Variety of any kind would be good, flaks, missiles, if they are terrible and do not help the transport defend themselves then add them just for the sake of having them, because I just want to see more options, if they are effective or not, well yeah.
' Wrote:Pretty sure you know this already but you said "exactly"--a heavy transport (+4k) does not steer anything like a gunboat. Closest comparison is steers like a destroyer, and that's not right either because a destroyer is usually focused on fighting and steering is secondary to that, while a transport is focused on flying and shooting is supplemental in the sense that it makes the pursuers slow down or miss. Just totally different.
Cap4 and 100k shields I can get away from snubs. It's the cap8 gunboat or the multiples working together. Those can deal more damage than I can absorb before I get to the base. I had one case in omega-7 where a gunboat just fired pulse to keep shields down then the bomber chained novas. I was just a couple k from base and died immediately. Give me destroyer weaps I will still die to that, which is why I say the problem is on the damage side not the defense side.
nah, for that reason i said depending the transport, obviously you cannot do with a tanker... so you have to choose survivavility or profit... for example... in my case is a Ptrans... i know is not the best example, but there's another transports that share similar size and maneuverability, maybe less guns and armor, perhaps, but no gun can harm you if don't hit, for example, the Rheinland Behemot...
' Wrote:There was a certain power miner a year ago who was mining gold ore in Dublin and hauling it alone in a Cau8 Shire with a combination of 1s and 2s.
This proves that correct use of TT does not suck.
Where "correct use" means 12 turrets with a suitable power core against targets that want to sit and fight for glory
That should be a win scenario. It's not the current default scenario tho
' Wrote:Are you saying that a ship, which sole purpose is combat, should be destroyed by a ship, which sole purpose is cargo transportation?
Gunboats are intended to fight snubs, they should not be able to REGULARLY defeat battle transport anymore than they should be able to REGUlARLY defeat destroyers. You should need to use bomber or squad to defeat battle transports. Yes that is true.