Large Shock Cannon Anemic?

Codger

Codger
I unlocked the large gimbaled Shock Cannon, sounded like fun. Tried it just now in a High RES.

I guess I don't get the point of this weapon. My overcharged multis take down hulls faster. And this thing has only 240 ammo, it's gone in short order.

Maybe I'm using it wrong? I'm just waiting until the shields dropped and then letting loose with the Shock Cannon (firing multiple shots as fast as possible).

Anyone else tried this thing and liked it?
 

Cmdr DRAGONHEART

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I did but whit medium shock cannons...
The are pretty to look ad and good for shields and hull damage. but do to ammo limitations i wanted my credits back.

If only you could engeneer it for ammo :rolleyes:
 

seko

seko
Cmdr DRAGONHEART said:
I did but whit medium shock cannons...
The are pretty to look ad and good for shields and hull damage. but do to ammo limitations i wanted my credits back.

If only you could engeneer it for ammo :rolleyes:
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I got them yesterday, but not tried them out as yet. You can always synthesise ammo?
 

CMDR The Riz

CMDR The Riz
Codger said:
I unlocked the large gimbaled Shock Cannon, sounded like fun. Tried it just now in a High RES.

I guess I don't get the point of this weapon. My overcharged multis take down hulls faster. And this thing has only 240 ammo, it's gone in short order.

Maybe I'm using it wrong? I'm just waiting until the shields dropped and then letting loose with the Shock Cannon (firing multiple shots as fast as possible).

Anyone else tried this thing and liked it?
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Interesting... would you mind posting your build? I kitted out a Krait a few days ago with 5 of those (3 large 2 medium, all fixed) and I was able to cut through a Deadly NPC wing consisting of one Clipper and two Viper IV's easily in my local HazRes. Going to do more testing later tonight with them.

Ammo is definitely a problem with these - they way they are designed encourages spam-firing, but they don't have the ammo reserves to back that up. That and the faster you fire them, the more inaccurate they get, so spam-firing only works at short ranges.

Cmdr DRAGONHEART said:
If only you could engeneer it for ammo :rolleyes:
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If only they could be Engineered at all :(

Sandro did say in the livestream before 3.0 launched that they would have at least some form of Engineering at some point... but after the Guardian Powerplant Engineering fiasco, I don't know if FDEV are still considering that.

seko said:
I got them yesterday, but not tried them out as yet. You can always synthesise ammo?
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Yes - they have a synthesis option. Most of the mats are of the Manufactured type, though - best way to stock up on those mats is to visit the Mat Traders.

Gabbatek said:
they're more effective against thargoids, apparently.
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Really? Welp, time to go find a murder flower!
 
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Grisnir

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Since the med shock cannon sucked hard, there
was no doubt that the large variant sucks even more

And the synth mats are for multis and cannons are far cheaper than for shock cannons
 

bladebss

bladebss
They are basically pacifier frag cannons you cant engeneer. They have a similar effective range due to jitter when rapid firing to achive the high dps. Low ammo. But they also cook you alive in your cockpit. Just buy frags. Hope they get buffed or the engeneers.
 

Codger

Codger
I guess if you use like 5 of them they kinda work, but still not worth it. And that ammo cap is silly. And they sound goofy. I want my mats back! :p

[video=youtube_share;Y5hFUSjTNA8]https://youtu.be/Y5hFUSjTNA8[/video]
 
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Stigbob

Stigbob
Try a pair as a hull killer with other guns for the shields. Hold fire until you can absolutely spank the target at close range, the thing that took time and wasted ammo in your vid was getting the shields down. But the hull went like paper.

Perfect assassination weapon.
 

BradHann

BradHann
This weapon is so sexy, I really want to make it work. So far, however, all I've managed to prove is that I am a lousy shot with fixed weapons - couldn't even take down a Competent Eagle yesterday :eek: Looks like I'll have to go get me some more mats to unlock the gimballed version instead.
 

Stigbob

Stigbob
BradHann said:
This weapon is so sexy, I really want to make it work. So far, however, all I've managed to prove is that I am a lousy shot with fixed weapons - couldn't even take down a Competent Eagle yesterday :eek: Looks like I'll have to go get me some more mats to unlock the gimballed version instead.
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Grab some plasma accelerators and mod them for plasma slug with an extra fuel tank and scoop, go pick on NPC's at nav beacons with the star close by to reload until your accuracy improves.
 

Deio

Deio
Shock cannons are not for Res. They are for assasinations. Best weapons for taking down even the strongest foe. I tried them, they eat hull like midnight snack. If you want something strong in short time, they are the best. Or for trading protection, on a Python, deadly ...
 
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