I enjoy larger fleet battles with extensive front-lines and all kinds of cruisers and capitals skirmishing back and forth in the center, while destroyers and frigates are skirmishing at the flanks. Meanwhile I usually keep my carriers behind the center line, so that they can assist in pushing the center line. As such, I usually employ bombers, with the occasional interceptor/fighter mixed in if I'm lacking for anything else.
Now, although Daggers and Khopesh are quite fine choices, I pretty much like the area denial effect of the Piranha and the Flash Bombers. My only issue is the way they release their bombs. As the bombs have quite a long lifespan, they begin releasing them from quite far away. While they have some consideration for friendly ships, they don't seem to mind the player's ship's position that much. I prefer to use sluggish ships in larger engagements, like the Dominator or the Onslaught, which can tank quite some damage, however with my engines being bombed to smithereens, floating into the middle of enemy lines is not all that useful for life expectancy.
Normally I can sort of work around this, with making a gap in the front between my lines and that of the enemy, but it's not always feasible.
In conclusion, my suggestion would be to restrict when Piranha and Flash Bombers can release their bombs, so that they don't propel the player's flagship into the enemy.
I could not find topics with the same issue, so qurious if anyone else has had this experience?
