Having not even used PAs in the Beta, I really wanted to try them out on my A-grade Viper whilst sticking to the rule of having enough to cover insurance several times over. I finally had the credits for this, so I equipped. And god, I had so much fun. I decided I would forget about ammo costs and just play with them for fun in a Resource Extraction Site. My first victim was a 400 credit bounty Eagle that had the misfortune of accidentally shooting a Fed, who I weakened with Beams, then made a followthrough with the Plasmas right up the and bang. The thing blew up. Yes, I'd lost a lot of credits, but it was credits well spent. I flew around shooting other ships with bounties, mostly Cobras. Made a bit of money from the bounties, although I don't think it'll cover the cost of the Plasmas. I think my crowning moment of using them was whilst I was hunting a 30k bounty Cobra, I fired my Plasmas. Now, I like to set up my secondaries (i.e. Plasmas, Railguns, Missiles etc) to shoot at the same time. I fired my Plasmas and the right one blew up the Cobra in moments. The other one went on flying... and hit a Fed who had been hunting the same target. And my luck, he was unshielded and blew up. I burst out laughing as I received a 5000 credit bounty, started reading the comm log of various police ships declaring me a criminal or setting up their kill runs and had laser fire dashing my shield everywhere. The strange thing is that I was in an Imperial system but I had shot a Federal officer. However, Internal Security also engaged me, along with all the Feds, which were substantial in number. I had never seen so many lasers firing at the same time at my ship. I pumped a a Shield Cell to keep me going before I jumped out.
I don't think I'll be using Plasmas like that ever again. Anyway, I have a preference for Dumbfires and Multicannons. I can only really see Plasmas as being solid for corvette-type ships (i.e. Python, Anaconda etc) whereas Dumbos and MCs are viable everywhere. Even so, I'd take a good set of Missiles any day. So, any of you have any weapons that you've fallen in love in? Ever done a stupid weapon loadout (this isn't the pinnacle of stupidity, but the way I was using the Plasmas definitely was) for tha lulz? Feel free to share it.
I don't think I'll be using Plasmas like that ever again. Anyway, I have a preference for Dumbfires and Multicannons. I can only really see Plasmas as being solid for corvette-type ships (i.e. Python, Anaconda etc) whereas Dumbos and MCs are viable everywhere. Even so, I'd take a good set of Missiles any day. So, any of you have any weapons that you've fallen in love in? Ever done a stupid weapon loadout (this isn't the pinnacle of stupidity, but the way I was using the Plasmas definitely was) for tha lulz? Feel free to share it.