Gunboats

[Aoyagi]

My expirience is that CMs work in one of three uses of them. And if they somehow don't work, those missiles are quite dodge-able no special skill needed.

Edit >
that is if we are talking about ONE missile turret (no metter the size) . More of them multiply problems naturaly:)

[reavengitair]

But which countermeasure are you talking about? Heavy, enhanced?

[Grimly]

Gunboats are fine as they are, learn to fly them properly and all is well.

^--- Official Position.

/signed.

I took down a rogue gunboat with a BHG gunship without loosing shield while it should not (gunboat > gunship right ? if not how dos it works)
I took down 2 shire + 1 pecheron at the same time in a Corsair gunboat.
Even the best RHA pilots miss half of their SNAC shots if not more on my corsair gunboat (which is the bigger it exists)

Should we give me back the occasion to beat OC destroyers in my corsair gunboat ?
Should I be able to beat down 4 shire at the same time now ?
Well you know, I'm all for it ! I'm not the OC or shire here.

Mind how you play, seriously. The actual balance is one of the best we will ever have, don't beat it up.

LRN2FLYUNUB !

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Taking what's yours since 816 A.S.

[Violette]

Agreed, Gunboats are fine as a class.


Although Gunships are supposed to be lighter Gunboats right?

And the Rogue Gunboat is smaller that the Outcast Gunship?


Odd...

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[hribek]

I have tried:

Hacker gunsbip
Bottlenose (Bounty Hunter gunship)
Orca (hunter gunboat - with front gun)
order gunboat
rogue gunboat, briefly.

All seem to be fine. Cruisers are their worst nightmare, while they can wear down small groups of fighters or bombers efficiently.

Gunboats actually make powerful battleship escorts. (But you won't be able to chase Nova bombers around.)

Nothing to see here, move along;)

[Ayem]

Boat.


Ship!

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[Saronsen]

The Rogue Gunboat also has two less turrets and less armour than the Outcast Gunship last time I checked, I could be wrong. The OC Gunship also has a hitbox that is almost exactly the way it is shaped, so you can shoot through the bloody thing instead of hitting it.

As for missiles- They're fine. They're not good for sending after someone who's fleeing, you use them as you're jousting that bomber. Almost always hits, or prevents them from firing a SNAC as they're dodging.

[Aoyagi]

But which countermeasure are you talking about? Heavy, enhanced?

I use enhanced, so that would be them I suppose. I can't afford using heavy since they Pytho's powercore is not enough for me already.

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Boat.
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Ship!

Yes, I've been thinking about this, but according to any of my known databases, Gunship is "light gunboat" if you will.

[Robert.Fitzgerald]

Gunships and gunboats are the same type of ship. Some gunboats are light, some gunships are heavier. There's no distinction between the two names balance wise.

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[Montezuma/Kukulcan]

They suck.

Seriously

They do.

CDs own them, CMs don't work, but meh, they are CMs, they don't work on anything! Skilled bombers avoid them every time.

Wrong, read the whole thread.

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