Normal sized guns

[Jinx]

in theory - ships - even the small battleships all have spots that "could" in a way support such a gun/turret

the problem starts when people start fooling around. - when the put such a turret in a place that does NOT look good. - and you can hardly make a rule that says "put your turrets in a place that looks realistic"

the turrets as such should be maybe half their size ( not actual size, but half the size compared to the ship they have now )

right now ( 4.85 ) - turrets are still small. - i d say 1/30th of a dreadnought in size - while the ones you have attached might be 1/6th of the ship.

might be good to have some special turrets to be like 1/10th of the ship.

another problem is that - cause turrets are often small - shiphardpoints are VERY often placed mirrored left and right. - only few spots are centered. - but turrets like that would need centered hardpoint locations or would need to be placed sideways.




all that aside... :

a way to get such turrets into the game was to make them ship specific.

make them lvl6 turrets ( unused ) - and name them appropriate to the ship they gotto be used on.. - like liberty dreadnought main battle turret - define the one spot that they CAN be mounted in as lvl10, lvl6 hardpoints - and so a player places them into the one spot designed for them only.


but then - what should such a turret do? - more damage than a heavy mortar? - no way... or the same damage at a very low rotation speed - but ammo based, with blast radius and lower energy use but extreme ammunition cost maybe ? - thats a matter of future balancing.


but if we really wanted to put such huge turrets into the game - it would be possible, even in a reasonable way.

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