I get a kick out of the A> "Fear of Change" crowd. God forbid if you'd have to adjust your game play a wee bit because the Lancs and their 14k bomb load was not available; and B> "Bombers are so easy to kill" crowd. Perhaps, but how often do the bombers get shot down prior to dropping payload? The ability of a flight of heavy bombers to bring up the white flag, take out multiple hangers, and/or a combination of both, sink CV's easily, etc, etc, should be well noted. It is their offensive capability that should be measured, not their defensive capability. Just as in the real deal the mission planners were thinking destruction, not how easily they'd get shot down. That is what escort fighters are for.
I've vouched for a lower ENY and/or a slight perk price to the 3-4 most devastating heavy bombers in the game. It would make the bomb-n-bail crowd think twice about bailing; stop the turn on a dime and lose the drones crowd as they circle a field; and it would hopefully make the stuka-hvy bomber crowd hesitate before diving in to a CV, over a gv spawn, etc/ Something like a 5 for Lancs, 4 for B24's, and 3 for B17's. Maybe even a 1 or 2 for B26's, the jury is still out on that one.
What else do we spend bomber perks on?
