Old balance issues

[mjolnir]

Could Missile turrets on capital ships use ammo instead of energy?

I would say that lot of people have recently been abusing them in capships...

basically they mount 4 or more turrets on a gunboat or... 6 on a Battlecruiser...and then go around to hunt fighters.... either for bounty or for fun... since they are in a capship it ensures they survive for some time... enough time to get a lucky hit on one of the fighters/bombers attacking them. It's ok for me... the problem is that they can do this indefinitely...an agile fighter fully loaded with missiles can be dangerous as well...but his ammo will run out... fast.

If capship turrets get ammo then this will be reduced.. because say 4 turrets will:
1. Eat the ammo fast (but of course you can have different types... but then their the missiles fly different... so they don't hit that often)

2. If the missiles are priced somewhere between cannonball and Nova torpedo... it will get expensive.

3. They can still be used as "support weapons" mounting 1-2 turrets on a ship as they should be.

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