Suggestions for Slot 1 weapon on an AX Scout hunting Chieftan

[Kort]

I have 2 Scout killers. On my Krait MK II I have 2 large and 2 medium enhanced AX multicannons (CG reward) and that setup works well. On my Chieftain it only has 2 large and 1 medium and 3 small slots. I have 2 large and 1 medium enhanced AX multicannons (CG reward) so this setup has a little less damage per second. Can anyone suggest a thargoid scout effective weapon I can put in 2 of my small slots? My 3rd small slot has a beam laser I use to burn off caustic material. Thanks

 

[Kyle Stryker]

Two of the Advanced Multicannons. They will be hard aim because they are fixed, but their rounds are effective against Thargoids. Also, they will cost you a lot of synthesis materials. Your next best choice is either normal multicannons or beams with your preferred engineering modifications. They will only be 23% effective against Thargoids, but a little is better than nothing.

 

[tolm]

My suggestion would be two C3 EAX MCs for sustained DPS, then lose the C2 and put in two C1 Modified Plasma Chargers in the upper C1 slots for now. This leaves you the other C1 for a TV Beam and the C2 for whatever you feel like - a standard C2 Overcharged MC would add a little more DPS, I guess.

When/if the weapon limit is increased you can put the C2 EAX MC back and add a 3rd Mod Plasma if you wanted.

 

[Kort]

I ended up adding 2 size 1G gimballed multi cannons in my available slots and it seemed to work our well.

 

[tolm]

I’m fairly sure the Corrosive experimental wouldn’t do anything but I wonder if Emissive would help keep the other weapons on target?

 

[Unicom]

2x Modified Guardian shard cannons lvl 1 do wonders + 2 gimballed or maybe turreted lvl 3 EAX MCs + flak launcher

 

[Kissamies]

I would say that a gauss or modshard could be an option if you want consider having a go with Cyclopes that might appear. Maybe not the primary purpose of your ship, but having the capacity is nice. If you want to keep it stricly to scouts, a modplasma would be pretty good for finishing shots and it has good ammo capacity.

 

[alex192004]

2 small modified plasma chargers in the clas 1 and 2 med modified plasma chargers in the class 3 hardpoints. Kill scout and interceptors easy with the same load out, perfect convergence. In the extra class 1 put a long range laser with thermal vent and you are ready to go.