dab you have right the container has a bigger firepower but only little thing.no cd.so every enemy npc around stop you.and is not hard stop container(thats why i cange it for firefly,because i was stopped every 3 minutes.)
about the speed i agree,liners not need speed but decrease cargo.you say its like presidents limo.yes limos carrying vip.but where you can see limo full of diamands or full of niobium or other things?i thing nowhere.and you say limo has escort,but where in sirius you see liners with escort?(i dont mean rp players but traders.)only what i see is liner full of cargo going from one point to another and back.liners are not trade ships,but liners.and you see its not hard to pirate liner in fighter,lux liner with armor upgrade 8 (i thing all have it) has 550 000 armor +shield. when you have on fighter disrtuptor,you can not have shieldbuster(mini razor or inferno) so how long you think you need to destroy 100 000 shield(with rechahrging) and 550 000 armor? when the traders still move?and he can fire back and still moving.i think you need some time for doing this.and you say this:
urthermore, how can you argue and complain about a ship you've never flown, never want to fly, never would do any RP connected to it, or even testing it beyond looking at numbers, which don't show everything. I've had my RP Liner for about a year now.
noone from us is saying something again rp liner players.but about players that carrying clasic cargo in them.without any rp or something and when i ask them private why liner and not trade ship.answer is always because is it stronger and has better shield.thats all what they say.i dont think liners are bad ships,but as a trader why the hell i will have liner and not trade ship?liner should carying passengers,vip,or prisoners.but not other cargo as others trade ships...
that is my opinion