Discovery Mod: Balance Issues

[Zynth]

Gunboats are allright as they're right now. You say they've no nemesis, that shows you've never tried to fight a cruiser on a GB. Cruisers are made to slay GBs, and they do it really nice. The problem is that there're some skilled GB pilots, and a very few who can fly a cruiser properly.

The main problem isn't Gunboats having no nemesis. The problem is that Gunboats have a nemesis that is highly restricted and cannot be used by most trading factions.

Gunboats are now widely used for piracy. Corps can't counter with a Cruiser cause they cannot have access to it. The navy can't help escort if the trader is heading into another house due to laws on Capital ship restrictions.

Because it should be possible to flush out a pirate roadblock with some police units and it should not require the 3rd Mountain Armored Division.

And yes, why does a pirate gunboat roadblock require military intervention in the form of a capital ship? It's just plain strange.

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My suggestion is to reduce thruster speed on gunboats to that around transport levels. The gunboat has the same thruster speed as a snub, which makes little sense since a gunboat is about 10 times the size of a snub. Reducing it will give fighters and bombers a fighting chance in taking it down and remove the "Thrust away and turret zoom" tactic that normally overpowers fighters and bombers with little effort.

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