Real simple... Space them further apart... wings for the Vulture.
Taur and Rag could benefit from this as well.

I'd rather change the raptor's small ports to large ports.

I'd rather change the raptor in any way to make it something more than it currently is.

If you put the ports on the wings of the Vulture it'd severely impact it's turning ability. It's already a pretty well (except the too thin part) balanced ship. Why break it?

The Raptor could use a change though, why not do that then buff it's torque to compensate.

Also +1 change the Raptor in any way that will make it something more than it currently is.

As far as a complete reboot of the Raptor, I'd say keep the small ports but space them better and cut it's size in half... I mean a light fighter that's bigger than the Taur is just ridiculous!

Raptor needs L-ports.

Just changing the ports leaves it the horrible Flare magnet that it is.

it needs to be smaller or have like 25 cargo and a bit less spin torque.

I'd love to see the Raptor as a heavy fighter, with 2 lg ports, and decent thrust. Hell, I'd love to see any change that makes the Raptor worth flying for any purpose. As is, only newbies who don't realise how crap it is ever fly it.

It would be like Christmas for me if the "heavy fighter" was a Corvus variant....

Faille.

I love how people always forget the part that really makes it a flare magnet: 60m/s strafe.

Care to explain how?

because this. Newb!

-1 to vault changes - It's already a decent ship don't mess with it
+1 to make raptor something else

I love the way the raptor looks, but it sucks for any use I try to put it to. It's ok for hive battles in storms but storm radar and just about anything else is better. It's a joke in PVP and not much of a trade ship.

It's sort of useful in group PvP. The massive turbo thrust makes it good for getting into and out of a battle with heavier weapons (sunflares, railguns, etc), but the problem is: It's not good enough that you wouldn't just pick a TPG Atlas Type X, TPG Marauder Type X, or Vulture MkIII instead...

That...didn't explain anything......

The Raptor is awesome for twp things, and that's running turrets and blasting bots.

And yes, there are other ships that do much better at these things.. but it works in a pinch.

Vskye...that's why it needs something changed. You just compared it to prison sex.

really its too large to be worth a damn in combat if its not going to have armor like a centaur that has a similar fat profile but twice the armor to take the hits, the greyhound is a more combat capable ship than the raptor not to mention its muuuuuch superior when it comes to chasing/intercepting

ryan why do you want to change the vulture weapon ports, it'd be much less accurate putting them wide on the wings... for energy anyway. It'd be batshit crazy accurate for flares

Aye the vulture is a mighty fine ship and imho doesn't need any changes made to it.

Also if you're going to start slapping dual large ports for a "heavy fighter" my Axia Banshee Wraith suggestion i made awhile back.

The raptor could get a third small port that would make it worth a damn, but as it stands the spin torque makes it wobble too much and the fat-ass profile with less armor than a vulture doesn't help with getting exploded with getting killed by energy guns really really fast.