The Impractical Hammer

giraffes

giraffes
I honestly cannot find a way to make this railgun useful .. it's SO power hungry and causes so much heating that you have to sacrifice too much just to use one ... Let alone 3

For those of you who havn't seen it this is what it's like

[video=youtube_share;GiKp33Fg-Ps]https://youtu.be/GiKp33Fg-Ps[/video]

edit: I understand that three Imperial Hammers is excessive
 
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Jordan Cobalt

Jordan Cobalt
Um maybe because you have 3 of them, are you insane? 3 normal railguns would be just as bad on pretty much any ship but the courier is a tinderbox.
 
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deathmagnet

deathmagnet
Of course it is overheating. You are using 3 of them. Have you considered only using 1 hammer? I imagine the idea is you get 2 Rail guns in 1 spot rather than having to equip 2. It's like having another hardpoint.
 

Mr_Blastman

Mr_Blastman
Jordan Cobalt said:
Um maybe because you have 3 of them, are you insane? 3 normal railguns would be just as bad on pretty much any ship but the courier is a tinderbox.
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Four are really manageable in some ships. I think the Courier looks like it is having some bad issues cooling off by that video. Why does it cool so slow?
 

giraffes

giraffes
Commander Silex said:
I put 4 in my FDL. It was amusing.
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Yeah I was thinking about getting an FDL just for the Imperial Hammer ... but it's sad that there's only a couple ships that can make it a handy dandy weapon considering it takes a medium hard point .. the Railgun is SO IMPERIAL but Neither of the Imperial ships can make good use of it ( the clipper / Courier)
 

ocflyer

ocflyer
Perhaps it isn't intended for use on lesser ships such as the Courier. Have you tried it on a vehicle with better power (and heat) characteristics? Perhaps a Python? Also, was your power plant A-rated?
 

HeavyGroovez

HeavyGroovez
I run 3 on my Python no problems.


You can fire 3 salvos before needing to pop a sink vs 4 salvos with normal rails.


Normal rails are functionally better but the Hammer looks and sounds so awesome that i dont mind the minor performance hit.


Courier is not designed to be a railboat.
 
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giraffes

giraffes
ocflyer said:
Perhaps it isn't intended for use on lesser ships such as the Courier. Have you tried it on a vehicle with better power (and heat) characteristics? Perhaps a Python? Also, was your power plant A-rated?
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yes I pimped out that courier hard and even bought it reflective bulkheads
 
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Mr_Blastman

Mr_Blastman
ocflyer said:
Perhaps it isn't intended for use on lesser ships such as the Courier. Have you tried it on a vehicle with better power (and heat) characteristics? Perhaps a Python? Also, was your power plant A-rated?
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A ten million credit (upgraded) spacecraft should have no problems running railguns. My 5.5 million dollar Cobra runs double class 2 rails with no problems at all. I would expect a 10.5 million ship to easily handle triple rails. Unless there are hidding heatsinks in ships we don't know about that are different per craft... And we should know--buyer beware and all.
 

GluttonyFang

GluttonyFang
giraffes said:
I honestly cannot find a way to make this railgun useful .. it's SO power hungry and causes so much heating that you have to sacrifice too much just to use one ... Let alone 3

For those of you who havn't seen it this is what it's like

https://youtu.be/GiKp33Fg-Ps

edit: I understand that three Imperial Hammers is excessive
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...

Did you want to blow up?

It's a Courier good sir, it's a Courier...
 

ocflyer

ocflyer
I'll bet I'd get a good laugh out of firing 3 hammers on a Courier during Silent Running! Fire once and blow yourself up!
 
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