Are Frag Cannons any use whatsoever?

Red Fox Four

Red Fox Four
I used these once... or twice... during Gamma or something back in 2014.

Are they any use at all?

I figured maybe I'll give them a chance... but they seem useless. Except on something like a Viper MK3 while shooting Asps and Clippers or some other huge target surface at point blank range.

Does anyone even use them?
 

Bigmaec

Bigmaec
Yes, they are awesome.

Put two double shot frags on a vulture and have looooots of fun. About 5 minutes, then the ammo is empty :D

No seriously, they are really good. I put 3 on my Krait Mission runner, any NPC interdicting me is toast.
 

Vardaugas

Vardaugas
Against big ships they are extremely good at eating hull. You only need to be close enough so all the pellets hit. Put the corrosive effect on something and you dismantle an Anaconda in seconds.
 

ApexWanderer

ApexWanderer
I use on my all frag clipper .I use it to kill big game and its great fun especially now I have guardian shield boosters.Give it a try and see if you like -)).
 

Wasp0

Wasp0
Frag Cannons. Engineered Double shot with 1 with Corrosive, the rest Screening shell.

Pro's.
Shreds ships FASTER than anything currently available
Huge Huge fun
Guaranteed smile EVERY time you destroy a ship.

Cons.
Eats Ammo fast than a fat knacker eating McDonalds burgers
Your face will ache through to much smiling (See Pro's)

My Current ships fitted with Frags:

All Frag Gunship
All Frag Cutter
All Frag Chieftain
Frag/Beam Python.

Planned Frag Ships:
Krait
Challenger
 
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GunnerBill

GunnerBill
Astonishing DPS more than makes for much fun.

I've got a stack load of these fully modded but have only used them briefly. I can see both sides here.

Always I end up back at Beams+Multi's.
 

Gorr

Gorr
Frags are my favorite weapons, and most of my ships have some fitted.

I am curently grinding Elite combat in my Type 10, 4 large lasers for shields and small pray and the rest all Frags... any Mid or Large ship is dismantled in seconds with a big grin on my face.
 

Limoncello Lizard

Limoncello Lizard
You have to get in close to do any damage. But they are amazing fun to use.

Double-shot is the META, but I'm using efficient frags on my shieldless Krait, and it tears apart NPC Anacondas and Corvettes with ease.
 

GammaZ

G
They are great for assassinations, or other scenarios where you are up against one or few large targets. Preferably in agile/fast ship. Really great, with upgraded ones you can kill cutters/condas/corvettes in seconds.
Against small targets or in longer fights they are mostly useless though, making ship fitted with them highly specialized.
 

Vardaugas

Vardaugas
Do not underestimate Guardian Shard Cannons. they are basically thermal frags. Have them on my Challenger together with a set of normal frags in the other slots. Also put three on an iCourier and it can deal with Anacondas. Frags and shards - fun against a specific selection of targets.
 

Wasp0

Wasp0
Vardaugas said:
Do not underestimate Guardian Shard Cannons. they are basically thermal frags. Have them on my Challenger together with a set of normal frags in the other slots. Also put three on an iCourier and it can deal with Anacondas. Frags and shards - fun against a specific selection of targets.
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Interesting....as a lover of Frags i might try these. What do you mean by 'Specific selection of Targets' ?
 

Vardaugas

Vardaugas
Wasp0 said:
Interesting....as a lover of Frags i might try these. What do you mean by 'Specific selection of Targets' ?
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Only ships big enough to catch all the pellets. Found FdLs and assault ships are not as quickly toast as, say Pythons, Kraits or Anacondas.
 

fishgotnosole

fishgotnosole
Yes. yes they are. Any size will make a difference.

High capacity modded with either corrosive or incendiary rounds, or one of each. Shreds anything that is daft enough to get too close. Generally have one somewhere on all of my brawling ships.
 

Conch

Conch
Frag cannons do silly damage for the low skill that is needed to hit with them.. talking about fixed ofc.
 

Wasp0

Wasp0
Conch said:
Frag cannons do silly damage for the low skill that is needed to hit with them.. talking about fixed ofc.
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The skill needed in using Frags is not the pressing of the trigger, but flying close and out of your enemies weapon arch, to deliver said 'easy peasy' cannon shot! ;)
 

cgcody

cgcody
I was enjoying melting hulls with them for a bit. However, I took em off for an odd reason: Not enough KABLAM!

The sound and feel was underwelming. I felt like a fairy, flying around sprinkling magical killing pixie dust on my enemies. :D
 
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