Gunboat Balance

[McNeo]

Gunboat missiles own fighters if you use them correctly, and on a agile destroyer (BHG destroyer, Kusari destroyer) the same tactic works against fighters too. I did it to Dab and Razr while they were in RT's against my BHG destroyer. Mind you, I had to work very hard to stay alive and every dodge counted. However, I played defensively when my shield was down (not shield thrusting, it doesn't work in a cap...) and I eventually managed to come out on top.

If missiles did damage to capital ships, other than the kusari gunboat which has an insane weakness to them, then I am sure they would be used more. However, their large energy consumption (rightly so, it takes a lot of energy to fabricate matter...) and slow rate of fire nullify them in this role. Still, the GB ones are good against fighters.

GB's, apart from the Cerbs are good now. I just thing Gunships should be given GB stats with their only advantage being small size, for which they lose armour for.