Fighters vs. Gunships

[zeinstruktor]

I've seen a sabre kill a Corsair GB before.

'Twas funny.

[SevereTrinity]

Not possible in a 1v1.

I beg to differ.

I've done it on three ocassions, once old [SA] Admiral, Thor's LH GS, in my Raven's Claw, and a corsair GB in my Eagle, then an armourless BHG GS with the same Eagle.

Only the BHG GS had missiles, and he was staying still.


You can defeat gunboats in 1 vs 1, it's just extremely difficult.

[Grumblesaur]

I've seen a sabre kill a Corsair GB before.

'Twas funny.

Remember when that Hyena killed a BH Gunship?

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[zeinstruktor]

Now THAT was impressive.

*Tips hat to Skye*

[El Nino]

Remember when that Hyena killed a BH Gunship?

Theoreticly a lvl 8 deb can take out battleship shields.... so a LF could solo a battleship. that does not mean it happens.

But really:Dit takes about 3-4 bombers to take out an ACE gunboat pilot.

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[chopper]

But really biggrin.gif it takes about 3-4 bombers to take out an ACE gunboat pilot.

Yeah.. If they are blind maybe.

Fighter can beat a GB 1vs1 too. If a GB pilot is blind of course.
A GB can beat a BS as well, if a BS captain is blind, or afk.

Anything is possible, if one side is blind.

So, all in all, blindness is a bless.

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[Walker]

Well,

First of all a solo fighter is rather hard against a Gunboat - Most Gunboat Pilots won't try to dodge and you will have to cut strafing runs early or else risk the "Close range Booboo"
And usually as you turn your damage is mostly regenerated, though on rare occassion's I have brought Gunboat's down solo.
Most Fighters vs Gunboat battles are much more preferable when 2 fighters are doing it as you can do the old Overwatch tactic and cover eachother and whittle the Gunboat down.

Heck if you ever fought more then 3 LSF at once, you'll be a witness of us swarming Gunboat's, Cruisers, or even the entire Hellfire Legion fleet.

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[SevereTrinity]

Heck if you ever fought more then 3 LSF at once, you'll be a witness of us swarming Gunboat's, Cruisers, or even the entire Hellfire Legion fleet.

Yet, LSF have never fought our full fleet, nor have won:lol:

[goran]

2 bombers or 3 VHFs can easily take down any gunboat. Unless he's a missileboat of course, then you should take a gunboat against it. Missiles don't work against anything bigger than a bomber.

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[Derkylos]

pft gunboats are gunboats, and so are gun ships, 1 bomber can handle a GB,

And one Firefly can handle an OC dessie...

However, assuming both the GB and the fighter(s) have any idea what they're doing, a GB mounting even 1 missile turret is dangerous to anything up to a bomber.

On the other hand, the bomber will have considerable trouble getting into a position where they can SN the hull of the GB, and solaris fire can shake the best pilot's aim. Throw another bomber into the mix and you've got a different kettle of fish entirely. Seeing that you now have enough firepower to drop a BS shield, with good timing, you can take down the GB with SNs alone (and those take forever to drop off...).

As for VHF vs GB, yes, theoretically, you can drop a GB shield with debilitators, but who actually has a 100% hit rate at 600m with 4 Solarises firing at them? Not to mention "Incoming missile" "Gun lost" and that fact that the target is moving.

However, there cometh a point where the sheer damage output of a huge swarm of any ship overwhelms the best of shield regens (Get enough 'fleas and you can take out an admin shield...).

In response to the original query (well, the modified one), n a 3 man GB hunting team, VHF, bomber and GB would do quite well, possibly replacing either the VHF or the GB with a second bomber. That would offer the capability to not only take out your primary targets, but to also engage and defeat any other targets up to and including some cruisers. Variety is the way forward when composing a force.

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