- Proposal
- I suggest giving the Y-8 access to use gunboat components and making a new shield that is around 120% the shield of a gunboat, to make up for how easy it is to hit, even compared to gunboats. With this new ability to act like a mobile base, it might be needed to reduce the speed of the ship 5-10%, to make sure its a slow behemoth.
- Justification
- The Y-8 will be a slow alternative and steppingstone to a gunboat, that can be viable to bring to PvP battles, without altering the balance.
- Motivation
- The Y-8 is a great looking ship, and has the potential to be a social hub in space where you can get great group play without the long grind of a gunboat.
Currently the Y8 minig ship is a ship you almost never see, which is really sad as its the closest you get to an actual capital ship in space. The ship might be made for mining, but as the alliance has shown, refitting ships for a military purpose can work in most situations. Unfortunately the ship as it is is quite big and outperformed by pobs or gunboats in all roles, even its dedicated mining role.