Putting a large port on the marauder would be a good idea,
because this would render it possible to use mines (which is great if you're followed by a pirate).

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Nah, that would over-arm it for its maneuverability,.

1 large + 1 small perhaps, like the Atlas.

It's already over armored and carries too much cargo for its manueverability, why stop there?

2 small 1 proprietry mine port, no full Large port.

If the valk and prom get overnerfed, we will see the muad being used as a fighter as it is already. It has a lot of hull, medium agilty, and 3 small ports. I dont really want to see adv gatling muads with 2x sunflares.

I personally would like to see mines (and possibly rockets) as a different type of "weapon slot". So you could allow a ship to hold mines but no adv. gattling, or a ship to hold six small energy weapons but no rockets. (just examples)

Giving the Maud a large port would indeed render both the warthog and the atlas utterly redundant. Right now both these ships have their roles: the warthog is the only ship that has a large port and medium maneuverability, the atlas is a small cheap trading ship with a large port for mines. If you want to trade and use mines, then use an atlas or a centaur. If you want to zip around with a big gun then fly a warthog. The Maud is for zipping around and trading, not blowing the crap out of other ships.

Maybe, but the Maurauder is a Gold special. It already renders the Centaur useless just like the Prom renders the Rag. slightly redundant and the Valk makes ships like the hornet a little redundant. That's the point of the specials, they play to the strenghts of each team.

If your not gold, a centaur is both cheaper and heavier armed then a Maud.

I would sacrifice 2 cargo any day if I knew it would help keep pirates off my back

Sadly, the maneuverability on the centaur makes it useless. I had a cent with dual-adv gatling and flares and a 350 bot got me. The 350 bots can't TOUCH a Maurauder because of its higher acceleration and turning rate. I mean, it's not a botting ship, but it sure can run away.

centaurs have 2 large and 1 small, sure it was a centuar? you are citing the weapon slot specs of a prommie

heh. I had it backwards. Edited now. I had dual-adv gatling and a flare