' Wrote:"Kusari dessie is uber because it's small"
That's a bit like saying that "Rheinland BS is uber cause it has so much armor" or "Werewolf is uber just look at the armor, agility and guns" or "Geb is uber cause it has BS shield"... or my favourite:
"Sabre is uber cause it's only VHF with 7 guns"
There are always more sides to a ship than just size. Spazzydragon explains it. I have ran out of steam writing things over and over again, to be met by "it's uber cause it's small" arguments from people that never fight it or fly it. I have high ranking BAF members who were testing it and were ok with how it is now, at some point I also invited some other BAF people to test it personally.
The size was made this way by vanilla developers, just like Bretonian Gunboat size or Rheinland BS size.
To fill some people in:
Sabre AND Nomad VHF has 7 guns
I have solo'd 2 Ku dessies in a falcata AFTER the agility and gun nerf of bombers. It is EASY, just use snac and tcd's. Ku Dessi is less powerful then a adv train once you get behind it, even with razors.
Reason why people die in their barghests/challengers is because they joust the dessi from the side or front, thats where you are easy prey during turret view. People also cant use novas right, they nova themselves or miss all the time.
How to use nova?
its 2 ways:
#1: Stay at range and spam, hope the target is too stupid to dodge or ignores them by misstake.
#2: Ram the ship in the side, Spam the "Shiled batteries" button when you launch it. Keep your shields up, nova ramming is in some cases twice as effective as a snac. If you do it right.