Hello, I just bought 2 1E fixed small beam lasers for the underside of my Cobra. Now after encountering a pirate in an Eagle, I've noticed they didn't have the slight tracking that all fixed weapons have towards the target in your crosshairs. So this meant that I could only hit the pirate with 1 beam at a time, while the other one was firing into empty space. Is this normal or did the salesman at Ridley Scott screw me over?
Its definitely the placement of the hardpoints. The Viper has the same issue. Even with Gimballed weapons your target has to be on the lower half of your visibility from your front window, otherwise they will not shoot.
If you are out for blood in Bounty Hunting, try the DS. I have a Vulture, but bought another ship, the DEx. It was powerful, but it flew like a brick, totally false advertising with that 5 manuervering. I traded it in for the DS, and when you equip it with A thrusters, shields, 2 A boosters, a B SCB, and A Distributor, that thing is devastatingly quick and deadly, especially to any ship smaller Dropship. Even takes out Pythons, depending upon your ability to fly, because you need to keep out of site from its gimbals by flying from its back top, bottom and back so it cannot target you. If you keep the ship light with the remaining modules, you can easily hit 415 on boost. It is incredibly nimble. Almost like a tiny Vulture. The Hardpoints on this ship are probably the best placed for anyship with more than 3 HP's. It will target and hit anything you can see in your front window at every angle.
If you are planning on trading though, the DS is not going to carry much, if nothing at all, and the Cobra may be the best way to go.
