Should I use a pawn or a character for multiplayer top down space shooter?

[Teh_Masterer]

@jonahn2;682298

Forgive the noob question. The reason I ask is this:

• Started with a pawn (both player and enemy ships). Got movement working, firing projectiles, etc.
  

• Started adding AI. Found the AI Behavior tool kit. Bought it. *Only works on characters*(point one)
  

• I dont have a "human-like" character so wasnt sure to if I should scrap the current work and move to something that would be easier to integrate with behavior trees and the toolkit.
  

• I also read that for a multiplayer games, characters are your friend. They already have alot of code built in to them to help with games over the internet.(point two)
  

I guess my questions are this:

• Should I move my player/enemies ships to Characters even though they arn't human-like?
  

• Would this be easier to integrate with Blackboard and behavior trees?
  

• Would Character based starships(not pawn) be better for a multiplayer top down spaceship shooter(think SPAZ)?
  

• Here is an example of what I got working so far with Pawn 
  

Thanks for any input you might have!

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