Gunboats

[Jinx]

to clear up the roles again... :


VHF are meant to be space superiority ships. - they are heavy fighters that go a bit further and give up more agility for more firepower.... for VHF, it is a fair trade-off... as they loose only little agility compared to their HF brethren but gain a lot more armour, shield and firepower.

VHF are best used in low population battles - like 1vs. 1 up to 3 or 4 vs 4. - when battles become larger, they suffer unproportionally to their advantages ( that means they ll still be effective, but other ships might be better suited )

VHF joust the best offering one of the very best burst damage of all fighterships.

heavy fighters are meant to be the backbone and mainstay of the fleet. - they are the true jacks of all traits. their price / performance ratio is unbeaten. - they offer very high damage with their ( usually ) 6 weapons, a very very large range of different types of weapons, too. - they have enough protection to survive long and enough agility to be flexible in any battle situation.

heavy fighters are best used in large battles. - their increased agility makes them a hard target. they can joust and chase nearly any other shipclass. even a lightfighter has trouble really "outturning" a good heavy fighter, while the heavy fighter forgives a lot more mistakes due to a better shield and armour.

light fighters are meant to be scouts and interceptors. - they can mount shieldbusters + explosives and be very dangerous for heavy fighters - but they suffer greatly for it. - a single nuke mine will destroy ANY light fighter in one single hit, regardless of armour upgrade. ( except the keeper light fighter )

light fighters usually don t joust but chase. - they add situational dps instead of sustatined DPS. - mistakes often have deadly consequences, but they are so hard to hit that its easier to stay alive when you focus on it.


gun-ships are small gunboats ( basicly the same class ) - their role takes the VHF further - giving up a great deal of agility for increased protection. - their DPS is nearly identical ( 4-5 weapon gunships ) to that of VHF but their gun velocity is greater - so its easier to hit.

they are meant to be hunter killers - and are MEANT to be deployed against bombers and fighters. - a gunship is not meant to be deployed against larger targets - which doesn t mean that it cannot deal with them though.

gun-boats are the larger ships. - often they got 5-8 guns and outdamage any fighter easily. they give up more agility for armour and firepower and are more capital warships than gunships for that matter - but really belong to the same class.

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