Junker Gunship

[TLI-Inferno]

So are we talking about cookie cutters ( having best combo ) or fitting the role ( role playing )?

Sirian Junkers have very good relations with Bretonia and can use the Shire transport. Besides, Junkers rarely pirate in the first place, so measuring their ships based on how well they can pirate is pointless, but I will say the Salvager can't pirate worth a darn with no CD and less firepower than most transports, while also flying at only 139 m/s compared to other transports which fly at 149-159 m/s.

Still, I don't see why anyone would make the claim that the "Salvager is balanced because it is good for pirating". Pretty much any transport is better for pirating. Even the Pirate Transport, which costs hardly anything, is better in combat than the current Salvager and has pretty close to the same amount of cargo. The Salvager has 7 turrets, it can fire 6 forwards and 6 backwards. It has a light gunboat power core, so it cannot support those turrets very well. This is a major issue with basic gunboat turrets being nerfed into oblivion, forcing gunboats to use the other turrets which cost a lot more power, more power than a salvager can effectively provide. Meanwhile there are many other transports with similar cargo that are faster and have a lot more firepower. The salvager is the slowest-flying transport in the game right now, and it even has less firepower than most other transports. 7 Gunboat turrets is really only about 10% better than 7 transport turrets at the moment, which is nowhere near enough firepower for a ship that size, especially considering how much it costs.