I agree. I had similar thoughts about bombers.
- A bomber, in my opinion, should never be brought down in the direct climb from enemy side. Some heavy bombers can not climb, so their high spawn doesn’t mean anything if enemy strike/interceptors can intercept a bomber before it drops the bomb load. It is just a coin toss. Some heavy bombers have payload for 3 base bombing, so diving down for a hope of destroying one base and running back doesn’t make sense. I support heavy bombers having even higher altitudes.
- Bomber playstyle is the most stale one. Your all hope is being left alone and bombing some ground targets. No sane bomber returns to base, knowing that it will take at least 12 minute to safely land, reload and get some medium altitude safe from ground AA. But landing is not rewarding if enemy has the air control. Bomber should affect the game more directly, in a way but I don’t know how. Maybe respawn them at mid altitude after repair/rearm? Who knows.