' Wrote:... it does seem a little silly that a lone pirate should be able to take down (what should be) a heavily armed and armored transport without backup.
They are not. A correctly piloted medium transport can fight any single snub on even grounds (except light fighters, they're impossible to hit.)
5k transports with guns can simply continue on their way while hosing into the pirate's general direction to keep him busy.
Transports without guns are piloted by people who bought them on purpose.
' Wrote:Transports indeed need a defense-buff.
If you have that feeling, just try training your transport-skills. Train them as much as you train other skills and you will get just as good with your transport as you are with every other ship.
' Wrote:Yes indeed, some are just awefully easy to destroy.
But I think they should be buffed in terms of powercore and amount of weapons. However, I do not want to have a lot of Transports being able to destroy GBs solo.
I think the BW Transport is a good example to orientate at.
Yes, some fighters are equally easy to destroy. It's those with the untrained pilots. Buffing anything won't help a bit. People just have to know how to use their equipment.
The BWT is a really bad example. The turrets have bad firing-arcs for defense and the entire ship turns so slow that you have to fly it like a 5k in case of an attack. The entire front row of turrets is completely useless in case of a snubcraft attack. People who fly them do it because they like the ship's looks, not the combat-value.
' Wrote:for those who missed it: the moral of it all is ----> traders with teeth are fun for pirates. - within reason.
