Transport Turrets, Gunboat Turrets and... Liner Turrets

[Friday]

In increase in power should be matched by a decrease in hold size. If a player wishes to sacrifice profits for protection then they should have that choice.

As for powering up Transport turrets - question is how much? If transport turrets are beefed up will they be used more for actual piracy?

And is that that a good thing if they are - personally I think it is. I would much prefer pirates to use transports to pirate - and gunboats to be left as purely military vehicles just like other capital ships.

So how much 'beefing' can a Transport handle? What if - and this is purely speculation in terms of balance - transports were able to use Gunboat weapons, but kept their normal powercore and shields?

Have a think about the stats and such. What is the Transport powercore like compared to a gunboat powercore? WOuld it preclude the use of too many razors, pulses, or missile turrets?

Some people might say 'omg Gunboats will get pwned!' - but then arent gunboats meant to be anti-fighter ships? Might we then see a reduction in Gunboat spam?

If there is one class of ships that (in my opinion) SHOULD be spammed - it is the Freighters/Transports/Liners. They should be the 'meat and potatoes' of both the lawful and unlawful economies.

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