Cruiser Balance

[Tenacity]

as very experienced GB pilot i can confirm Choppers statement...i never, ever lost a fight against sole bomber in GB....

It all really depends on how good the guy you're going up against is, how good you are, and what ships are being used. All of the more manuverable gunboats can take on a bomber if they know how to dodge and have at least one missile turret equipped. Without any misiles, your chances of taking out any half-decent bomber pilot just plummeted.

Gunboats are significantly harder to take out with a bomber than cruisers are. Gunboats do not fight in turret mode (or shouldnt, if they know what's good for them), they use engine kill, strafe, and thrusters to avoid fire while launching missiles and using standard turrets to disable your shields. A gunboat can very easily dodge supernovas regardless of what type it is, while most cruisers have a very difficult time dodging supernova shots.

A cruiser can also not use missiles to the same degree of effectiveness as a gunboat - with the sole exception being the kusari destroyer. For capship missile turrets to be effective, you have to face the target, get to max thruster speed, and fire before the enemy moves out of your forward line of sight. A cruiser cannot do that nearly as well as a gunboat can, due to much lower manuverability and turn rate, and much larger size.

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