Isn't a problem already existing that every ship is just a glass cannon so shouldn't armour over firepower be buffed

i would personally buff terracota durability, as one shell can still break layer of terracota with enough luck
i wouldn't buff the firepower of dreadnoughts, but make the firepower of corvettes lower, to like 4 small 57mms or such and definetly buff the submarine and dreadnought speed, submarine cant even chase to corvette, and dreadnought cant even chase submarine

Yes but I also suggested to buff Terracotta, though a buff on concrete I also wouldn't be against, idk if you can make the buff exclusive to Dreadnoughts, however.

Destroyers are also a bit under powered so a general sizable Buff on terra should help smooth things over

Dreadnoughts should not be on the front of the fleet, it should stay at the back and fire while other ships protect it, if your enemy can target your dreadnought consistently that is your fault.

Also humik a dread shouldn't be able to catch up a sub but a destroyer should be able to for balancing reasons

Humik, I believe Corvettes should still remain speedier than subs as it was irl, and for balance reasons as a chaser ship, but I agree subs should have a similar speed to Dreadnoughts yes.

As for the Dreadnought firepower buff, I don't believe it would hurt to have more guns on the biggest ship in the game, remember destroyers always exist and are about as cheap as corvettes just slower, along with torpedos really they're still a direct upgrade from Dreadnoughts in most instances considering the versatility and advantages they have over them. Really only lacking in armor and size, I believe Dreads should be buffed as I don't really think there should be another ship in the game that can 1v1 a Dreadnought unless it's another Dreadnought.

concrete shouldnt recieve buff, but terracota yes, its not alot better than concrete, but corvettes firepower should be nerfed imo, theyre extremely overpowered, can one shot turrets wiring or anything really, its just game of dodging, every battle

Well torque that's both incorrwct and right as what's the point of it being a behomeeth against destroyers if it can't push up it makes sense for ita weakness to be corvettes to force destroyers to act as screens

I don't think the firepower of a corvette is a problem K think it's a general weakness of terra on the whole

the excuse of dreadnought having to stay behind is invalid, its main battle ship meant to be in direct combat, but thats not easy against a small, fast ship with strong firepower capable of one shotting anything on well armoured dreadnought

and by submarine speed buff i mean, theyre meant to break ships no? but if they cant even get close to them thats a slight issue, destroyer is anti submarine, while submarine can only waste coal trying to catch up to the corvette, not necessary but would make subs better

A submarines a harasser and so it makes sense that it takes out dreads and cargo ships over a corvette unless it's still in the water

Buff block durability instead of making oP firepower but increase firepower too slightly

Exactly Berry

where would you even fit 4 more naval cannons on any dreadnought
that would require major redesigning and in a few cases likely having to massively expand the deck in areas as well as raise the bridge for visibility, adding enough blocks in cases to make having large hollow areas mandatory
3 extra cannons (36 to 54 firepower increase) seems like the most that should be added
stone brick walls that are part of cannons should certainly be much stronger if not invulnerable through the cannons plugin (if possible), and terracotta could use a blast resistance boost
speed should be as is, or potentially have larger but more delayed cruising jumps, and increase speed slightly. this would keep it moving slowly and required to tank shots from small harassing ships, but it can keep up with said small ships still
certainly shouldn't be much faster than it is, at most current carrier speed/slightly lower

but i mean we could finally have a basic AB-XY layout for turrets for large 240mm the standard of most ships
the turning speed of most ships should be nerfed so that naval maneuvering and positioning is more important but the speed for dreads should be slightly buffed

I would like to clear up that Cannon blocks are already a bit more blast resistant on piloted ships at the moment.

@Klepto
"Isn't a problem already existing that every ship is just a glass cannon so shouldn't armour over firepower be buffed"
How is every ship a glass cannon? Destroyers and Dreadnoughts are clearly slower and tankier than Corvettes and East Indiamans.

@TheLastOreo invulnerable cannon blocks would be an absolutely insane idea for obvious reasons.