it blow up like a supernova (that's assumably where the name came from, right?)
  
• If this nerfs bomber vs. capship combat, I say leave novas alone.
  

I was under the impression that in order to make a fighter class weapon have splash damage, it also had to be ammo-dependant. If this is indeed a side-effect, I'd say it would be worth it for the benefits of splash damage. Also, if the splash damage is high enough, it won't matter whether you're in a vanilla ship or not.
Correct me if I'm being an idiot here.

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