Pack Hounds
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External modules like hardpoints and thrusters are vulnerable. Combine with module sniping and you should have a very effective loadout. Havent used modified launchers however....
Just bolt six onto your ship, aim in the general direction of the enemy, fire and stand back and enjoy the spectacle
Do they not produce astonishing amounts of heat?
Go with lightweight or increased ammo. Rapid fire will generate too much heat. Thermal/drag munitions are my personal favorites. Use them to target subsystems such as drives.
I've got mine set up with Overload to help with shields when needed, but I will be switching over to Drag on at least one of them.
Target hardpoints as soon as shields go down and on most ships you can effectively destroy every weapon in just 2 full salvos, since the hardpoints are typically bunched together near each other the splash damage hits multiple weapons at a time.
Target hardpoints as soon as shields go down and on most ships you can effectively destroy every weapon in just 2 full salvos, since the hardpoints are typically bunched together near each other the splash damage hits multiple weapons at a time.
Yeah but they're very effective at their job.
You use all missiles to strip external modules of a ship to disable them.
yeah but they look badass, its worth cooking your ship while looking fabulous.
have a dropship with 4 of them, its more a douchship now
yeah but they look badass, its worth cooking your ship while looking fabulous.
have a dropship with 4 of them, its more a douchship now
Yup, fixed up a gunship with them. Death blossom missile storm.
Quick answer: Depends.
Elaboration:
Packhounds have dmg penalty against medium and large ships,
against those you snipe external modules, as this weapon cannot breach
and dmg internal modules. Drives are a prime example.
Against small nimble ships and SLF just target them and blast their hull to dust,
unless you want to pirate them, then it is thrusters again.
Specials:
Drag ammo!!!!!! Slow down a ship to 0 pips to ENG, not much more to add,
a glorious mod.
If you like to counter silent running, try to use emissive munitions,
if you have missiles as a primary weapon and no shield killer,
try the overload munitions (ammo penalty removed).
Engineering:
On smaller ships where power and weight is important i prefer lightweight,
as it reduces weight and power drain.
On larger craft, like the FGS i prefer the magazine extended mods (double mass, *1,3 power drain!!!).
So basically bring some flowers to Liz Ryder,
and bond with her if you want packhounds to be better