Ok... ship balancing

[AdamantineFist]

I'd have to agree with you on almost every single point. I think that the gunboat primaries should be more of a 5.88 refire, as I think that that is actually a more effective refire in terms of damage (and looks cooler), but 8.33 is fine as well. Not 10.00, I don't think, that's just a bit too fast. 8.33 is fast enough, in my opinion, and you have to remember that lots of high refire weapons at once lead to lag problems, so I'd say that 8.33 should be the upper limit on refire rates.

For damage on gunboats, if it's 5.88, then I'd say 550-600 damage per shot. For 8.33, then maybe about 400 damage per shot?

Capship hulls need a definite boost (with the possible exception of gunboats), and if so, then the shields need a major nerf.

As for gunboat range... say 1400m for the primaries?

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