Gunboats balance

[mjolnir]

You could always use a Universal upgrade... It only goes to 2.5, but... It doesn't take up much cargo space... maybe 10 units?

With universal armor the BHG gunship dies to one Supernova... which Ripper found out in Alpha yesterday. So yes.. with that one it's not uber.

That's why I put it as one of the two suggestions in the first post of the thread.

1. Loose 1 turret
or
2. Lower the cargo space so that it can't use capship armor.

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Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.

[Dab]

Oh heck, missed the BHG GB.. Mjolner is completely right on this one.. One tip: READ THE ARMOR VALUE.. Its the best GB.. If it had at least 70k armor.. 55k is very very low. The Kusari destroyer, the one with the 2nd best agility in the mod, and smallest shape, has 95k.. Thats a 40k difference. Nearly half the armor.. Most GBs have 100-115k now.. Can't be hit easily with an SN.. Can be killed very easily when it hits..

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[Eppy]

As a Kusari Destroyer whore I must say it is very annoying to come up against a gunboat and lose, whereas you can shoot damn near anybody in a Destroyer out of the sky 1vs1 any day of the week...gunboats should be anti-fighter ships (and bombers, even more!) IMHO. Give them really fast low-damage guns and a powercore nerf.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.

[Jwnantze]

Um, eppy, currently one bomber or 2 vhfs can kill a gb, with all things beign nuetral, and you want to nerf them so your cruiser can own? Upgrade the frikin cruiser, not nerf the gbs.

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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for. -Elizabeth Elliott

[frozen]

Um, eppy, currently one bomber or 2 vhfs can kill a gb, with all things beign nuetral, and you want to nerf them so your cruiser can own? Upgrade the frikin cruiser, not nerf the gbs.

yeah. there IS a word called UPGRADE, instead of NERF ya know... dont need to nerf everything that u dont fly eh?:P

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[Dab]

Kusari Destroyer does need an upgrade, thats for sure.. Though its not as bad as you say Eppy.. Its probably your loadout.. If done correctly you should be able to take down any GB 1v1. 2 GBs isn't likely to happen though, which is one more reason it needs an upgrade.. Any other cruiser can take out 2 GBs, Kusari one can't.

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[McNeo]

*dutifully points to the Bret destroyer, BHG destroyer and Talarca*

Three more to add to that list that need some kind of upgrade, though im skeptical about the BHG dessie needing one.

But, the Bret destroyer needs MUCH more of a upgrade than any other destroyer ever will.

Battlecruiser armour here we come!

[Dopamino]

With universal armor the BHG gunship dies to one Supernova... which Ripper found out in Alpha yesterday. So yes.. with that one it's not uber.

That's why I put it as one of the two suggestions in the first post of the thread.

1. Loose 1 turret
or
2. Lower the cargo space so that it can't use capship armor.

If it even dies with one SN with universal armor, then why would you want to nerf it? I doubt anyone (okay, maybe frozen:P) would put cap 8 on a gunship, so there's not much of a problem there.

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[AdamantineFist]

If it even dies with one SN with universal armor, then why would you want to nerf it? I doubt anyone (okay, maybe frozen:P) would put cap 8 on a gunship, so there's not much of a problem there.

Well, if you're gonna be using it, and you have the money handy, then you might as well. Or if you really, really love your GS, and want to pay BS money for some armour, then go ahead. Doesn't seem all too bad an idea to me, when it seems like if you had that then you'd completely destroy everything you encounter.

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[Jihadjoe]

*dutifully points to the Bret destroyer, BHG destroyer and Talarca*

Three more to add to that list that need some kind of upgrade, though im skeptical about the BHG dessie needing one.

But, the Bret destroyer needs MUCH more of a upgrade than any other destroyer ever will.

Battlecruiser armour here we come!

On the subject of cruisers, what on earth shall we do about the Huntress? I have taken one out solo in my Rogue GB by staying behind it. It turns like a stoned sloth as far as I can tell and has almost no firepower to speak of at all.

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