As I understand it, the Gallic Ships are only used in their space, no where else. There is no current reason for them to be compaired to or used against anything or anyone else outside their space.
UNTIL the Admins tell us that those ships can now travel elsewhere or be used in other situations there is no need to worry about balance issue between the types yet.
' Wrote:The Gallic Cruisers/Gunboats are unbalanced against which Gallia-faction ships?
Mostly, the Gunboats and larger are vulnerable to -any- bombers, fighters, and Sirrian gunboats (OC Gunship being the main thing, as I've seen from my experiences with them)
Sure, the Council have the same exact ship as ours, but the Brigand? Gunboat is quite a bit smaller, and seems to have a bit more forward firepower than the Gallic Gunboat. The only thing the Gallic GB has is speed, and it's way too massive for that kind of speed in my humble opinion.
Gallia has improved technology in some way, so it could have that speed while beeing bigger.
Also, Gallian weapons do more damage then Sirrian (if i remember correct, too lazy to check while i have 27.5 degrees in my room at 11 PM and i will go and switch off my PC after i finished this post), so i don't see a problem there. I could beat a Mjolnir that somehow came up to Gallia with ease.
On the other hand, the only things i fought in Gallia were some traders and said Mjol....
Oh and i think they have more turrets.
In a brilliant tactical movement, i charged backwards.
The Gallic Gunboat has as many turrets as the LibGB, and only 5 fire forwards. One of the five doesnt fire if youre aiming up at all. And even then, what does speed do when you're a massive gunboat?
' Wrote:Rp explanations for ship sizes work up to a point.. But I for one think that ships of the same class should be at least roughly comparable in size.
Sorry, but i don't think Vanilla agrees with you. *points at the vanilla caps*
I'm having difficulty understanding how capital ship size is really relevant. After all, it's utterly impossible to miss any of 'em as a competent pilot.:P
i agree that their size should be altered, as right now, i find the difference between the gallic battleship design and gunboat/cruiser design a bit odd. While gallian battleships (both GRN and Council) are long, small ships, cruisers and gunboats both are bulky looking ships, a strange combination if you ask me