So basically I'm just suggesting the Goliath capital ship be allowed to equip two capital weapons, instead of just one. As is, the only usage of the capital turrets is to add a caprail to the back and use it like that. Because putting it in the other two slots would be useless for defense. I think that instead of slapping a nerf onto it and just taking more weapons away that it's ability to thrust as fast be lowered to make it slower, the old Goliath could easily slip into capital swarm distance and dip out without being hit. So my suggestion is to lower the thrust but allow the Goliath to equip two capital weapons, as it is a capital ship. My reasoning is that it use to be possible to use a goliath to beat a trident if you were skilled enough but it's actually impossible to deshield a trident with just one now, let alone win. And I really just don't like that the Goliath is being slowly turned into a glorified moth while the trident can still equip (I think) four or three capital swarms, or spam rails.

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I made this suggestion really late

I don't know why your goliath is nerfed, but i have two capital weapons on my goli. I suggest making a bug report with the devs.

but it's actually impossible to deshield a trident with just one now, let alone win.

I deshield dents with my goli, even without capital weapons. You should practice more. (hint: avs are awesome. or stacked gem turrets).

I think what he means is currently you can't deshield a player dent and possibly survive their 3 x capswarms, which should not be possible because the goliath is meant to be inferior to the trident. The dent requires a lot more work to build, it shouldn't just get beaten by the goliath easily.

The alternative really is better anti-capital ship weaponry for small ships, so you can group with a goliath player and have maybe a chance of doing something to the dent.

Ah okay, I didn't know they could equip two anymore. Thanks for information we all float

"which should not be possible because the goliath is meant to be inferior to the trident"

It shouldn't be impossible to beat a trident in a Goliath though. Just because it cost more and requires more doesn't mean it should be able to just win against a trident all the time. ( this is just for the sake of argument that a Goliath can't equip two capital weapons).

I've deshielded and killed several tridents from my Goliath.

It just isn't easy. Nor should it be.