Community Input: Heavy Fighters, Light Fighters

[Karst]

Regarding HFs, convert the current, horribly balanced Sunrider to a Moldy Crow replacement. No. It already fits the requirements: massive for a fighter, seven gun hardpoints, even a broadly similar shape.
Simply change all hardpoints to class 8, change shield and other equipment, drastically reduce hull and bb count, and give it turn speed faster than the Liberator. There's simply no way it can work as a slow ship because slow+huge is not a viable concept.

Otherwise - I don't see a big problem with HFs as a concept, some are just much better at their role than others.
Yes, they're very similar to VHFs but is that really a problem? They're faster and usually smaller without sacrificing much firepower, at the cost of shield and hull.
Some of the bigger ones could probably do with a buff of some sort, speed maybe, or even core.

Kinda the same situation with LFs honestly, I don't see them as having a problem in general.
They're just a fighter class with more pronounced strengths and weaknesses than the heavier ones.

Again the main issue is poor balancing within the class, mainly due to size differences. Big LFs are really quite bad at the moment and need an adjustment. More core, or a little more survivability, or even more guns would be interesting.

Perhaps move more HFs, if not all of them, to the 'utility' loadouts possible on ships like Carabela, Loki. As Lyth pointed out, without some sort of perk they're just VHFs with slightly better turn and worse stats.

For the love of anything, please do not do this. Those ships suck and there's too many of them already.

(maybe I'll come up with something more interesting when my brain is no longer kill)

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