Are ships too tough?

[Dashiell]

This issue is not so much directed at realism ( a battleship can ista-repair all damage by pressing 1 button. wow!) but more so at gameplay. Dogfights right now aren't dogfights but RSI-marathons. Snubs just-don't-die if they play it even moderatly safe.

Lower BB count solves this problem to an extent without having to rebalance the whole shabam. Making UAU less effective may require some rebalancing. (considering gb br and such)

But imho, something needs to change about the lenghts of fights. It's not funny anymore how long fights last. especially with the usual tactics people use.

getting shot at? -> do nothing but dodge and become virtually unkillable

all friendlies on one enemy fighter -> why? because otherwise you simply can't get decent DPS in. thus eliminating the 'duel furrball' fights. where every fighter picks a single opponent and duels him.

Low on BB? -> request botts from allies et voila, another half hour of dodging to look forward to. and another half hour of mindlessly chasing the very same ship around trying to kill it for the enemy.

With the coming of the new 'flee and restock' rule I think it's time to shorten fights. people can bug out if they think they're about to get in deep trouble. so you can avoid '20 seconds of action, 4 hours of waiting' by bugging out in time.

But overall the fight will be shorten because there are less botts to go around and people need to flee earlier on to restock. and even when a restocked snub comes back, he can be shot down sooner.

example: I really don't like having to shoot at a Sekmhet a.k.a. Flying Tank for 30 minutes only to see it escape because cds don't track. then it comes back fully restocked and you can start all over again.

Put simply, dogfights in their current form are long, tedious, boring and just plain silly.

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