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Gunner:

Gunner currently has a number of problems: Its bonuses to weapon damage are considered nearly insignificant, resulting in Gunner's taking weaponry that is convenient to apply the destruction debuff with over weapons that do damage. Missiles are a Gunner's primary DPS, but they do not scale in the same way that weapons do. Two gunners with the same missiles will do the same amount of DPS, regardless of their equipment or other skills. Missiles are also quite inconvenient to use.
Our plan is to make missiles take zero slots and have them expire a lot faster. Most missiles will be given more speed and thrust and missiles will be fired in volleys, the number of missiles per volley determined by the missile type.
Gunner's mining damage bonus will be turned into an appropriate amount of general weapon damage.
Gunners will also receive an item that, if equipped, significantly boosts their weapon damage as well as causing 4 additional pairs of weapons to fire at nearby targets, if available. These additional weapons are the same weapon that you are currently using and do not need to actually exist on your ship.

Said nobody ever.

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also, when u guys say that vollies will expire a lot faster, does that mean missiles will no longer have a range that they can be fired from? (don't really want to add any numbers) for example will you still have to be 2k in distance away from a target to fire large lancers, and will missiles still have a built in radar?

Another question of mine is will the super item that clones wepeons add to electrical consumption: if i equip a advanced capital Armageddon laser, and the super item, will i be paying in electrical energy for all 4 weapons firing or just one?

rather than giving every single missile a super radar to see everything. Could you possibly tie it in with the players radar? Or even 1 missile that sees all and causes a nanite similar yet stronger than flair

Just a poke around the corner i suppose, i like gunner and all i just dont see why a gunners missiles should be better than his own detection.

I say it all the time. I hate having to mash that button.

Calypso

One problem I see with removing or changing the mining damage boost is the impact it might have on pvb and bvb. Many a failed pvb was resurrected by bringing more gunners. What do you propose to do about the pvb role that gunner currently plays after this rebalance? will bases mining vulnerability be looked at?

The mining damage bonus will be commuted to a bonus to ALL damage types, so they will be at least as effective with mining damage as they currently are.