Cruiser Balance

[ScornStar]

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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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.

Hmmm. Well I'm jealous cause as far as I know I never hit you with anything but missles and nomad turrets. You are on powerthirst in your bombers. However the Harvesters are now takeing power thirst as a requirment.

I dont use battle razors but many of our members do.

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I would consider myself a medium pilot in criusers and gunboats since I own currently 3 criusers and 2 gunboats, I have other ships too but these are my caps.

I have flown these criusers for almost everyday for comeing on a year. I must say, that I find few who are as passionate about the criuser class as I. They are pure fun for me. I can agree some complaints do come from the frustrated folks in a new ship they cant handle to its fullest yet. But I will be bold and say I am not one.

I am just recommending that we balance these ships with new pilots as the piloting factor, with which we measure by. Since we all know that experience can push an envelope of any craft to many times its statisical value. How ever the balance should be set at the starting line not at the pro level.

This is the idea I'm attempting to put out there. Then again one may say how does one fully test something useing folks who may not comfortably know how to use every function? My answer, get fighter jocks in caps to test and cap jocks in fighters. Both are experienced to give an analysis, yet both will have the noob abilities in the give ship class.

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