Cruiser Balance

[mjolnir]

Scornstar two days ago you (or someone else who was on the Harvester cruiser at that moment) hit me in the BHG bomber with Cruiser Razor 3 times... and I did dodge.

It's not difficult really... pure timing.

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You really cant compare the kusari destroyer to the other cruisers out there. The thing manuvers like a damn gunboat and has a small profile to boot.

Problems is you need turn towards the enemy all the time, in Kusari dessie against BS you:
1. thrust to it's side
2. turn at least a bit towards it
3. go to turret view and fire mortar while straffing
or 4. turn to face it and fire while straffing

in a normal cruiser that can fire backwards you can:
1. stay in front of the BS with you rear toward it
2. fire mortars while straffing
3. hit thruster if needed (the BS comes towards you)

The simplest counter to the Kusari dessie is a CD, anything that can CD its turns wins.

EDIT: and about the "norm" to this day I saw around FIVE people that could fly a cruiser. The other 99% cruiser captains just can't fly it at all.
Mostly they are fresh powertraders who want something "better" than GB but don't have money for BS. So their first ship is a Cruiser and they get owned by (at least average) GB and bomber pilots. Then they go around saying how cruiser are crap... when it's themselves who were crap when they flew it.
I'm not saying Cruisers are perfect.. they need some changes, but most of them should be done on the GB side of the equation.

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