Are ships too tough?

[Backo]

Bigger problem with fighters: the ships are too maneuverable compared to how fast the weapons are. Given that fighters are generally supposed to be shooting other fighters, their weapons should be in the ~1000m/s range where it becomes difficult to dodge, not the ~650m/s range where even a freighter can dodge.

Gunboats are better at shooting down fighters than fighters are, because of how fast their guns are and how hard it is for fighters to stay on target long enough to do any appreciable damage. This is completely wrong--what's the point of fighters if they're so easily taken out?

Gunboats are the real problem--they win against every other class of ship.

Actually, mate, fighters win against any other class of ship. 3 fighters beat 3 gunboats, I've done it, 3 sabres versus 3 LN GBs. In the end after a long fight, we won. Now I've seen a single kraken/inferno sabre beating the **** out of another single gunboat, so 1 on 1s are also possible.

As for bigger ships - 3-4 VHFs beat a cruiser and 5-6 would kill the battleship eventually.

So yeah, fighter swarm > all.

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