Gunboat Balance

[Jinx]

and again, i d point out that - if every ship bigger or equal to a gunboat/ship had no shields, but only hull, it would balance itself. ( provided we got rid of the "suicide-insurence" )

if a gunboat took damage for each shot it takes, it would be direct cash + the risk to get equipment damaged. that way, only fighters could be used for rediculous attacks untill their shields are down. any capship might still be tough to kill - but at least it would make the pilots / factions think twice to deploy them.

( advantage is that even fighters play a vital role in a capship combat then, by targetting and destroying subsystems like turrets, that they currently cannot do )

example. a gunboat with a full cerberus loadout wouldn t go against a battleship - and to ensure it - it might be coded that equipment can only be damaged when the armor is 50% or less. then a gunboat would risk heavy damage by a few well placed or lucky shots, while the battleship could take its time.

but anyway, that won t happen and i don t see a problem with gunboats anyway. most pilots on the server are average ( .... ) and only a few can push the gunboats to a limit. nerfing the gunboats so that those pusing it to the limit cannot use them this way anymore means the average pilots will be crippled even harder.

( oh, and i know how hard a gunboat is to hit for a battleship - but i also think that a brilliant pilot can do much more with an average ship than a bad pilot with a brilliant ship. - freelancer is less simulation and tactic and much more 1st-person shooter. its about a feeling for yourself and whats around you - its about perception and good reflexes - some people have more of this, some have less.

i just know so much - when i fly a gunboat, i m usually loosing ( every one on one fight that i won was a great feeling - due to its rareness ) - mind you, it was not the ships fault, cause i know that others did much better with the same ship.

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