Missile boats

[AdamantineFist]

I personally have no problem with it. It's up to the person flying it what to put on their ship. Sure, it makes you pretty ineffective against big things, but you become great against smaller ships. I myself have a Kusari explorer with four missile turrets and three guns, and was contemplating adding another missile turret because, although I don't intend to go around fighting people, I also don't intend to ever fight any large ships with it, ever. If I encounter anything bigger than a bomber, I'm running. The whole point of that loadout for me is to stop fighters/bombers from taking out my ship. Anything bigger and I'd be running from it anyways, as the Kusari Explorer isn't a very good gunboat. It's big, easy to hit, and not very maneuverable.

The fifth turret slot is empty because it's rear-fire only, and thus essentially useless.

Put another missile turret on it. You might be able to get it to track fighters if you know what you're doing.



EDIT: I think I should note that one of the Explorer's turrets (a missile turret, for me), has an arc that prevents it firing straight forwards, so I often have to aim a bit to the side to get it to work.

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