Gunboats beating Cruisers

[Montezuma/Kukulcan]

As for gunboats destroying "any capital" I would very much like to see evidence of two gunboats destroying even the weakest battleship in the game, the Mako, alone. It just doesn't work.

Well, i dont know about two Gunboats, but i have destroyed a Legate (cap 7 or 8) in a Bottlenose while accompanied by a lone bomber, and given that Gunboats have more firepower than Bombers over a long period of time (especially if they are using BRs and pulses), id say that 2 well flown gunboats should be able to take down most Battleships, unless the BS pilot got some skillz.

And one other thing, Siege Cruisers are the best anti GB Cruisers in the game if you can aim the foreward gun. This is because they are one of the most agile, and when you hit the foreward gun on some GB hull, it really eats into it. For example, back when i had the Little Bighorn, the first day i flew it i had no armour what so ever, and i went of on a little trip around Liberty, met 2 Rogue GBs (one of which was a cap 4 the other was UAU 8 IIRC). While the Gunboats managed to do a lot of dammage (made me use almost all my regens), with the agility of the Siege Cruiser and the firepower of the foreward gun, i eventually killed the both of them. Now, i do not claim to be a good pilot, but if i can beat two armoured rogue GBs in an unarmoured siege cruiser with nothing but primaries and the foreward gun, then i cannot see why anyone would complain about their capabilities.

The only cruisers that suffer against GBs are the heavy cruisers, light cruisers will make short work of GBs if used right, and if the GB pilots are rather inexperienced, then of course cruisers will beat them, but 3 experienced GBs against a heavy cruiser (even if he is a good pilot) will almost always end up with the destruction of the cruiser. This is the result of one simple fact, light cruisers match GBs on agility while having superior firepower (and in general very good firing arcs), BSs beat GBs with overwhelming firepower and armour, but heavy cruisers are stuck in the middle, with neither good agility or overwhelming firepower (and in particular the lack of good firing arcs), making them easy prey for GBs.

So IMO GBs, cruisers and BSs are balenced right now, but heavy cruisers are at a disadvantage through lack of turret coverage. I think the only thing that needs doing is a slight buffing of heavy cruiser firing arcs, other tthan that, everything is ok IMO.

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