All Frag Gunship?

[GreyAreaUK]

So, purely for gits and shiggles, last night I climbed into my Gunship, stored all the weapons (AX build) and replaced them all with fixed Frags, as I want to up my fixed weapons skills.

Went to a RES site and had a tryout. Promising, but Frags being kinetic meant that stock Frags weren't doing much to shields. Took me 10 minutes(!) to take down a Deadly Adder's shields! Ok, partly that was my aiming (which is currently hilarious) but even solid hits weren't doing as much as I'd like.

So...Engineering. Recommendations?

 

[Bigmaec]

Overcharged, add incendiary to some of them, aim better ... hilarity ensues

Actually I'm not a big fan of fixed frags (except Pacifiers), if not engineered already give gimballed frags a try. They work a lot better.

 

[pzykozomatik]

Overcharged, add incendiary to some of them, aim better ... hilarity ensues

Additionally, engineer a/both of the small one(s) high capacity corrosive.

 

[GreyAreaUK]

Overcharged, add incendiary to some of them, aim better ... hilarity ensues

Actually I'm not a big fan of fixed frags (except Pacifiers), if not engineered already give gimballed frags a try. They work a lot better.

Well, partly the idea is to force me to get better with fixed, but in hindsight PAs or rails might be better for that. I just kinda like the idea of an an all-Frag Gunship. I'll rename it 'Boomstick'

 

[GreyAreaUK]

Additionally, engineer a/both of the small one(s) high capacity corrosive.

I take it that's a 'field of fire' reason, given that corrosive doesn't stack?

 

[Agony_Aunt]

I've ran one of these, absoloutely wonderful.

Apart from engineering (incendary, corrosive), make sure you are at point blank range when firing. Also i recommend double shot as the main mod except for on the corrosive.

If you do it right you just melt almost anything with a single volley, two at tops, except for big or high ranked ships.

You might also consider screening shell for faster reloads.

Thought i had a video, here we go:

PS: Don't forget to follow up with a ram. You should be heavily armoured and do good ram damage.

 

[pzykozomatik]

I take it that's a 'field of fire' reason, given that corrosive doesn't stack?

That would be my reasoning, yes. One should suffice though in theory, otoh the loss in DPS from a small HP would be minimal.

 

[GreyAreaUK]

That would be my reasoning, yes. One should suffice though in theory, otoh the loss in DPS from a small HP would be minimal.

Right-o, thanks

 

[Vardaugas]

And remember you're not doing AoE damage, you do damage per pellet that hits. That means small and/or distant targets take much reduced damage. You're best rubbing your nose on the target's hull or shoot at the broadside of a T-10.

 

[Screemonster]

Took me 10 minutes(!) to take down a Deadly Adder's shields!

this is because adders are tiny and unless you're putting the barrel of the gun directly against the side of their ship 90% of the pellets will miss

seriously I can drop a conda's shields faster with stock frags than I can an adder or eagle, my first trip out I remember blasting an eagle with both barrels and watching as the pellets marked a neat perfect circle exactly centred upon the eagle, without any of them actually hitting it

 

[GreyAreaUK]

I've ran one of these, absoloutely wonderful.

Apart from engineering (incendary, corrosive), make sure you are at point blank range when firing. Also i recommend double shot as the main mod except for on the corrosive.

If you do it right you just melt almost anything with a single volley, two at tops, except for big or high ranked ships.

You might also consider screening shell for faster reloads.

Thought i had a video, here we go:

PS: Don't forget to follow up with a ram. You should be heavily armoured and do good ram damage.

* claps hands together in glee* Project!

 

[pzykozomatik]

And remember you're not doing AoE damage, you do damage per pellet that hits. That means small and/or distant targets take much reduced damage. You're best rubbing your nose on the target's hull or shoot at the broadside of a T-10.

I'd love to have Pacifiers in other sizes than large, or a mod that mimics the effect on normal frags. My Pacifier Vulture is one of my all time favourite ships.

Edit: Agony_Aunt's vid just reminded me there's the drag effect for frags. A good option for the second small HP.

 

[GreyAreaUK]

this is because adders are tiny and unless you're putting the barrel of the gun directly against the side of their ship 90% of the pellets will miss

Yeah, I'd been hoping for some larger targets to tryout against, but the RES site wasn't playing. I'd have done the re-instance boogie but I was still having fun