Unbalanced firepower

[Sixty One]

I defended myself from a CMDR who attacked me with an SRV Scorpion. I flew up in my Federal Corvette and started shooting him with all weapons (Engineered Multicannon and Beam Laser), after several minutes his shield was down by only 50%. This is unlikely, it makes no sense, a very powerful ship failing to destroy an SRV. Bah!!!!

 

[GroG79]

Next time just ram it!

(does not matter what ship you fly btw)

 

[Sixty One]

I tried, but I couldn't destroy it. Eventually, as I shot him, he exited the game and saved himself :-(

 

[Northpin]

A srv is very small and you missed it with almost anything you shot at it.

Better aim next time

 

[cmdr Ramius007]

sidewinder with 2 missile racks would do a job

 

[Sixty One]

ok, but it's unlikely to destroy a flying Anaconda in 30 seconds and only do 50% damage to a grounded SRV in 5 minutes

 

[Northpin]

sidewinder with 2 missile racks would do a job

That's like using a size 12 shoe to kill an ant.

 

[Northpin]

ok, but it's unlikely to destroy a flying Anaconda in 30 seconds and only do 50% damage to a grounded SRV in 5 minutes

There is a huge disproportion between ship and on-foot damage. I wont comment on that.

But,
Anaconda, big ship, the srv cannot miss it and the Scorpion does a lot of damage. I would assume that your Anaconda also has crap shields
SRV small target, you missed it for like 99% of the time

 

[Sixty One]

you missed it for like 99% of the time

With all guns gimballed? Is it possible?

While shooting I saw on the monitor showing the opponent that I was hitting him

 

[Dillon Fallon]

You have to hit it first and merely being in a Corvette is by itself no measure of damage output. Missiles/plasma accelerators, for example would have been more appropriate for this as many other weapons require a direct hit, including multicannons and beams and that's not easy to do.

 

[Dillon Fallon]

With all guns gimballed? Is it possible?

While shooting I saw on the monitor showing the opponent that I was hitting him

Especially with gimbals due to the jitter. You were probably getting one or two hits in with most missing.

 

[Sixty One]

Especially with gimbals due to the jitter. You were probably getting one or two hits in with most missing.

Ok, this is possible.

Now I have mounted the missiles on my corvette, I just hope to meet him again.

 

[Factabulous]

Missiles are a good option Splash damage is very useful for ground attack on small targets - just ask all those Thargoid Scavengers

 

[Northpin]

With all guns gimballed? Is it possible?

Yes, gimbals wobble a lot. Big wobble, small target, guaranteed miss

Now I have mounted the missiles on my corvette, I just hope to meet him again.

When you meet them dont forget to proper introduce yourself... Ant, meet Boot

 

[Gordon Freeman IV]

I defended myself from a CMDR who attacked me with an SRV Scorpion. I flew up in my Federal Corvette and started shooting him with all weapons (Engineered Multicannon and Beam Laser), after several minutes his shield was down by only 50%. This is unlikely, it makes no sense, a very powerful ship failing to destroy an SRV. Bah!!!!

Skill issue.

 

[cmdr Ramius007]

attacknig ground targets usually favour small ships with good fixed weapons convergence and good thruster acceleration, you can do everything in corvette, but ody content and a lot of old horizons content, like scans and attack on power grids is much more efficient in vipers and cobras alike, also advanced missile racks can turn any small ship into formidable bomber. Even simple tasks like turning in SC, landings and takeofs takes way more time in big ships

 

[Screemonster]

ok, but it's unlikely to destroy a flying Anaconda in 30 seconds and only do 50% damage to a grounded SRV in 5 minutes

It doesn't matter how much damage you do if your bullets hit the ground instead of the target

 

[Northpin]

attacknig ground targets usually favour small ships with good fixed weapons convergence and good thruster acceleration, you can do everything in corvette, but ody content and a lot of old horizons content, like scans and attack on power grids is much more efficient in vipers and cobras alike, also advanced missile racks can turn any small ship into formidable bomber. Even simple tasks like turning in SC, landings and takeofs takes way more time in big ships

I used to shoot MetaAlloys from a cutter, and the pillars are smaller than the SRV.
Large ships are good too...