Auto Cannons - what happened to those?

[Saikun]

If you still remember that Capital Ship trailer, you may notice there is a weapon used by all four Sidewinders but was never introduced into Elite Dangerous. Auto Cannons, that seem to be something between Multicannons (low damage, high rate, a lot of ammo) and Cannons (piercing damage, low rate and minimal ammo capacity).

Is there any reason why Auto Cannons never found their way into game?

 

[Eckee]

It’s just the concept footage but have you looked at the Shock Cannons?

 

[Saikun]

It’s just the concept footage but have you looked at the Shock Cannons?

I meant non-PP non-Guardian weaponry, not the one that is not widely available.

 

[Eckee]

I meant non-PP non-Guardian weaponry, not the one that is not widely available.

Do you also want it comes with G5 engineered in all sizes automatically installed in your ship?

 

[Sapyx]

Well, to be fair, there's an awful lot in that video that hasn't been implemented in-game. Notably:
- Player-NPC wings
- Audio interaction with NPCs
- Heavy missile batteries on a Farragut capable of one-salvo-disabling a Majestic.
- A scenario where a wing of four Sidewinders is in any way considered optimal or useful in a capital ship CZ situation.

I do find it interesting that the Imperial Fighter did eventually make it into the game, pretty much in the same shape as we see in that video; they seem to have had the design of those things worked out long before we actually saw them implemented in-game.

 

[Saikun]

Do you also want it comes with G5 engineered in all sizes automatically installed in your ship?

That's not the point of the OP I made. If you want to throw sarcasm or taunt people - be somewhere else.

 

[Azreh Helas]

auto cannons resemble huge cannons in their fire rate

 

[Hanerib]

They wanted to be called Rapid Cannons, and moved to live in CQC, next door. I hear they are happy, spend no weapon distributor, and have good range while can be evaded.