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(03-27-2013, 04:48 PM)AeternusDoleo Wrote: Heavy battleships can project extreme firepower but cannot maneuver well. They are therefor unsuitable for solo operations. The balance of them is fine - add one bomber on the dread's side that pumps a few CDs into the enemy battleship, and the dreads superior firepower will easily overwhelm a lighter cap.
A heavy cap is a support ship. Few players understand this.
Err. CDs alone won't quite help - both battleships will already have popped out of cruise (long) before the engagement, otherwise their lack of weapons energy would, alone, get them killed.
Generally, lighter battleships can evade a very substantial amount of damage without giving the heavier battleship a chance to catch up. It is, of course, true that in larger engagements you could flank or trap lighter battleships and end up on top.
A heavy - say, a Rheinland one - battleship plus one bomber, versus a Liberty Dreadnaught, also with one bomber along with it, given at least a marginal amount of skill on both sides.. That'll be a very one-sided engagement. The turtle will get eaten alive.