"We all know capship whores are 'compensating' for being small in 'other areas'."
wow - i hope you were kidding, - and again, i can only say that each player is allowed to pilot one capital ship. and it has been said many times before - 2 gunboats can own a battleship - or 3 bombers. when we had the "nerf the bombers" thread, we even had quite some aces claiming they would solo a capital ship in a single bomber.
to be honest - i do like the sight of capital ships. - when i am flying a fighter - i simply ignore them... why? cause a battleship cannot take a fighter down, when the fighter is just evading - on the other hand, i cannot harm the BB alone.. so why bother.
capital ships are extremely weak compared to their price - and amazingly ineffective. i wrote about the LR battleship in manhatten orbit... and a bunch of random fighters was able to take down its shields and scratch its hull quite some.
what you guys want is - scheduled events with balanced forces. - but its not roleplay. shall the attacker now approach with less people than he could spare, cause there are not enough defenders? - or should the defender dock away, cause the attacker comes with a weak force? sounds stupid... but both has been suggested. attackers complaining that the defense they faced was too strong - aswell as defenders complaining that the attackers force is overwhelming.
but imo - that is roleplay.... or simply bad luck when you are on the weaker side.
personally, i found out, that i am much better - and more effective in a fighter than i was in a BHG BC. - but guess what... i figured that out myself - i wouldn t listen to those countless yells and complaints. let the people figure it out themselves - its their freedom of choice. - and still - i have been so glad for capital ship reinforcements when i was on cheshire many times.
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