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Jamez

05-13-2009, 01:42 PM,

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' Wrote:Ugh, someone stole my thread:P

Anyways, what I'm concerned about is this:
and this:
Should they ultimately be the uber fighter/bomber killing vessels? I thought this was what fighters were supposed to do...if a gunboat/ship can happily kill a bomber 1v1, imagine with that shield in a fleet engagement.

The "not so useful in mass fights" doesn't roll...simply replace every VHF deployed with a GB (the infocards imply this is feasible...), and try 1 BS, 2 cruisers, 5 bombers, 5 fighters vs 1 BS, 2 cruisers, 5 bombers, 5 GBs...GBs have more armour and shielding than VHFs and thus survive for longer against capship fire, meaning they have more time to take out the enemy bombers...and they can even act as bombers in the event of all your bombers being lost (especially the ones with forward guns).

From an RP perspective, if you can produce such an effective anti-fighter platform in such large numbers, why are our factories still producing VHFs? Why don't they all just switch over to gunboats?...

VHF's have better survivability in almost all situations compared to a Gunboat. VHF's still have a purpose, even if it is a diminished one.

Andrew Skye
Starflier thrill-seeker

Evangeline Knight
Seasoned fighter pilot

Shinji Takeda
Renzu Corp ex-COO

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Gunboats - by Derkylos - 05-12-2009, 06:50 PM

Gunboats - by Dab - 05-12-2009, 07:00 PM

Gunboats - by Benjamin - 05-12-2009, 07:02 PM

Gunboats - by AJBeast - 05-12-2009, 07:04 PM

Gunboats - by tazuras - 05-12-2009, 07:10 PM

Gunboats - by Irra - 05-12-2009, 07:11 PM

Gunboats - by Maskage - 05-12-2009, 07:13 PM

Gunboats - by cmfalconer - 05-12-2009, 07:18 PM

Gunboats - by Jinx - 05-12-2009, 07:19 PM

Gunboats - by Inconcessus - 05-12-2009, 07:44 PM

Gunboats - by Andrew_Bonesovich - 05-12-2009, 07:59 PM

Gunboats - by mjolnir - 05-12-2009, 08:36 PM

Gunboats - by Inconcessus - 05-12-2009, 08:39 PM

Gunboats - by Benjamin - 05-12-2009, 08:40 PM

Gunboats - by Dab - 05-12-2009, 09:51 PM

Gunboats - by Jinx - 05-12-2009, 10:07 PM

Gunboats - by Cellulanus - 05-12-2009, 10:43 PM

Gunboats - by Jamez - 05-12-2009, 10:55 PM

Gunboats - by Derkylos - 05-12-2009, 11:00 PM

Gunboats - by rayne - 05-12-2009, 11:14 PM

Gunboats - by BaconSoda - 05-12-2009, 11:16 PM

Gunboats - by darthbeck - 05-12-2009, 11:22 PM

Gunboats - by globalplayer-svk - 05-12-2009, 11:35 PM

Gunboats - by Camtheman Of Freelancer4Ever - 05-13-2009, 02:51 AM

Gunboats - by Thexare - 05-13-2009, 03:58 AM

Gunboats - by Robert.Fitzgerald - 05-13-2009, 04:19 AM

Gunboats - by Lunaphase - 05-13-2009, 05:35 AM

Gunboats - by Robert.Fitzgerald - 05-13-2009, 05:39 AM

Gunboats - by Lunaphase - 05-13-2009, 06:32 AM

Gunboats - by tansytansey - 05-13-2009, 06:40 AM

Gunboats - by Robert.Fitzgerald - 05-13-2009, 06:40 AM

Gunboats - by Lunaphase - 05-13-2009, 06:59 AM

Gunboats - by Doom - 05-13-2009, 08:10 AM

Gunboats - by Varyag - 05-13-2009, 09:03 AM

Gunboats - by Towli123 - 05-13-2009, 09:18 AM

Gunboats - by Harcourt.Fenton.Mudd - 05-13-2009, 11:33 AM

Gunboats - by Seth Karlo - 05-13-2009, 12:26 PM

Gunboats - by Weedalot - 05-13-2009, 12:36 PM

Gunboats - by Markam - 05-13-2009, 01:00 PM

Gunboats - by Benjamin - 05-13-2009, 01:08 PM

Gunboats - by Inconcessus - 05-13-2009, 01:14 PM

Gunboats - by Derkylos - 05-13-2009, 01:32 PM

Gunboats - by Weedalot - 05-13-2009, 01:38 PM

Gunboats - by Jamez - 05-13-2009, 01:42 PM

Gunboats - by Derkylos - 05-13-2009, 01:57 PM

Gunboats - by Benjamin - 05-13-2009, 02:02 PM

Gunboats - by Derkylos - 05-13-2009, 02:11 PM

Gunboats - by Benjamin - 05-13-2009, 02:13 PM

Gunboats - by Markam - 05-13-2009, 03:11 PM

Gunboats - by Inconcessus - 05-13-2009, 05:49 PM

Gunboats - by Doom - 05-13-2009, 05:52 PM

Gunboats - by RingoW - 05-13-2009, 08:12 PM

Gunboats - by Seth Karlo - 05-13-2009, 10:36 PM

Gunboats - by Towli123 - 05-13-2009, 10:55 PM

Gunboats - by darthbeck - 05-13-2009, 11:34 PM

Gunboats - by spec - 05-14-2009, 12:52 AM

Gunboats - by Doom - 05-14-2009, 07:51 AM

Gunboats - by Corsair - 05-14-2009, 08:23 PM

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