BLAM BLAM BLAM Said the Chieftain. The Thargoid said "Arrrgh"

[tafkabb]

Tell you what, I've been using 2xC2 and 2xC1 gauss cannons on my shieldless Chieftain and it was OK. I'm not a great shot so taking down a Cyclops was do-able but takes a while.

I spent a few days this week unlocking four Guardian modified shard cannons with the intention of using them on my Anaconda for some giggles and insta-gibbing. After I unlocked them I realised my Anaconda uses four C3, not C2, so I had four spare pre-engineered shard cannons. What to do?

I took the four gauss from my Chieftain and put two shards on it instead. I thought it might have a little less firepower but it's a test and what can go wrong?

Dear god, the firepower! I annihilated the first Thargoid with 85% hull left. I didn't have my thermal vent beam or my flak cannon, so that's good for me. Those shard cannons rip through Cyclops like a cannon through butter. Easy to aim too.


So I'll be in Asterope all week cleaning up the galaxy if anyone fancies some pews.

 

[Chi Drifter]

This game has still got loads more fun yet to squeeze out of it.

Nice to see someone else on this forum who's still loving the game-)

I've not really been into the Thargoids but I am almost finished engineering PAs on my FDL ...going to put a c4 long range pa on it with x4 efficient pa and have some fun-).

 

[tafkabb]

I've put five efficient PAs on my FDL, it's a monster. I swapped the class 4 for an auto loading multicannon in the end, it's more practical.

edit: here's an ancient video of it in action

Source: https://youtu.be/WFRTlX_Ai1c

 

[Chi Drifter]

Nice...one shots always put a smile on my face-))

 

[tafkabb]

24,000,000 credits for killing a basilisk

 

[tafkabb]

I adjusted my build - I got rid of the flak cannons because I don't distance myself from the Thargoids between attacks anymore, I just stay below 20% heat. I tried two thermal vent beams and I can continuously fire with two pips to WEP but I don't think it makes that much difference to my overall heat.
Also I dropped the Xeno scanner so I can use 12 heatsinks (4x3). The Xeno scanner isn't that useful to be honest.
I finished a fight on 91% this morning, shieldless, so that's good.

Plus all of this Thargoid warfare is really helping with my FA off. It's fun.

 

[Old Duck]

Don't mock the Arrrgh - it took a team of 100 sound engineers two years to make that one sound effect! Or at least so I've been told.