What carriers should be for a healthy EvE
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I've posted about this multiple times including in my run for CSM but feel it needs posting again after the missed opportunity at fanfest and the new ships.
The job in EvE that the carrier SHOULD HAVE had is the job completely taken by the HAW Dread. They should be the answer to BC/BS fleets, and the escalation point to then drop dreads as a counter. Sadly with that genie out of the bottle there is a major hurdle to overcome.
Light fighters should fill that roll. Space superiority fighters should apply to drones/fighters/cruisers.
They should have a weakness hole to frigs/destroyers as they do need some support. (Smartbombs would fill this gap for PvE ratting)
The escalation chain should look like this:
Sub cap fleet -> Carrier -> Dread -> more dreads or supers
Thry should support a dread/super fleet that is bashing and be used as a cover fleet to assist in defending them.
Sadly because the HAW dreads exists....carriers are lost and confused.
All that said, implementing the above changes and then adding the new T2 stuff to them, IMHO, would make both the T1 and T2 carriers useful and more than acceptable for both standard ratting, Ckrab beacons, and PvP, not just a suitcase
EDIT:
Also i would have no issue if you added the "Fighters/Space Sup Fighters do 50% less damage to dreads" to "balance" this all out. That way massed carriers can defend against a dread ball to some extent AND they can still wrestle with PvE Dreads but won't completely replace them in any way.