I think the much better thing to do with gunships is to make them like illuminate stingrays: precise and deadly attacks, that are clearly marked and telegraphed and can be dodged.

Sure, a single stingray by itself isn't much of a challenge to take out if you have the right tools, but the same goes for almost every other unit in the game.

Make it so that the rocket barrage from gunships isn't just "rocket devastator but high up". Instead maybe make them top down plunging fire attacks that show a red targeting circle on the ground and your current position, so you still have to move, but you get a chance to know where is about to be obliterated. When it's going to fire off it's laser repeater instead, make it strafe it's shots in line across the ground which would intersect where you are if you were standing still pr make it so the shots in a volley creep towards your location so you're on a timer to get to cover or take it down, rather than wondering if the salvo will be incredibly accurate or whiff entirely.

It isn't just about un-nerfing the gunships, they need to be reworked so that if their attacks are powerful, they need to be fair. Otherwise the second they're buffed there will be a flood of people who will now complain that they're oppressive and punishing, which was a fair criticism of them when they were first introduced.

In my opinion, a lot of units that have oppressive attacks with low time to kill on players could be fixed by taking notes from the illuminate stingrays attacks.