DW, USS, Independent Lawfuls

[mjolnir]

It is a "problem" that happens both ways. LH are capwhored every day... but Manhattan has seen quite a few "sieges" with BS, 2 Destr and a GB in orbit.

60% of new people just trade to get a big ship. The remaining 40% try fighters.. most get pwned by experienced fighters pretty fast. So 90% of them switch to bigger ships.

Only good thing is that when they get bored some of them join official factions.. who do not allow them to fly big ships... so they learn to like fighters.

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.

Exactly. I always hope that those cap users find out.. that if a fighter decides not to get killed he will simply not get killed. How much fun is it to fly the capship then? I would have been bored to death.

As an example:
2 days ago this nice fleet came to Magellan:
1 Destroyer + 2GBs.... against 2 fighters. We got 2 more fighters and killed them all... no losses

1 hour later they came back and the fight moved to Leeds. This time it was 1 BS, 2 GB, 1 Bomber 1 Fighter against 4 Fighters and a Bomber. We lost the bomber (to the enemy fighter and bomber) they lost everything except the BS.
So
1 Destr, 4 GBs, Bomber and Fighter lost
vs
1 Bomber

Capshipkills : 0



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side note1:

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.

[brag]
GB.. not a big problem (provided you have CDs).
Cruiser... doable but time consuming
BS.... doable but need a few NPCs to help (4 Outcast Sabres in Malta are enough)
[/brag]

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side note2:

BTW, RM, this is in no way a dig at you. I know you guys take pride in being able to hold your own against anything, and wouldn't call in all those caps.

Actually we called in the independent Wrath even before we came in. (he is learning how to roleplay and is willing to listen to us.. so thumbs up). When you came with the Gunship we called in the RM GB (Jaeger). The other ones just joined.

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side note3:

The thing is; when Planet Manhattan is attacked by capital ships so regularly, the defenders are going to start wondering why they bother playing, it's certainly gotten to that point with my LSF character.

Actually the only properly armed bomber (read: with a supernova) defending Manhattan is usually me. LSF has 2 bombers (as far as I know) with Mini Razors. So in every defense of Manhattan the liberty forces just come out with caps... but since they don't come together they usually get destroyed.

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