Screening Shell XFX?

[Stealthie]

A quick thought...

If I apply the Screening Shell XFX to a frag-turret set to "fire-at-will", is it going to do the same job as a PDT - thus freeing up a utility slot for yet another SB?

Obviously, I probably shouldn't expect it to be quite as effective at shooting down missiles as a PDT but will it be capable of shooting down, say, reverb torp's?

Seems like the two potential issues would be whether the turret can track well enough to target a torp' and whether the AI is smart enough to shoot down a torp' rather than firing on the ship that launched it instead.

Anybody tested this out, or want to try it?

 

[Rubbernuke]

No, it won't work as turrets don't target munitions AFAIK.

 

[Krash]

They don't automatically target the torps like PDT does (confirmed by Morbad)

 

[Stealthie]

Bah!

That's kind of ironic given that half the time, in CZ's, whenever I press the "target highest threat" button my scanner decides to target a bloody missile/torpedo.
And yet we're saying that a turret - which presumably uses the same threat AI as the scanner - won't target missiles/torp's?

Ah well, it was a nice thought.

 

[Krash]

How many frag shots does it take to kill a torp? I always thought we needed a seeker to take them out.

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Bah!

That's kind of ironic given that half the time, in CZ's, whenever I press the "target highest threat" button my scanner decides to target a bloody missile/torpedo.
And yet we're saying that a turret - which presumably uses the same threat AI as the scanner - won't target missiles/torp's?

Ah well, it was a nice thought.

Pretty sure those are dead ones though, but I know exactly what you mean here!

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

I had the same thought. Pfft.

However, gimballed screening shell frags work wonders on clearing munitions in front.