Ship Weapon Loadouts

[Netu]

Greetings,

What ship weapons do you use and for what purpose?

I seem to always gravitate toward the plasma artillery, as I almost always prefer not completely destroying the enemy ship.  

Do any of you use the lance arrays?  How are they?  

Also, inb4 !torp

[athios]

I tend to use Positions 5/3/1 for high Cripple, and pair with high Crit weapons on 4/2. That way, no matter what position I'm in, I can always fire one of each type. The high Crit weapons help you land a critical hit, which when achieved, also amplify the secondary damage from your other hits. That's very useful for destroying components and wittling down their crew without causing a hull rupture.

I try to stick with radiation type weapons (since crit bonus does not apply to void damage), and stay miles away from the Gravcannons which are too destructive overall.

startraders.gamepedia.com/Ship_Components#Weapons

For early game when I don't have many slots available on my ship, I stick with Torps and Missiles.

[resistor]

May 11, 2018 6:24:47 GMT -5 Netu said:

Greetings,

What ship weapons do you use and for what purpose?

I seem to always gravitate toward the plasma artillery, as I almost always prefer not completely destroying the enemy ship.  

Do any of you use the lance arrays?  How are they?  

Also, inb4 !torp

Lances don't do as much radiation damage or crits as plasma cannons, but they have high cripple rate. They seem particularly likely to inflict the Engine Failure debuff, which causes the enemy to have -2 RP among other things. Great for limiting the enemy's firepower and movement.