Fighters are now unbalanced

[Suicide Junkie]

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Luke and the Deathstar

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*cough**cough*plotdevice*cough*

Still, fighters definitely own when SF ships are unshielded, and it is a first-hit usually wins sort of battle.
With shields, fighters need to match tonnage (roughly 10 fighters to a frigate) and use heavy bombers. Then you need additional light interceptors to take out enemy interceptors so the bombers can get through.

[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 05 May 2001).]