Gunboats

[Seth Karlo]

I've thought about this a lot, and have come up with the following:

VHF's are supposed to be good against Bombers, and yet Bombers can mount 4 codes and fire them continuosly without energy issues, and have mines to shake off pursuers.

Solution? Change Bomber's to have one CD and one Class 6 Turret slot. MAke the Turret slot to only be able to fire forwards, and change SNAC's, MR's and Inferno's to Class 6 turrets. Now, make SNAC's, MR's and Inferno's take up about the same % of energy as now, but from a VHF powercore. Change the bombers to have VHF powercores, and now Bomber's have their Anti-Cap weapons only they can use, and yet arn't so good against fighters. Possibly also remove Mine slot.

Gunboats good against VHF's.

Possibly slow down Gunboat weaponry, making it easier for VHF's to dodge. Have gunboat's specialise against Bombers by having their slow weapons better against the slower bombers than against the faster VHF's.

HF's weak against VHF's: Give HF's twin mines, and perhaps faster impulse speed, allowing them to really give VHF's a run for their money.

LF's weak against all: Give LF's twin thrusters, giving them speed that just can't be rivalled. Should make them more powerful.

Cruiser's and Battleships are pretty equally balanced, except against each other imo, I dislike the fact you have to have a HM to win a battle now, and light Bs's are useless against Heavy ones in 4.85, whereas in 4.84 I could solo an Outcast Dread in the San Fran D:

But that's not so important. Opinions on the Fighter/Bomber/Gunboat ideas?

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