I'm excited about this addition. The posts about the limited effectiveness of the turrets against two separate players are a concern. What roles could the turreted ships excel at?

Running away while firing backwards?

That's a nice one, and while bugs seem unavoidable, i think the excitement of the player base will overcome the minor annoyances.

Someone was asking about multiplayer ships in other mmo's, and i remembered Tribes 2, which had some flying ships (at planet surface) and this type of cooperation between players in the same team. Might be worth having a look for inspiration and tactics.

I can "lend" a license (i have like three for our lan parties) if a dev would like to have a look at it... email me...

Makes me think more of halo and the vehicular combat.

Mmm