I have noticed, as I am sure others have, that gunners are not getting much love. Becoming more and more rare to find more than one gunner per ship. The reasons are very obvious, but I would like to see what suggestions could be made to make the gunner class more attractive to Captains and the community at large.
My first suggestion is to give gunners a buff. Specifically one that makes a lot of sense -- a reduction in reload time.
I'm not real good with the numbers, but I'm thinking somewhere around 20% would be good enough to give Gunners a guaranteed spot on my ship.
Any other suggestions?