(Poll) Integrating nanobots for cruisers/gunboats

[Tenacity]

Some time ago, battlecruisers and battleships had their nanobots removed, and the equivalent amount of repair capacity added to the ship's base hull. This was, from what I've heard, done primarily to help the new repair ship beams, but also prevents these ships (more in the case of BCs, and less in BSs) from being insta-killed due to an overwhelming alpha strike against their hull.

The problem is, the same treatment wasnt made for smaller caps. Right now, most cruisers with less than a cap 6 armor upgrade (and even light cruisers with heavier upgrades) can still be one shot by a battlecruiser or battleship using multiple mortars. Granted, it doesnt happen super often when dealing with battleships, but because battlecruisers can easily keep up with the speed of a cruiser, while having longer ranged weaponry, it starts to become an issue - one mistake, and the cruiser finds himself going from 100% hull to smoldering wreck because of a triple mortar strike.

Gunboats as well have the same issue, except IMO it's worse for them because they have to get extremely close to other cap ships to deal damage. They're harder to hit, sure, but it only takes one heavy mortar or a couple light mortars to mop up a gunship instantly once deshielded.


The end result is that these ships dont 'feel' like capships. Realistically no multi-crew warship should be getting completely annihilated in one hit. The same reasoning was put behind the SNAC nerf because bombers were one shotting other snubs.

I'd like to see the same nanobot integration treatment added for both gunboats and cruisers. Vote if you agree or disagree.

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