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[sovereign]

Once again, PWN'ing in fights doesn't happen if you are in a capital ship and there is a bomber or two present, which cost far less to get. So really, even slow paced people would be able to kill those capital ships as soon as they appear.

Point. Bombers vs. capships = ONOZ

I kind of like it this way, however, as capital ships are here for roleplaying reasons as far as I'm concerned. If you RP it, you RP its vulnerabilities and don't fly without a fighter escort if you suspect enemy bomber activity. Although I'd like to see bombers have a little less hull and be more vulnerable to fighters so that actually works...

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[Sand_Spider]

EDIT: Crap, this was supposed to be before Sovereign's post

Bombers need to be nerfed a bit, or capships need to be un-nerfed.

Right now, cruisers are crap, 2 bombers = dead Battleship, and worst of all, bombers are cheap in cost!!

Here's a little table:rtfm:to show what should "pwn" what:

VHF > Bomber
(Fighters vs. capships balance is good enough for now..)
1 bomber, a VHF, and a HF > Gunboat
2 bombers and 2 VHF's > Cruiser
3 bombers > Battlecruiser
5 bombers > Battleship
7 bombers > Dreadnaught
2-3 Gunboats/gunships > Cruiser
3 Cruisers > Battleship
3-4 Gunboats/Gunships > Battlecruiser
Battlecruiser and a Cruiser > Battleship
Battlecruiser and 2-3 Gunboats/Gunships > Battleship
Battleship and 1 cruiser and 1-2 Gunboats/Gunships > Dreadnaught
5-6 Gunboats/Gunships > Battleship
8 Gunboats/Gunships > Dreadnaught
4 bombers, a cruiser, and 2 Gunboats/Gunships > Dreadnaught
3 bombers, a cruiser, and a Gunship > Battleship
2 cruisers and 2 bombers > Battleship
2 cruisers and 3 gunboats/gunships > Battleship.

This is a rough idea of what should win against what. A ship that is on the right of ]" is beaten by the ships on the left of the ]". For example: 3 Cruisers > Battleship, so that means the cruisers "eat" the battleship.

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2 bombers can take down most things by themselves it seems.

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[AdamantineFist]

'cept for LFs.

You forgot to ad LFs on your list! They are actually quite deadly in the right hands.

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[sovereign]

LFs are the bane of VHFs and Bombers everywhere. I need to learn to fly them better, all I can do is VHF/Bomber whore...:D

EDIT: I'm more or less okay with Sand Spiders suggestions, but they can only end in tears if we don't do something about the comparatively easy availability of Dreadnoughts. 7 Bombers is a lot...

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