Skimmer and Base Assault! Frag Cannons VS Missiles! Best Weapons Loadout?

[scrub07]

Ok everyone, thoughts, experiences?

Fragment Cannons and Missiles seem to be the winning combination. Fastest to kill things on the ground with least damage to ship. Any challenging observations or experiences?

 

[Sylon]

I picked one of these missions up today, just haven't done it yet. Payout is nearly 1M! But CMDR Josh Hawkins told me something that I should also mention here, base assaults are harder since 2.1 came out. When Vindicator Jones made his videos on the subject, it was pretty easy. Now the bases you attack will have air support in the form of Viper mkIII's or worse. So be prepared to defend yourself against air targets as well as ground targets.

 

[Father Giliam]

I picked one of these missions up today, just haven't done it yet. Payout is nearly 1M! But CMDR Josh Hawkins told me something that I should also mention here, base assaults are harder since 2.1 came out. When Vindicator Jones made his videos on the subject, it was pretty easy. Now the bases you attack will have air support in the form of Viper mkIII's or worse. So be prepared to defend yourself against air targets as well as ground targets.

It likely depends on what level of security the base has. Even then, a +++ sometimes doesnt have air support judging from some new videos that came out after 2.1. But yes, prepare for the possibility of air support, better safe than sorry.

 

[Stealth Gamer92]

Dumbfires are perfec "bombing" weapon, took out AA quite effectively.

 

[JohnCarter]

Remember that +++ is population not difficulty or security. Assess air defense first and then go for the base generator. Key is don't hesitate move quickly!