For 1 bomber, all you need is 2 ships, 1 of them being a gunsheep and the other strike/scout (strike better maybe because it can eat a mine or 2 if the gunsheep messes up). Have the gunsheep clear up the node with ion rail aoe and fighter moving in after that to finish the bomber while gunship is watching to clear out any new mines that the bomber poops out. If the bomber has backup, well, sorry to disappoint, but you need backup on your own, can't really beat 4 people with 2 people (assuming same skill levels, of course).

True, but you have to keep in mind that it is a part of an MMO and it's players are used to that kind of reward system.

Agree, I don't really get why the credit rewards in PvP are so measly, both in WoW and here. After all, it is harder to kill players than it is to kill mobs, right?

It is a plus, such a huge plus that requires a minus or we end up with a discussion like this 1 (and many more across the board). I think a change like this would cause players to actually plan and think about the usage of those abilities instead of just "oh look, enemy player... pop CD -> pew pew -> move on like nothing happened"

I've really been wondering for quite a while now... Why does anyone even bother responding to that whiner? He's been singing the same song that has no common sense nor any arguments for months now. BW certainly isn't dumb enough to ban premades so his pointless whining is just that: pointless whining. As for you General_Whiner: go play something in single player, oh but wait, there's AI ganging up on you there, is that unfair too? If in-game VOIP was implemented, it would be used for a very short while, until decent players get tired of listening to raging 13 year olds and turned it off. Something like that rose would be great, Americas Army had it and there was almost no problems with it. Simple solution to spam is a temp chat ban for spammers, WoW had that and it worked pretty good (annoying when you're trying to link DPS from a 25man, but oh well).

I think the simplest solution that would take care of both offensive (not directly) and defensive (directly) problems on a cattlescout would be to add something that reduces defensive capabalities to BO and TT. Something like -50% shield power pool or -50% evasion. Lore description for that could be "Ship cannons are drawing more power than usual resulting in reduced shield power pool". Goal: let them have the offensive power, but if someone looks at them funny while they're using it... bubye cattlescout. I believe that would make them think much better when they're going to use those CDs.

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1) Kuat Drive Yards is a Flashpoint name, Kuat Mesas is what you're talking about 2) If you're on a Strike Fighter, bring a gunsheep buddy with you and protect him while he ions down everything the bombers drops (if a bomber is hiding his stuff under a sat, no worries, he can always shoot the turrets). When your buddy is done, move in and destroy the bomber. If the bomber has some dogfighting backup, bring your own cattlescouts to entertain them while you destroy the bomber.

Short story: L2P! Longer story: this is NOT X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Rogue Squadron, even the poor excuses for an X-Wing clones that existed is Star Wars Galaxies, it is not even Freelancer (which I find GSF resembles the most). This is different game that you need to learn anew. Having skill in those games is probably helpful to get you started, but by no means will it make you awesome right from the start. For that, you need the correct loadout upgraded a bit at least and lots and lots of practice. From your post I understand that you played all those games on a joystick/gamepad, correct? I presume that's why you find the controls "awful". Personally, I spent 1000s of hours on Freelancer where the controls are quite similar and I had no problems adjusting. Check out the controls in the options and play around with them, see what suits you the most. As for the tutorial: yes, I agree, it is awful, that's why you gotta stick with the awful results at the start, but you will learn and notice progress as you practice. Alternatively, I can suggest playing Freelancer SP at least, it is a great game and should give you at least SOME practice. I doubt the price is more than a few bucks. And for the end, read this: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=737470 and this: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=729222 (whole threat would be prefferable, but it is quite long and quite a bit of advanced stuff there, so not really mandatory) and if you still have questions, this: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=741384 And, of course, find a skilled pilot (from your own observation, aces list on these forums... whatever you like) and ask questions, ask them to fly with you, ask them to explain things to you, I'm pretty sure most wouldn't mind teaching.