Rescaling the Kusari Destroyer

[Markam]

Continuing from the points I alluded to; the very fact of the matter is, the majority of fights seen involving the destroyer wind down to 1v1 with another destroyer, or two bombers taking down a lone Kusari Destroyer, the main issue is when it expands out of this narrow but common set of circumstances. The size then becomes something of a ridiculous thing.

I say this issue is most common with the Gunboat, which truly is the size of a heavy bomber, with the stats of an average gunboat and not say, the BHG gunship, along with a forward gun. These two cases of ships basically acting like a ship twice their size can indeed feel weird to many people. They have indeed, as I've said, been mostly given a run over in terms of balance, it doesn't totally remove the inherent issue with being so unaturally small, an issue which I've found is most visable in group fights and attempts at evasion. These are my personal observations with a long history of dealing with these ships and having amicable relationships with those that use them.

Generally this is quite common for balance, the Praetorian and Snubnose were both incredibly small, and very hard to hit in a group fight, but balancing them in a 1v1 situation was a different story; both were subsequently nerfed in agilty, likewise the Roc while weak in group fights was like a VHF in 1v1, and that was as well nerfed. So everything while balanced, can not be balanced overall all the time; balance is not infallible so don't treat it as such.

Edit; I'll be honest, I've never felt invincible flying any destroyer vs Battleships, infact it has been quite stressful and damage has been quite painful at times, I've seen some LN siege cruisers take some pain likewise. It can be skill in evasion and keeping your distance, but the Kusari Destroyer really doesn't have to try hard with it's size, is my point. Except extreme close up, it is near untouchable; unlike most destroyers.