7- and 8-gun gunboats

[Mímir]

I agree that something is wrong with the balance within the gb class. The powerful agile gb's of 4.85 (Hydra, Tridente, LH gunship etc. - as I recall it some of these were claimed to be OP due to their agility) are in 4.86 next to useless compared to a civilian Ku Ex that can also use generic ID's and mount Corsair turrets with the 600K powercore easily able to handle the nerf.

Gunboat vs. gunboat matches are mostly done at fairly short ranges due to the range of basics, and that close the agility isn't that much of a factor in my experience - all that matters are the number of turrets you can point at your enemy at any time and your armor rating.

When fighting gunboats in a bomber I find that all of them are difficult to snac due to their relatively small size and moderate agility (and my horrible aim taking into consideration, but I get the feeling that experienced bomber pilots struggle with GB's too). So in my experience, save for the Bottlenose, differences in agility alone within the gunboat class doesn't really give that much of an edge vs. snubs either.

Turret splitting on 7/8 turret gunboats or a revision of firing arcs on these boats would be appropriate to even out the benefits of being in a heavy gunboat.

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