GB forward guns

[Jinx]

you cannot make a GBs gun do as much damage as a supernova cause a GBs power replenishes from zero to full in less than 10 seconds, while it takes twice as much for a bomber.

furthermore, - as it was described, two gunboats can easily rip a bigger ship apart by doing the legal shield running ( falling back in turns when the shield is low ) - they are too strong in both hull strength and shield strength to be given a weapon of such power.

the very maximum a gunboat gun should do is something like 40.000 - but only when the projectile was slowed down so that the gunboat has to either get close to the target - or needs someone that has the attention of the target. ( like fighters / bombers ) while the gunboat is doing the artillery job.

so the suggestion is not only to balance out damage and refire / energy - but also the proj. speed.

the basic GB should be the one we have now..

the powerful version should be at lesat 30% slower, twice the damage and twice the energy needed at greater refire rate. - either that or quad the energy use ( like the ratio from a basic gun to a cerberus ) - but keep the refire rate - so one can do bursts but draining the energy quickly.

in all cases, the energy of the GB must be rebalanced so it does not refill so quickly. - the range of such a gun could be 2000 - however, even if the projectile speed was down to 200ms - it would need balancing and testing, especially the two GB vs. 1 big target ... if there is actually a chance to fight the GB off.

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