Ship Usage Unbalance

Why is the usage of shooter so much higher than usage of other ships?
So called answer shooter was the first ship and all thats why but i dont think nightmare is the level where what ship people got at captain lvl 1 applies. I am sure people here have tried all other ships and choose to be a Shooter.
I think a Shooter nerf is necessary to balance the usage of ships. PS: defender might still need buff after shooter nerf.
Maybe decrease of base stats will do the trick.
thanks for reading, you may agree or not. Remember its just my view.

 

Yes. But how will shooter get nerffed?

 

Nerf, nerf, nerf, everything is about nerf...

Nerf all ships, all guns, all devs, all players... Nerf the world.

 

Nerf all excistance lol

 

Altough a Defender buff is necessary, I don't think the game should tend to a "balance" in ship usage. As an Enfo, I hate the matches when there are more yellow boats than Shooters+Defenders. Shooter is the "default" boat, so imo it's normal that it is the most used...

 

You shouldn't equate popularity to being OP. IMO Shooter is the most enjoyable ship. In fact I tried to go to different boats for a time and was dismayed at the low quality of Shooter players, which I felt I was basing my W/L rate on so I took it up again to fill that gap. I do thougly believe Shooter is the bedrock of a team because I don't feel like I can rely on yellow boats who continually motor off to attack the enemy on their own. I'd much rather see yellow boats stick close enough to the group to to use their stun and speed and spy capabilities to confuse the enemy and make my job easier... going off and dying alone doesn't help anything. I would like to be the rare yellow boat who makes a difference, but I'm severely lacking Enforcer items.

What I would *really* like to see is a 4-gun boat... I think that will severely erode Shooter usage. We have a massive gap that needs to be filled, given our choices are 5 guns or 3 (or less as a Fixer). Where's the 4? That would be a real game changer.

 

A better indicator of what is strong or weak is the top 10 on the leaderboard.

Other possible reasons for popularity?

Do you care about being a team player for guild quests?

• Shooters are the only ones using all 19 weapons. The others are using 10-11 at most.

Do you want variety?

• You can make any weapon work on a shooter - with 4 other weapon slots to back it up.

Decent setups on other ships are more limited:

• Enfo - Flare, Blast, Grenade/Mine
• Speeder - Flare + EC/Blast, maybe Grenade
• Defender - Flare, EC, & apparently Sniper
• Fixer - Flare + BC/EC, or Mine

Did you spent all your epic power cells before you realized how much easier it is to climb infamy with a yellow boat?

• That's not a "buff/nerf" comment. It's purely that you're able to outrun ships and take pot shots or force draws if you can't win. Regardless, it's too late to switch.