EDIT Our Friend @Vanduuls made a video proving how strong the blade is, as he defends it below in the comments. https://youtu.be/Yt33rf5K9j8 @Vanduuls also added some cool emojis for you fellow citizens to click upon. <---this is all sarcasm 4 Patches ago the Vanguard's and gladius were OP. Then came the Talon meta, then followed the Redeemer and now we have arrived at the Blade. CIG, why do you make new ships OP and then nerf them into oblivion? Also, did you even test the blade? Or did you just slap some new values to it and now its literally un-killable? How is it possible for a ship to go from useless and NEVER SEEN ANYWHERE IN THE VERSE to extremely overpowered? Why does CIG bend the knee to the light fighters? A blade outranges connie and hurricane turrets, then when you do land hits they simply accelerate and recharge their shields before their next pass. When will this change? Or should I just jump on board the meta train and pledge whatever is hip? I'm genuinely asking at this point. So should we just expect light fighters to always be the strongest way to play? If so Ill melt my cap ship and everything else and just have a fleet of un-killables. NO, I did not get killed by a blade, I had an endless fight against multiple blades and after landing hits on hits and deleting their shields multiple times and having them run away and recharge before their next pass I just gave up. There are 100 player servers now, and there are multiple crewed ships that should be more than capable of dealing with a light fighter...but for some reason everyone is still rocking light fighters. Weird? Is it because nobody has friends? Is it because they can't afford bigger ships? No, this is a video game and people always gravitate to the meta, Just like in League of legends or Wow or counterstrike or any other game. Light fighters should do less damage or have weaker shields, especially regarding their speed and acceleration. Once again, I did not get killed tonight, I did not get shot down a single time, me and my partner shot down 3 gladius and 1 arrow but we could barely drop the shields of the blade and then they would accelerate and recharge for another pass. Light fighter meta is cringe. And I cannot wait for the salt to flow. FLOOD THE COMMENTS and tell me why I'm wrong.