GB forward guns

[mjolnir]

EDIT: See post # 16


GBs with forward guns should be more anti-cap specialized and a bit worse for shooting fighters/bombers. This is mostly reflected by them having one less forward firing turret(Liberty GB is an exception and unbalanced - see the GB balance thread).

Problem is that right now it's much better to mount some cerbs/infernos for the anti-cap business since they can shoot anywhere, while the forward guns have a very limited firing arc and they also have a better range. Yes forward guns are more energy effective, but the difference is not that big.

GBs with forward guns are also mostly much less agile. (Kusari GB is an exception here, but it has only 4 forward firing turrets)

When fighting a stronger Capship a GB needs to dodge or stay at range most of the time.

Now the Forward guns don't really do that much damage and have only 1400m range ( Cerbs/Infernos/Razors have 2000m). They also have 1.00 refire and do only moderate damage per shot.

To make them (and the Slow GBs) more competetive I suggest the following:

- Decrease all forward gun refire rate to 1/2 or 1/4 of the current one (1.00)
- Make them deal 2 or 4 times (or something in between) more damage, energy use should be increased accordingly as well
- Increase their range to 2000m

All this while keeping the limited firing arcs (on some slow GBs they are VERY limited)


The GBs that will be affected by this:

Kusari
Liberty (with 1 less turret than it has now)
Rheinland
Bretonia
Dragon
Orca

Now most people would agree that these are not exactly overpowered right now. In fact most people would say that Rogue GB, IMG GB and Corsair GB are all better than these.

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