We don't seem to have a weapons/combat subforum so since these this is mostly about hardpoints and kit, and hardpoint config is a ship thing, I'll go with "Ships."
So. I thought I'd have a go at turning the old Cobby into an in-system planet hopper, suitable for those times when you just fancy a bit of time planetside but in vehicles. I actually thought of this because having upgraded to Medium ships, I accidentally found out a lot of High Tech bases have Small pads only, which makes things like "fetch Advanced Medicines" tricky.
A couple of things I've discovered, which both give rise to a question:
- sometimes you can use the ship to scoop canisters from Wreckage and such. Is there a ship with a fuel scoop which really is on the lowest part of the ship to make this even easier? it's doable in the Cobra if you want to just show off but it's a pain to get right.
- shooting Skimmers etc from the ship is also possible. You can't target them but you can still shoot them by eye. And shooting them by eye is an art because of the hardpoint offset and convergence built for 2km range, not 200m range... so the question is what's the shortest range weapon in the game, and does it come in Fixed, and will it work on the hardpoints that are a bit nearer the middle?
And side question - what is the actual point of a Diamondback Scout? It's mostly a worse Cobra, and it's heavier, and terrible cargo capacity.
So. I thought I'd have a go at turning the old Cobby into an in-system planet hopper, suitable for those times when you just fancy a bit of time planetside but in vehicles. I actually thought of this because having upgraded to Medium ships, I accidentally found out a lot of High Tech bases have Small pads only, which makes things like "fetch Advanced Medicines" tricky.
A couple of things I've discovered, which both give rise to a question:
- sometimes you can use the ship to scoop canisters from Wreckage and such. Is there a ship with a fuel scoop which really is on the lowest part of the ship to make this even easier? it's doable in the Cobra if you want to just show off but it's a pain to get right.
- shooting Skimmers etc from the ship is also possible. You can't target them but you can still shoot them by eye. And shooting them by eye is an art because of the hardpoint offset and convergence built for 2km range, not 200m range... so the question is what's the shortest range weapon in the game, and does it come in Fixed, and will it work on the hardpoints that are a bit nearer the middle?
And side question - what is the actual point of a Diamondback Scout? It's mostly a worse Cobra, and it's heavier, and terrible cargo capacity.
