Gunboats Vs Destroyers or crusiers

[Jinx]

not all gunboats are weaker than destroyers - and not all destroyers are weaker than gunboats.

take for example : corsair gunboat vs. BHG destroyer

both have 8 guns, both can fire 8 guns forward, - the BHG destroyer is - while being quite small - still larger than the corsair gunboat and a lot less agile.
the destroyer has more shieldpower and a bit more hull, but the corsair gunboat has a more efficient powerplant and weapons that make a better use of the power.
the destroyer has special warship weapons like the light mortar - but loosing energy for the destroyer has a greater impact on the destroyer cause it replenishes slower.

generally saying that - if a gunboat wins against a destroyer - that the skills are not equal is incorrect. - stats are very important there. - but one cannot say that every destroyer looses to every gunboat.

for example - a kusari destroyer most certainly wins against a kusari gunboat, due to the fact that the kusari GB can hardly drain the destroyers shields and the kusari destroyer is almost gunboat like. - skills? - hardly.

then there is the scorpion gunboat with its 8 guns vs. maybe even a liberty cruiser. - the liberty cruiser has a massive forward gun, but will not really be able to hit the gunboat - other than that, its lightly armoured. - the scorpion can win... .

it all depends on the battlesetups. - .... and of course on the pilots, too.

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