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NG SBs were designed to match the point at which they would be eyed and could capture a base with what a same-faction HTT with sig 2 GA could do. This was fundamentally flawed, as HTTs are used with immense amounts of support - int and nan escorts, compared to the typical use of SBs to sneak in and kill a base. The big perk in using them over HTTs is that you can capture non-dockable bases, like TPs, spec refs, etc with them.

So - give them a specialized use to do just that. Nerve gas SB research can include a special EMP missile that only works to damage the shields of bases that can also be damaged by galvs. IE: They work on ops, TPs, refineries, et al, but have no effect on tech bases or heavy bases, with the same arm time/sig as AB1. (Might also need to add a way for them to deal very, very, very minor damage to a small base's hull to prevent shields from coming back up while you arm NG missile). NG missiles can also use the same arming/loading time, and raise the sig of the NG missile to make NG SBs maintain the sig they have now, with said missile armed, to keep them a larger target in large-scale runs on tech bases, where they can still be used to capture the base if used in tandem with standard SBs to lower the shields first. Upgrade the range of the NG missile itself to 500-800 meters, maybe?

phoenix1 wrote:QUOTE (phoenix1 @ May 3 2009, 12:54 PM) I think... it's hard to explain what I'm talking about since you don't play SSBB. By making it situational, I mean, something you'd do only under a precise set of circumstances. Like, say, recapping when you're vs exp. Making NG absolutely inferior to SBs in every way, except that when an HTT manages to grab your adv tac then you need a NG SB to take it back.

The thing is, NG sbs would have to be, in my opinion, good at taking your base back and bad (or at least worse) than SBs at everything else.

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NG should just be given to SB's!

As it stands now, they have only one real functional use, taking small outlying bases. It, in theory, can do that well in the right situations.

Honestly, would it be so bad to have it Tac-Researchable, but mountable on normal and heavy bombers? Realistically, they are going to have a hard time getting there and setting up the situation either way. With this it becomes a bit more flexible, which might make it taken more often.