Assault Gunboat (GUN)

The Assault Gunboat is appreciated as ship that needs high abilities to fly. Of course, the W-button is very important for this ship to take advantage of the disabling Ion Cannons and the destructive Laser Cannons combined. Whether it's better to have the W-button somewhere on your joystick or to use it on the keyboard is up to you, find out for yourself what suits you. Timing is a difficult thing in GUNs and unfortunately, the computer is unable to fly them in a human way. In XvT it only uses Lasers in single fire mode, in XWA it combines Lasers and Ions but still breaks up the attack after a few hits so you can't train them adequately offline. The main factor is to know how many linked shots you got to give your opponent and when to turn away. Best thing to do is to use the W faster then he does so you can quickly look for another target. Turning is difficult in GUNs then you got to lower your laser recharge to fully redirected to engines, so you will be able to turn faster and finish your opponent off. One thing is healthy, too, because if you have finished off one opponent in a teams or 3+ players melee, your lasers and ions may be empty, use the shift and F9 to recharge them with your shield power if you have to get for the next one targeting you quickly. In XWA you don't need the W-button, as you can link the Ions and the Lasers so they fire automatically together. When you get disabled in a head to head run, quickly eject to act as ramming bomb. That way you may probably destroy your disabled opponent.