Realise guys that while rock paper scissors sounds good in theory, it will actually be detrimental to those factions who do not have access to "paper and rocks", like the Xenos or pretty much any other unlawful faction whatsoever. You simply cannot have a capital ship as a hard counter (undefeatable) to bombers as well as fighters, because then it gets spammed by.. lets see.. everyone? Best example? Missile boats and gunboats in general.
Bombers as a concept are really not overpowered. One can tell tales of one bomber defeating ten gunboats, but that is simply pulled out of ones arse so to say. There are like three or four pilots on the server who are able to SN fighters in bombers, but in general a VHF that knows what it is doing is able to take out a bomber no problem. A few individual bombers are overpowered against fighters, but then - as unbelievable as that may be - there are a lot of bombers that are also hideously underpowered against everything, like the Thor, Barghest, Havoc, etc.
Lets put it this way. The other day there was a Phantom invasion in NY. A battleship complimented by two fighters. I really wonder how they managed to survive if bombers are so overpowered. Oh wait, the battleship had fighter support. Myself and one of the best bomber pilots on the server couldn't touch them. Case in point: Capships are for fleet battles. They are meant to be specialised and work in a team.
And don't say that they held NY because they are Phantoms. I have plenty more examples from RHA, Corsairs, Outcasts, all sorts of other factions with far less notoriety.
