Six size three guns do the same damage as any other 6 size three guns. If you were hitting your shots, that’s the firepower of 2 gladiuses. You also have like 200 shots each before you need to let it recharge. That’s 4 gladiuses worth of shots. If you keep on the same face of a corsair, you can definitely take out the shields. Are you sure the corsair wasn’t just rolling ship on you and you were hitting different shield faces? All of that is beside the point that it’s not a ship, at all, to be taking solo into the harder bounty hunting missions. The corsair is also like one of the highest damage output ships for the pilot. Of course it was a struggle. It’s not a solo fight everything ship. That’s what a Connie and a corsair are.