How about we COMPLETELY redesign gunboats!?

[Lythrilux]

Gunboats cannot be balanced. They are in the middle of all ship classes.

Which is why I suggest splitting them into two classes.

If they preform good vs snubs it means that they would be overpowered against the caps.

I don't see your point, with my method I make it so that Gunships are deadmeat against Heavy gunboats and capitals. They're just effective against snubs, which is what a snub killer should be.

If you want to balance them the whole balance should be based on shield reflection.

I don't understand what you mean by this. Do you mean altering the shield stats?

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