What works for me in combat (Gaming)

by Kahzgul, Sunday, August 07, 2016, 14:44 (3034 days ago) @ SonofMacPhisto

I've got a Barracuda.

Front mounted turret is a shieldbuster missile launcher. Very long range (like 5 sm) and absolutely demolishes shields.

Top mounted turret is a mining laser. For whatever reason this turret can hit targets above and below the ship, so it's really the only option other than front mount if you want to be able to mine every possible rock.

Far back bottom mounted turret is an ion cannon from the merchant's guild. Absolutely nukes shields.

The back bottom left and back bottom right turrets are both pulse lasers. These nuke armor but aren't great against shields.

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This combo wrecks everything I face. The shieldbusters + ion cannon take out the shields and the pulse lasers do the rest of the work quickly and efficiently. It also takes advantage of the fact that my ship is the fastest available by putting most of my weapons in the back. I just pull ahead of my enemies (or bait them into following me) and take them out at extended range. Plus I can boost to outrun enemy missiles, should my shields and deflector go down early.

The lasers also never miss fighters (no lead time because lasers), so those turrets handle all of the little ships while I focus on the larger capital ships.

I find that combining specialty weapons that damage shields and armor specifically is more effective than having all weapons that damage both.