I´m occasionally playing Starfighter and for me it is after each update less SW and more regular FPS (nobody can consider this seriously as space fighter simulation, not even as attempt). Gunships are snipers and bombers are engineers, starfighters are just grunts with low impact on final result. Which is really sad, because there are lots of FPS but I would like to play online something like was X-Wing vs TIE fighter.
How can you feel like in SW universe, when space is filled with camping gunships and bombers? SW space fights are supposed to be build on classical dogfights.
Current Gunships sniping other ships from distance are completly outside whole universe. Basis for gunships is good - heavily armored, well armed but slow and with low maneuverability. But where they took sniping?? It is SW, all are shooting at short distance and even so they have problem to hit anything (even if we put the immortality of the main heroes away).
Bombers are now main damage dealers. Just load out drones and they will do its job . Bombers? Really? Seems like all SW movies, books, comics etc. have it wrong. They were using bombers for bombing of ground units or attacking main ships. But in fact they are perfect for shooting down fighters with drones
If you want bombers so bad, make main ships moving thru space battlefield. Bombers will be only ships able to effectively stop them. Therefore it will be priority to shoot down bombers of other side and simultaneously protect your own bombers. If none side will have pilots flying with bombers, it can be piloted just by computer. That will be nothing new, since drones are already independent now.
Please, make Starfighter again little more SW and less ordinary FPS.
I'm wondering if some players have same feeling about this game or it is just me.