Revert cruiser slots changes

[Antonio]

I understand. But then I have to say, with the main BC gun as it is now, it's a kiting only game against most other classes.
Against GBs, none of the Cruiser guns are viable unless the GB gets really close to your face. The kiting gun is the most useful among all available options, yet still only if the GB is somewhat close and is chasing you.
Against Cruisers, if the opponent is an experienced player, they can just keep at their max shooting distance and slowly kill you. The cruiser can easily outmaneuver all available cruiser weapons when the BC is charging. Spamming missiles is probably the best option in this case, and yet if the opponent is experienced, they'd still figure their way around it. The heavy gun is the most useful, but again only when the cruiser chases you and gets closer to you. And well if you stop charging and turn to use your main gun, they can just stay away until you're left with no option but to charge them again.

I highly suggest you try the new snap aim button under Options -> Controls -> Multiplayer -> Toggle Reticle Snap. It's a game changer when fighting equal or smaller ships than you. When I playtested cruisers against Haste's BC he was hitting light mortars on me before I even got a reticle on him with my guns on max range, meaning BCs can very much hit cruisers now from the cruiser's max range, with both the cruiser heavies and the BC heavy. It's simply a matter of learning the new "easy blindfire" mechanic.

All cap players should learn it, not just cruiser enjoyers. The larger the ship the more applicable it is, meaning it's the most important on battleships as you will be using it against all classes. It's arguably the largest stealth buff big caps got in 5.1.

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