Do you think making SNAC useless vs snubs was a good idea?

[Sand-Viper]

I've been mulling this one over and thinking about it for a while, and I believe I'm ready to give my own input.

Despite having been here periodically over the course of 11 years, with SNACs being more or less the same in terms of how they function, I'm honestly glad to see a bold move like this. I think the tweaks made yesterday to the initial SNAC change were a sound call; even against transports, it made sense in my mind for a SNAC to be dealing full damage. Now that the damage nerf is applied simply to fighters/freighters/bombers, I think it's in a decent spot.

I will admit that over the course of time, it was immensely satisfying to land a SNAC hit on an unshielded fighter. Conversely, it was also immensely frustrating to spend 30 minutes whittling someone down, only for them to get a lucky hit in with 10% hull/no regens remaining. I also never truly touched the SHF class, in fear of having that one person in a bomber come along and SNAC me 2 minutes into the fight, thus rendering my Cap 6 useless.

I haven't been into snubs much lately, although I have found myself yearning. The adrenaline rush is usually too much for me, but perhaps I might fair better in an SHF. Now that I don't have the anxiety of potentially encountering a one-shotting SNAC looming over me, I might just give it a shot.

Edit: This is also a considerable buff to freighters such as the Grizzly and Bactrian which are stronger at being used as pseudo-SHFs than as Turret Steering machines.

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