I've been playing with more fixed weapons lately, even though gimballed usually ends up being more effective (primarily play PVE). I'm enjoying working a little harder for my kills. 
That said, I think fixed weapons could use a little boost. I'm liking the slightly increased damage, but I think they're missing one huge feature: Weapon Convergence.
At a minimum, I'd like to see us being able to configure how far out our weapons converge in outfitting. WWII fighters did this, and see no reason why we wouldn't do the same. I laugh every time I see a clipper try to shoot me with fixed weapon mounts on the outer wing while directly facing me.
Alternatively, a feature to auto-converge based on the distance to the target would be neat too. I know the weapons already do this to a very small extent (.1 degree maybe), but think they ought to do a little more. Perhaps how well they converge could depend on how solid of a lock we have (similar to how low heat signature targets reduce the allowable fire arc of gimballed weapons), and perhaps also become ineffective when the target launches chaff.
With something like this, I think this would help boost fixed weapons and increase their usage.
Posted in the Elite: Dangerous subreddit too: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/5akfai/requestidea_fixed_weapon_convergence/
That said, I think fixed weapons could use a little boost. I'm liking the slightly increased damage, but I think they're missing one huge feature: Weapon Convergence.
At a minimum, I'd like to see us being able to configure how far out our weapons converge in outfitting. WWII fighters did this, and see no reason why we wouldn't do the same. I laugh every time I see a clipper try to shoot me with fixed weapon mounts on the outer wing while directly facing me.
Alternatively, a feature to auto-converge based on the distance to the target would be neat too. I know the weapons already do this to a very small extent (.1 degree maybe), but think they ought to do a little more. Perhaps how well they converge could depend on how solid of a lock we have (similar to how low heat signature targets reduce the allowable fire arc of gimballed weapons), and perhaps also become ineffective when the target launches chaff.
With something like this, I think this would help boost fixed weapons and increase their usage.
Posted in the Elite: Dangerous subreddit too: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/5akfai/requestidea_fixed_weapon_convergence/
