Ship Builds & Load Outs All laser builds. How to get them working nicely.

[Madrax573]

Hi all you crazy peoples!

I'm thinking of trying out an all laser build on my Cobra IV and/or APS-E but normally when I have all laser builds they drain the WEP cap way to quickly even when I have fully A rated gear.

Is engineers the only way to go to get these things humming along or are there some fitting tricks I can apply?

 

[Ceekay]

Crazy number 1 reporting!

The issue with the C4 and the Asp E is the undersized (for their size and weapon array) PD so to get decent TTD times engineering is essential, the build below has a mix of gimbaled and turret pulse lasers (all efficient mods) and with a decent charge enhanced PD has decent DPS and good TTD.


https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/asp...Hl4Fbc3gnLyF5iWJHMjH/Ab596I1PAgAA&bn=Asp Ex W

Same process with the C4 (using grade 5 best efficient settings in Coriolis, in game results may vary ), in theory the lasers should fire continuously but with pip management and thermal constraints the in combat TTD would be somewhat less.


https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/cob...ymnl8gUzJrgOiQgmGd3UdN+kn01ChdQB/cQVJ/lABAAA=

 

[StiTch]

You gun' need to engineer that.

Efficient lazors.
Charge enhanced distributor.
Fixed weapons if you can.

 

[Madrax573]

Yeah thought so....ah well I'd better start unlocking them then...

 

[clivewil]

+1 for Efficient, those things rock.

case in point, i was bringing a Python back from Palin's after a DD5 upgrade (which adds heat) and grabbing missions from Darnielle's. three times on the way back home i got interdicted while scooping, and three times i beat my attacker (master Cobra IVs) without either overheating or draining the cap dry. AND this Python has beams on the C2 points instead of all-pulse. what a great mod.

<3 Efficient

 

[StiTch]

Yeah thought so....ah well I'd better start unlocking them then...

Uniquely to weapon mods, efficient has ZERO drawbacks, and so applying even a low-grade version is advantageous.

Most mods are unusable below G5. For instance, G1 overcharged is just suicide with the jitter. Utterly, utterly poor implementation IMO.