it should have at least a lil higher thrustspeed of 150-160 as it's almost the
same price as the Orca, is just a lil more agile but has about just half the
hull and no forward-gun as most other gunboats do have.
It has also a lot less power then other gunboats do have, depending on
the model 100K or 200K less, that's quite a lot in particular if you want
to mount anticap-turrets.
If it was up to me I'd make it the same price as the Orca, give it somewhat
more hull, increase manuverability slightly, raise it's max thrusterspeed to
160.
I even maybe would think of enabling the back-turrets fire forward as well,
but that prolly would cause even more screaming of the unlawfull part of
the community:)which often seems to outnumber the lawfulls, in particular
ingame.
[sarcasm]you know what would be nice to have on my outcast gunship? a SNAC.
and, two front firing level 10 fighter gun slots so i can mount archangels:D:laugh:
that would be AWESOME.[/sarcasm]
but really, i do think the outcast gunship turns slightly slow. maybe a small tiny increase in its agility.
' Wrote:It does really seem that the BHG gunship is overpowered. To be honest I haven't had a ton of experience against them but i have heard some horror stories. It's hard to tell if it is unbalanced though as it is the only ship of it's class I believe (or perhaps one of the few).
Not entirely true I assure you. Yesterday it took 1 Cruiser, 4-5 bombers and 2-3 fighters to take me down in my GS.
Ok, ok, just kidding.;)It was a furball in Theta. BHG| vs Assorted Sairs. 5 BHG (2xGS, 3xMantas) vs. 8-9 Sairs. BHG was doing fine before the Cap showed up.
But honestly I lasted pretty long under the full barrage of all the ships chasing me. The numbers maybe off a few, since I just didn't have time to count them, but there were at least 4 bombers and 3 fighters that I had time to scan during the fight.
Maybe the bombers' aim was off a lot. I don't know. But I survived the on-slaught quite long while being able to drain the bats/bots from chasing bombers/fighters
I'd say it's very survivable against smaller craft, but when the enemy GBs show up it's time to bow out.
Heimdall on the other hand seems very big and clumsy, but turns ok. The firing arcs are very limited, so you are in trouble if the enemy manages to stay on your six all the time.
' Wrote:*is there any gunboat without a thruster??*
On my oppinion,
it should have at least a lil higher thrustspeed of 150-160 as it's almost the
same price as the Orca, is just a lil more agile but has about just half the
hull and no forward-gun as most other gunboats do have.
It has also a lot less power then other gunboats do have, depending on
the model 100K or 200K less, that's quite a lot in particular if you want
to mount anticap-turrets.
If it was up to me I'd make it the same price as the Orca, give it somewhat
more hull, increase manuverability slightly, raise it's max thrusterspeed to
160.
I even maybe would think of enabling the back-turrets fire forward as well,
but that prolly would cause even more screaming of the unlawfull part of
the community:)which often seems to outnumber the lawfulls, in particular
ingame.
Cheers
Perseus
I mean it's a capital thruster thus flying 130 in stead of 200
Even if you have so-called anti-cap loadout in GS (2xPulse, 2xGB Razor front firing) you are in still a heap of trouble against other GBs.
Even though the GS is small and quite maneuverable there is no way the other guy is that bad a shot for the whole duration of the fight that it takes the GS to chip away the other GB.
Basically if the other GB knows anything at all he'll force the GS to jousting and that's it. Game over. And avoiding the jousting is practically impossible since the GS lacks the speed superiority to stay on the other GB's six. Even more now because all the other transports/GBs got their thruster speed upped to 150 and GS is still 140. (I've reported that and hopefully it will be fixed on the next update).
Let me be clear about this. Most people think that GS is as agile as a bomber. And they cry, it's a killing machine impossible to hit. No it is not. In agility it's somewhere between the bomber and other GBs. It sure feels like a slug on tar when you try to bring her around (very subjective opinion), but that's because I've gotten used to flying bombers and fighters.
This is probably going to be shooting on my own foot, but if you attack the GS perpendicular to it you are doing it right. A) Target is the biggest possible and B) GS can ony fire 2 guns at you.
And about it's supposed role. Anti-fighter/bomber. It really does fill that role very well. If I had to go against one I'd say that I'd think chances for 2 fighters/bombers to win it are not that great. Personally I'd prefer 3vs1 odds.
I can't think of any cases where any complaint about the GS have any merit. It's very strong against the smaller ships due to it's size and maneuverability, but it can only really support 2 missile turrets (which is ok). So maybe using GS to go after a single fighter/bomber is considered bad sportmanship, but I think a fighter/bomber can easily escape it by thrusting. It's only fighter's own fault really if he sticks around. And it's definitely weak against any GB/Cap.
And it's not the most useful ship either in fighter furballs, because the GBs are always the ones to go first so the volume of fire will finish the GS off.
Only then if there are 2 or more GS working together it becomes useful.
' Wrote:Even more now because all the other transports/GBs got their thruster speed upped to 150 and GS is still 140. (I've reported that and hopefully it will be fixed on the next update).
why people say that other Gbs got speed update...?...none of my GBs goes faster then 140...and i even rethought one of them just to see will that help...it didnt...for sure IMG GB also doesnt go faster then 140
' Wrote:Even if you have so-called anti-cap loadout in GS (2xPulse, 2xGB Razor front firing) you are in still a heap of trouble against other GBs.
You know I often hear people say that GB's are useless in Military PvP engagements. The fact that I rarely see anyone fly them other then pirates (at least relative to other ship types) re-enforces this for me. Maybe if there were more GS's they would be more useful. Just a thought.
' Wrote:why people say that other Gbs got speed update...?...none of my GBs goes faster then 140...and i even rethought one of them just to see will that help...it didnt...for sure IMG GB also doesnt go faster then 140