GB balancing for 4.87

[Ursus]

so if what people SAID was TRUE - then all it will do it give the snubs around twice the time to survive until the inevitable death, cause it does not change the "in-win" ship - it just increases the duration of their demise.

Jinx, thruster speed difference means that snubs only die if they stay around. This is why a group of 3 snubs can kill a gunboat now, they can weave in and out of danger zone, thrusting to shield run every few seconds. IOW, gunboats are point defense, area-denial, DO NOT STAY NEAR ME. Twice as long to kill means the snubbies can hang around the gunboat twice as long before they have to shield run. IOW the snubs can shoot at the target for twice as long. Gunboat vs 2 is stupid fight in that scenario, snubs will never die since they can just up and leave with twice the flex time.

The only way you can balance that back to the design intention is to increase thruster speed on the gunboat so it can chase the snubs that are shield-running.

Otherwise GBs will only be useful for solo-killing cargo ships, or you and a buddy teaming up on a newbie cruiser.

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