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Captain Smollett:
^ think it may be time to request this for dev app

Thomas:
I like the idea of tilting the guns forward slightly. Personally I'd like them both tilted forward, because I'm a sucker for symmetry, but I wouldn't start throwing things if it became asymmetrical.

Overall I don't think it will make the goldfish a competitive ship. It's actually a fairly large target with low armor, low damage potential and a poor layout for engineers. Competitive ships tend to be ships with high armor (for the buff) and at least a trifecta (junker, spire, galleon, and to a lesser extent the pyra). Even with better gun angles, it's still lacking in damage and survivability.

Although it will make the ship a lot easier in casual play, especially for newer players. I often see them fail to utilize the main gun with a side gun, often relying on one or the other while ignoring the rest. Tilting them forward would emphasize the potential for overlapping arcs, or at least make the ship need least rotation to transition between them.

Spud Nick:
You know that the side guns are not even already Thomas. One is higher than the other.

The Djinn:
I'd definitely favor a slightly asymmetrical angle to the guns as, in the case of a captain or crew without a mic it makes it easy to tell which set of guns is the primary combat set. It also helps counterplay as the Goldfish will have a side which is definitely stronger, allowing opposing ships to stay on the side with the weaker bifecta if their pilot is skilled enough.

If they both face forward I see the potential of a Hwacha/Gatling/Mortar Goldfish being alarmingly effective: Hwacha for the disable, spin *slightly* right and Gatling the hull almost down, pivot back to Hwacha for the hull break and secondary disable, and finish with the Mortar. I'm actually a little concerned at the ease of doing this if both side guns face forward, given the maneuvering advantage the Goldfish has over the Spire, which is the only other ship capable of brining a heavy weapon along with a Gat/Mortar combo.

So my suggestion would be to angle either the port or starboard gun forward somewhere between 25 and 45 degrees.

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