Advice for a planetary raider build
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Nice but OP wanted some cargo space for salvaging too. Integrity is perfect though, gonna revisit sidewinder with enhanced, haven't tried since they added the 2 1slots.My hypothetical ground attack Sidewinder, with EPTs:
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The sidey can still squeeze through those planetary base gates.
Maybe not alien bases but for humans ones: no lubricants required for the Sidewinder!
It's been a while since I took it out of the hangar, but I used a Keelback with a fighter bay and an F63 Condor. I may be wrong, but I feel that the fixed multicannon Condor does slightly more damage to structures than the others. I did, however, only use the Keelback for the missions to destroy generators, might need to go back and fit some SRVs for that.
More recenty, I've been using a Dropship with a couple of dumbfire missiles in the bottom medium hardpoints, turreted multicannons in the side mediums and a gimballed large multicannon. I think staggering fire with the two dumbfires might have a better chance of getting through the anti-missile defences (from what I remember, isn't it basically a load of missiles fired at your missiles?) but I could be wrong again. Also I think the turreted multicannons are kinda pointless since they don't really seem to shoot anything when I assault bases despite my hopes that they'd just blaze away at skimmers, turrets and anything else that threatened me or a mate driving an SRV below me.
More recenty, I've been using a Dropship with a couple of dumbfire missiles in the bottom medium hardpoints, turreted multicannons in the side mediums and a gimballed large multicannon. I think staggering fire with the two dumbfires might have a better chance of getting through the anti-missile defences (from what I remember, isn't it basically a load of missiles fired at your missiles?) but I could be wrong again. Also I think the turreted multicannons are kinda pointless since they don't really seem to shoot anything when I assault bases despite my hopes that they'd just blaze away at skimmers, turrets and anything else that threatened me or a mate driving an SRV below me.
Could probably dump the larger HRP for a 4T rack, but the Sidewinder isn't a particularly good hauler.
Courier or Viper IV are obvious choices for a small ships that's aren't SLFs.