@marauder. I have yet to fly my own gunboat (yet to buy one after wipe..) since about the beginning of version 4.79. But I have flown against them in a fighter, and have yet to see one that was of any effectiveness at all except for the time I flew against Kane's Feuer. Ever single other gunboat vs. fighter fight I've had recently has been a loss by the gunboat. They are simply too weak. Even when they manage the fighter, it usually doesn't take down the shields, unless a direct hit by 4+ guns. Oh and shield busters for it consist of Inferno cannons, and tizzy turrets. The latter being labeled as cheap to use on capships already.