Would you rather:

Wave 10 includes a primary weapon turreted ship that includes an upgrade card (let's say modification slot) with accompanying token and transparent overlays with firing arc quadrants printed on them to turn any primary weapon turret into a mobile firing arc (for a point cost reduction based on the ship size and number of attack dice) when equipped...

Oooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Wave 10 includes the Assault Gunboat.

Which would you rather?

I'd pick the mobile firing arc.

*body starts shaking*

*head explodes*

Not really a fan of either one, but I'd choose the Gunboat.

MOBARC!

I would pick the Gunboat, if only because the proposed retrofit seems a clunky way to fix a non-existent problem (and a female dog to balance, do you want to upgrade the OGP to a Decimator as a Palpmobile? A cheaper Dash?)

Also, first see how the mobile arc works in real life.

Mobile ARC for all turrets.

For the greater good of the game I'd sacrifice the hopes for my Starwing and DX-9.

Gunboat please.

Mostly because turrets are fine.

Nope. Keep mobile fire arcs unique. End revisionism.

I'd take the Gunboat because now lines are being drawn and it's become a serious matter. Like in Braveheart when that white car zips past. The car is actually parked though.

*body starts shaking*

*head explodes*

You... you did it, ViscerothSWG. You actually did it. We're finally free! WE'RE FREE!!!1

Other turrets don't need the Mobile Arc and there is no points value that is fair across the PWTs or any reason to ever take the Mobile Arc if it turns out to not be worth the points. If the option did exist then players will still always take the stronger version for their build, be it 360 or mobile arc.

The PWTs already in the game need Mandatory effects that suit the theme of the ship so that arc matters or a window exists.

So with that said, the only other option is the Gunboat and I don't really care for it.

Gunboat. If only to stop talking about gunboats.

What is this gunboat you keep speaking off? /sarc

Gunboat. Trying to apply a "fix" like a mobile turret to all current PWTs would just wind up being hellish for players and FFG.

If I wanted to vote in an poll where the results are already decided and my vote is not counted or even seen by people that made the decisions, I'd vote for a U.S. President.

You know, when choosing between two evils, choose neither.

I too am not really a fan of either.

No brainer, I'd MUCH rather see the Assault Gunboat instead of some crazy ship that has a PWT BUT includes an option to give it up for a Mobile Firing Arc. If this hypothetical modification could be used on any PWT ship it's even more asinine.

Gunboat. If only to stop talking about gunboats.

The new threads would be gun boat aces, gun boat vets, heros of th gun boat, missile boat, missile boat aces....

The Mobile Firing Arc represents a pilot-operated turret, as opposed to the dedicated gunner on PWTs and Turret upgrades. A quadrant-based mechanic for PWTs would make more sense with a dial set as you set your maneuver dial, but that would require replacing a ton of bases and adjusting the cost of all pwts.

Just leave PWTs as is. They are a bit lacking in interactivity, but at this point we zhould just accept it and move on.

As to the OP, if anything it would make more sense for a mobile firing arc to hpgrade to a PWT, but that'd invite ths PWT problem into a place it doesn't need to be. So... Gunboat, I guess?