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Engineering Pacifiers?
- Thread starter Stealthie
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I like the Mamba a lot but I would never equip her with two Pacifiers. The convergence of her large hardpoints is non-existent.
One of the most fun uses of Pacifiers I’ve seen is four Pacifiers, two Frags, and two small Feedback cascade rails on a Conda. Go all Screening Shell with Overcharged.
Charge the target, hit SCBs in prep for the ram, spam everything at point blank range. Use Premium Ammo for extra delete powers.
Charge the target, hit SCBs in prep for the ram, spam everything at point blank range. Use Premium Ammo for extra delete powers.
I put Pacifiers on my Cutter and Krait mk2 a couple of weeks ago and I can't seem to enjoy any of my other ships in combat now. Must get more at some point. Overcharged and screening shell certainly seems to do the job.
One of the most fun uses of Pacifiers I’ve seen is four Pacifiers, two Frags, and two small Feedback cascade rails on a Conda. Go all Screening Shell with Overcharged.
Charge the target, hit SCBs in prep for the ram, spam everything at point blank range. Use Premium Ammo for extra delete powers.
This might actually make me buy a conda x)
Just put that setup on my Conda in Coriolis and the DPS seems to have been mixed up with the shield stren... Oh. Which is the furthest civilised area from you? No reason for asking, just curious.Do it! Here’s some footage of it ambushing a player Corvette:
A pair of small railguns - one or both with Long Range and Feedback Cascade so you can nullify any shield cell banks used.
Or a pair of short range modded Cytoscramblers. Those nullify SCBs, too, by simply breaking the shield before the cycle is finished.
Only if you are within 0.5 km of your target if modified to G5 Short Range. Outside of that range, they are useless.
Considering he's using Frags, 500m is about the distance he wants to be anyway. I use three efficient Cytos on my Chieftain to great effect. Never had problems with SCBs.
Not wishing to derail but are Pacifiers worth the four weeks over standard Frags?
I’ve only just started using Frag cannons and have been delighted, quite literally, with the effect. Initially trying them out on the small hardpoints of a Cobra MkIII and now using three large gimballed with High Cap and Screening Shells on all three plus two 2A with OC and drag munitions. I was shocked at how quickly I took down a fully shielded Anaconda from around 500m - my beam laser and multi cannon Corvette takes so much longer.
I’m not sure as to the best XFX for size, best effect, tactics and gimballed/fixed set up but am happy to play around.
I feel I may have wasted the last three weeks ‘shopping’ for packhounds when compared to the frags.
Just to note, the Krait is currently meant as a USS farmer with the intention of taking out anything in a USS, collecting the goodies and leaving so it’s working for that so far but further and more extensive combat use is certainly on the cards with these things....hence my interest in, particularly the tighter spread, of the Pacifiers.
I’ve only just started using Frag cannons and have been delighted, quite literally, with the effect. Initially trying them out on the small hardpoints of a Cobra MkIII and now using three large gimballed with High Cap and Screening Shells on all three plus two 2A with OC and drag munitions. I was shocked at how quickly I took down a fully shielded Anaconda from around 500m - my beam laser and multi cannon Corvette takes so much longer.
I’m not sure as to the best XFX for size, best effect, tactics and gimballed/fixed set up but am happy to play around.
I feel I may have wasted the last three weeks ‘shopping’ for packhounds when compared to the frags.
Just to note, the Krait is currently meant as a USS farmer with the intention of taking out anything in a USS, collecting the goodies and leaving so it’s working for that so far but further and more extensive combat use is certainly on the cards with these things....hence my interest in, particularly the tighter spread, of the Pacifiers.
They are 100% worth it if you already like frags.
However, you might wanna get good with fixed frags as the Pacifiers only come in fixed.
Packhounds are great for stripping away surface modules - chaff, point defense, thrusters et cetera. They fill a different niche than fragmentation cannons.
In fairness I haven’t given them a good opportunity yet. I should get access this time next week and so far have just used seekers on the small hardpoints of my Cobra - so the full lunacy I’ve read about hasn’t been unleashed. Great to know what they excel at though, thanks.
That’s kind of why I hedged my bets and put a mix of gimballed and fixed, next step is fixed only. Promise
Worked out the rest of the build- doing it. Thanks for the idea.Build it. Embrace your fate. Become death.
Incase y'all missed it, I posted a PvP fragaconda on page one. It's post #9
Yes! I use DS. The damage is overwhelming. Actually I kill elite NPC Anacondas in seconds.
Short answer, no, they're honestly not. There are extremely few situations where they would result in a dps increase vs gimballed normal frags (only when fighting big ships, basically). They are a nice-to-have though.