' Wrote:If I were to pick a ship for hunting gunboats, I would pick a bomber, but I want to be able to fight fighters effectively as well.
Learn to aim so well with the snac you're considered to be inhuman. You'd be effective against fighters that way as well, it works, there are living examples. Boss..Tomo...Joe..many more whose name's don't come to mind at the moment.
' Wrote:So, what is a good balance between hull busting and shield busting when you need to be able to deal with gunboats?
Well, considering that a gunboat's armor, hp and firepower are all higher than your fighter's, there's not much of a balance of what to use against them...
And what type of setup to use is based on the gunboat. Though imo, generally, an effective setup would be:
I'd go with full shieldbusting guns, screamer and of course a MR. Problem with gunboats(especially the light ones) is that it's a bit difficult to take down the shield properly. With a shieldbusting setup such as that, you can take down the shield rather easily, the MR can do the hull work.
Or, just take heavy codenames, and the general 2 shield busters. Picking a nuke or Screamer, doesn't really matter, a normal loadout can kill gunboats as well, it's all based on skill, although, as said above, imo, that would be the best loadout to deal with gunboats.
Do not be fooled though, no matter what your setup, taking down a gunboat with a fighter will take time. Even if you're unbeaten at PvP and the gunboat is some lower than average player, it WILL take time. And that time can get longer based on the gunboat pilot's skill, and his armor. For instance....going against someone like Spazzy with a cap8 tridente. Chances are you're gonna get ripped apart.
But ye, there's no real setup to killing gunboats, all on skill, however the all-shieldbusting guns + screamer + MR is really effective.
Another thing you can try: Just gank the gunboat with loads of fighters, works in the Taus.
