(09-27-2013, 04:37 PM)Jack_Henderson Wrote: The game needs more money sinks instead of fewer. So lowering ship prices will not work.
Also: who cares about money anyway? Everybody who has been here for a bit has enough billions to pretty much make every ship he wants whenever he wants it.

About the Gunboat:

I would say: re-run the tests once the shield bubble is up again. The big strength of the GBs was that they could practically insta-deshield snubs and chip hull off if the snubs were too cheeky and came too close.

This ability has not been nerfed, the range just has been shortened, it seems. Solarizer turrets should still work great and with a shield bubble and fixed snub hitboxes, it should actually be a pretty capable weapon again. I suspect heavily that the uselessness at the moment comes from the difficulty that every ship has when it comes to dropping shields. That will be gone, soon.

(09-26-2013, 08:29 AM)acqchangqing Wrote: now in 4.87, Gunboats had crippled(Turrets speed slowed down), and Lv4 transports' turrets speed up.
Charon:2080*2(600) Cerberus: 2300*2(900)
transports as powerful as GBs but have cago space.
Gunboats can't win transports, bombers,cap ships, and can only win small fighters, small transports maybe.
and this role of militray attack unit is rarely stand out to raids,RP actions now(in my observe)

(09-29-2013, 07:11 AM)Evo Wrote: You're forgetting one key thing. MOST transports are fatter than GB's. Cerberus' are still by far better than Charons even only gun-wise, not paying any mind to the ship they're used on.

Also, @ Murcielago, the nammu is basically a cruiser sized GB. So it got cruiser turrets. It was needed imo, nammu was TERRIBLE.