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So I decided to get a gunboat - Pancakes - 03-27-2012
I saw people asking about pirating in here, so here is my advice:
-Get Freelancer ID and buy a Bretonian liner.
-Fly to Trafalgar and buy pirate ID
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So I decided to get a gunboat - AeternusDoleo - 03-27-2012
If you're feeling suicidal, get an IMG funboat (sun).
So I decided to get a gunboat - Blodo - 03-27-2012
Two words: Hessian gunboat. If you want a challenge that is.
So I decided to get a gunboat - Syrus - 03-27-2012
GBs really need to be rebalanced.
Some are ok as they are - like the light-destroyer-like humongous Bret GB: very good arcs, a lot of guns, usefull forward gun, thick armor - but a huge flying brick. A good GB killer, but quite an easy target for most bombers.
Others, like the Rheinland GB, seriously lack firepower for their size or agility: it has only 2 turrets to some sides, while being as slow as the Bret GB, weaker than the Bret GB, having less guns overall, having a quite useless forward gun and having a broad side to be shot at.
Then there are gunboats like the corsair gunboat - a lot of turrets, good coverage by those, medium armor, but very slow. The outcast gunboat is quite the same, but has less energy, which doesn't matter that much on turretsteering gunboats anyway.
Other gunboats, have very good turret coverage, a front torpedo and very good turning, while having a medium armor and a hard to hit hull - that'd be the Asco btw.
You want a suggestion for a gunboat? I can't give you one. I'm thinking about it myself, as I would love to buy me a nice one. But the good ones are unlawful: Tridente, Imperator, Asco...the Bretonia GB is a good lawful one, I heard the Liberty GB is still ok ...
I'm thinking about the IMG gunboat, but I'm pretty sure it lacks firepower to make up for it's low agility, as it has some arcs (big ones) only sporting 2 or 3 turrets...