GB forward guns

[Jinx]

its a bit a question of a philosophy about gunboats. - for one... back before the scorpion... one would say that the house GBs are generally more advanced. - and to show such an advantage, - they featured an efficient foreward gun - a weapon that can easily rip a nomad gunboat ( NPC ) apart - and more efficient than two cerberus guns can do. - the gunboats energy replenishes extremely fast ( compared to any other capital ship - i think battleships need up to 3 minutes to fill their energy up, gunboats do it in 5 seconds )

now - if we think that a gunboat with a specialized gun is to be treated somewhat advanced - i agree that the gun should be improved as it is a marking, a characteristic of such a gunboat - and the gunboats give up a lot of "allround ability" for it ( except the liberty GB )

with that thought in mind, it is indeed strange that a gunboat like the corsairs or the scorpion can easily outdamage a house gunboat by using more turrets over a gun that defines the class.

but that thought would have applied only to the times when we "only" had the corsair gunboat that was a mini destroyer. - the corsairs might have been considered behind in weapontechnology - so it would have been logical to improve the house gunboats in order to keep their place on top of the gunboats. - now we have the scorpion - and since the common believe is that nomads / wilds are vastly superior... it would be strange to see a wild gunboat that is similar to a rather weaker gunboat compared to the house gunboats - namely the corsair GB.

furthermore the corsair GB / scorpion are called "capkillers" while the smaller GBs like the BHG gunship is rather a fighter / bomber killer.

right now - it is my believe that 8 guns were always too much for a gunboat. - 6 should have been the absolute maximum, but there we go - there is no way to turn it back. - so how can the weakest gunboat with a foreward gun ( kusari ) make up for it and get back to the top of the gunboat technology. improving the gun is a way - but this ship might easily become overpowered. - the corsair / scorpion have a ton of armour, but they are both not exactly hard to hit from even a juggernauts far distant camera turret view. - the kusari GB though is really quite small ( still a lot less dangerous than any bomber and less agile - safe the barghest )

lets think of what could happen - if the guns were improved to 2000 meters ( which i agree is a good plan ) - the gunboats could sit at a distance of 1.5k and fire away - while easily dodging the battleships guns at that distance. - since they need no other weaponry to fight off a capital ship, they can equip all missiles. - so ... even a fightercover will have trouble with 2 gunboats - and the battleship has no chance to get to them to improve its accuracy - cause the gunboats can ... due to thrusters ... always keep the distance. ( however - that is basicly what i think that feels "right" - i gotto admit - however, without heavy escort ( in that case a destroyer at least ) - the battleship wouldn t have a great chance )

so while the suggested changes are logical and i would say by all means plausible, i m a bit worried about how it affects the bigger ships like the BCs without thrusters and battleships. - a 1200ms projectile won t hurt a gunboat at maximum gun range much. - and in a team, if a gunboat looses its shields, it can fall back to replanish its shields while the other takes its place ( effectivly shieldrunning, but it doesn t count in a team )

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