Gunboats Vs Destroyers or crusiers

[El Nino]

I have only this to say, IF a Gunboat wins against a Battlecruiser or Destroyer, in a fair one on one fight, it's because the GB pilot has a better mastery over his or her ship than the Cruiser/BC pilot.

Naturaly... I don't intend to brag, but winning against an bloody cruiser is quite easy... I sometimes manage to take out a battlecruiser without ever loosing my shield.

In a straight dumb fight renown for pilots who don't know how to fly cruisers win with ease, but if a gunboat pilot knows what he's doing he wins... and in my case rather easily, even against a cruiser captain that knows what he is doing.

There is one void to this rule... Ku desie is almost imposible to kill by a gunboat...

Also for the record as 4.85 will have this balance sorted... No longer will one gunboat come to a Cruiser and kill it with ease. Perhaps against an inferior pilot it might be doable... but most likeley, rather impossible... so this unbalance was noted and there is no need to report it untill 4.85 public beta comes online... and you spot new imbalances in this bit...

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[Dragon]

GB can kill Cruser But If Cruser doge in E. Kill "mode" And uses AA (solaris) and anti cap. mix of turets GB gets hard time. Why? Range! If Cruser escapes to 1,8 1,9k then GB is easy target. In this range Cruser turets gain on acuracy.

[Bad.Wolf]

This may be sort of irrelevant, but I felt the need to point this out, Bad.Wolf, if you look back at Naval History, atleast as far as WW2 and the United States Navy, most of OUR PT Boats, carried Torpedo tubes, so that, if need be, they -Could- Get a few good hits in on a Destroyer or Cruiser of the day, and sink or severely damage it.

well someone knows what i am talking about, but what type of damage would the PT boats get when the 8inch gun from the Crusier hits the Pt boat? one big bang i tell ya!

but there is no torps on the Gunboats in FL its just pure guns,guns,guns,missiles,infernos,battlerazors!!! although having a torp GB as a special class would be a good idea...

[SevereTrinity]

In lieu of the above:

If we bring up real life, every man and their dog would own a freighting company, I would be a Navy Vice Admiral, commies would be living in Switzerland, Japanese cars would be tiny and maneuverable as a motorbike, and we would have Jes banning people going over the speed limit.

'Nough said about that argument, next please?

You cannot bring up RL as an argument.

Fighters/Bombers would be airplanes, yus? That would mean we have flying aircraft carriers, dreadnoughts, and everything else.

And for the record Jes = Fellow Hoodlum's real name.

[Zygoeths]

have you ever notice that the pirates sometimes have the good stuff(infernos, and Lawfuls aint alowed it, and is the only bomber/cap ship shield buster?) like the gunboats have more turrets or speed over lawfuls? since lawfuls are ment to be orginased compared to the pirates, which are dirty, second hand equitment(which they should have) and they mostly win against the lawfuls? which isnt right. and the gunboat beats the crusiers and battlecrusiers??? i mean how the hell does that happen!? its like a PT patrol boat vs a Crusier or destroyer or even a battlecrusier and they win? bit stupid since they are around 20mil and destroyers and crusiers are around 100mil and BCs are 240mil? bit unbalanced if you ask me.

*Facepalm* ...... The Outcast develop the INFERNOS, and many other of the weapons they use. The corsairs also develop their own weapons, such as the Tizonas, and then both groups distribute their weapons to their allies, who then use them. No, they shouldn't be using second hand weapons/thrusters or what ever your getting at. For the gunboat part...... That's super unlikely to happen... I can see 2 gunboats doing it, but like someone above said, all depends on the pilot..

[tansytansey]

@NightHawk: "And as for us Rogues, we make do with the resources we got, and thats what makes us mighty! We don't need the funding of a billion credit corporation to build our capital ships. We just find ourselves a rusty bucket, slap on some duct tape and staple some turrets on."

... like the outcast destroyer?:P( now now - i m sure the outcasts are not happy about you talking about one of their best ships as if it was a rusty bucket with turrets slapped on .. )

I was more refering to the Rogue Gunboats' info card.

Developed by the Liberty Rogue engineers at Buffalo, the Rogue Gunboat is known as a clumsy and roughly constructed ship. However, in skillful hands this inexpensive gunboat can become a devastating weapon due to its formidable armor and advanced power array.

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[HellRaiser]

Ill have to desagree on best GB is the liberty one, thats not true
Best and strongest GB on Disco is m26 witch has the most armor and guns
no other GB even stands a chance vs M 26 except maybe IMG GB
or and GBs donot stand a chance vs BC dont matter how good you are in GB, destroyers and cruisers sure but not BCs

[Grumblesaur]

In lieu of the above:
You cannot bring up RL as an argument.

Fighters/Bombers would be airplanes, yus? That would mean we have flying aircraft carriers, dreadnoughts, and everything else.

And for the record Jes = Fellow Hoodlum's real name.

Fighters/Bombers = Airplanes

Freighters = Trucks

Transports = Trains

Cruisers / Destroyers = Naval Cruisers / Destroyers

Battleships = Carriers / Battleships

Jes? Fellow Hoodlum's Name?
*snigger*

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[SilentSkies]

I will have to disagree too. It's not the equipment but the pilot's skill. Liberty's GB and cap ships are pretty good. And I think the liberty cruiser has too good of a turn speed, it even out turns a Outcast destroyer (the strife on that destroyer is crap). Plus the pricing for the GB and caps are all about the same price. Another thing, have you ever try flying a corsair cruiser?? That thing strife and turns so badly, I gave up flying it. So it's not about equipment but the pilot's skill with the ship.

[SevereTrinity]

I've seen someone take down 3 BHG BCs in an OC Dessie.
I then saw one guy lose vs a lone Lib Cruiser.

I've seen 2 GBs take down a BS, 2 dessies, and 3 bombers. the BS and a dessie had cap 8s.
I then saw someone lose vs a lone dessie in the same GB.

I beat a BS solo in my corsair GB.
I then saw someone lose to the same BS in the same GB.



It's all about skill.