4.85 Weapons

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Also, take the cruisers ability to use it's main weapons against smaller craft at close range and they will be fodder just because fighter cover cannot kill a bomber faster then a bomber can take down a defenseless cruiser.

I agree with you here. The hardest part in Disco is to fly an escort to a capship in fighter. It's a hectic race against a time, since bombers need to fly only for a sec or two straight between bombing runs and although fighters have a pretty free run trying to hit the bomber, it takes a good while to wear down a bomber pilot who knows anything about flying even he is not shooting you back. So I welcome news that mini razor's damage gets a face-lift.

I'll have to look into sunslayer's.


To the topic: I think missiles are pretty good anti-fighter / bomber weapons already. You are bound to hit sooner or later.

All capship vs bomber engagements I have been in have followed the pretty simple formula. The longer the fight takes, the better chances the cap ship has. Bombers have to make successful hits in the hull as soon as possible. It will rattle the confidence of a cap ship pilot and he'll start making mistakes. On the other hand if a bomber pilot can't even bring the shield down he gets a bit desperate and start taking bigger risks. A capship will wear down bombers bats and bots eventually, so the first objective for a capship pilot is to prolong the fight. And if the bomber jockey is really out of luck you have a 8-12 NPCs hacking at your shield/hull, and there is no pilot who can dodge just the sheer volume of fire coming their way.

As a cap pilot. Don't get caught between two or more bombers. And as a bomber pilot, do not solo. So what do we need out there? Teamwork.

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