Can someone please explain the weapons?

[Beatz0121]

I see some that say kinetic, or energy I believe.

are some better for shields, some better for armor, etc?

is there a chart or something for this anywhere?

 

[N6MAA10816]

Hi Beatz!
Lasers (Energy) to kill shields...
Cannons or Missiles (Kinetic) to kill Hull....

Fill your boots and get pew pewing commander!

 

[Corwyn]

Take a look at the documentation linked below, it's got alot of good information, including weapons. It's still a work in progress, but it's fairly complete:

First post of this sticky thread:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34437

 

[krysohmyz]

Also good to remember that plasma accelerators kill everything. So don't get in front of Anaconda and if you do, dodge the blue balls. >.<