Garuda was the test.

I believe the Garuda is the test bed for large ships, hear me out.

At max level the front gun ports can have six long guns but decreased damage and increased reload speed. I believe for large ships, this may be what the developers may be doing so they arn’t as op as people make them to be. Especially with the teaser that dropped today seeing a 15 gun frigate sailing. They could put a 20-30% less damage nerf on guns and then the furniture slots could help offset that number.

The Garuda also turns like an ocean liner, something large ships tend to do as well. Everyone who has sailed their other medium ships have said she is slower and turns worse…well hate to break it to you, large ships don’t turn on a dime, speed though could differ. This is just me spitballing but it does sound like it could be the case.