Beams Corvette Question

[o'moylan]

Hi Cmdr's,

I have all fixed efficient beams. I was wondering if Oversized would be a good choice for an experimental effect ?

Thanks and fly dangerous!

 

[o'moylan]

Or what would be a good all beam loadout for the Vette ?

 

[JudeSaint]

All 7 hard points are beams?

 

[JohnRoberts]

I'm guessing this is a pve build. Not sure more damage output is needed against npcs, so you can look at getting more utility. For example, Stripped Down on the huge hard points might get you a bit more jump range - something the corvette really needs.

 

[Good Death]

All 7 hard points are beams?

Right?

 

[o'moylan]

PvP

I am upgrading all my weapons to 3.0.
I figured I would start here.
And then they are in my stored modules.
Can't really hide from beams.

Thanks for the replies !

 

[o'moylan]

My thoughts are :

Thermal Conduit (nerfed ?)
Oversized (leaning toward this )
Thermal Vent (I am running cool enough so I don't think this is necessary)

Is Thermal Shock even in the discussion ?

 

[Finn638]

I don't have much experience with PvP, but I wouldn't consider all beam loadout to be that good even for PvE. It takes a while to bring down the hull with lasers for my taste, I'd at least throw a few multi-cannons in there. Beams are also not very good at targeting modules. If you must go all beams, then thermal shock is indeed something you might want to consider. I would think an effective build would involve a mix of different experimentals rather than the same one on everything.

 

[Pauciloquent]

What mod and grade are you running on your power plant? And what is your running power demand?

 

[Stealthie]

The "problem" with the thermal mod's is you really need to build your entire ship around them.
Your ship needs to generate the heat so it can be discharged into a target.
If you've built a "normal" ship then it probably won't generate enough heat for the thermal mod's to use efficiently.

Personally, I've always found efficient beams, on my 'vette, to be fine for melting NPCs without effort but I'd pick an entirely different weapon for PvP.
And then I'd fit them to a different ship.

 

[GG7]

Hi Cmdr's,

I have all fixed efficient beams. I was wondering if Oversized would be a good choice for an experimental effect ?

Thanks and fly dangerous!

I ran with "Stripped Down" on my dual 4A Gimbaled Beams. (Also using the G5 Efficient Weapon Upgrade on both)

Depending on the other aspects of your build, this can give you a few more Ly of jump range since the Class 4 Beams are heavy mothers!

And as others have already pointed out, you really don't need any more fire power than you already have for PvE.

 

[wrmiller]

Just for grins I stripped all the weapons off my 'vette except for the huge beams and spent a couple of hours in a haz res. For PvE you really don't need any more than that. And as someone else said, it improves your jump range and maneuverability.

 

[zarrazee]

OP. Post us a video of your PVP fights. Always interesting to see different builds.