Want pew pew challenge/fun? Use fixed weapons only.

Katkon

K
Plus - it's FUN. I nearly had my behind handed to me last night. In a maxed out FDL with all fixed weapons. Interdicted an NPC pirate and his 2 pirate buddies. Hadn't used fixed weapons in a while, but thought this'd be easy. They managed to get my unboosted shields down to 1 ring - and embarrassingly - at least one of them was rated Mostly Harmless. And they were flying Sidewinders!!!!! Of course, it didn't help that I felt I'd won before even firing the first shot, but my lack of humility nearly got the best of me. OK - that's an exaggeration - but fixed weapons are simply so much more fun than gimbals. I flew with fixed weapons early on, but got tired of time-to-kill so "upgraded" to gimbals. While they make non-chaff encounters much, much more efficient, they also reduce a huge amount of the fun.

So anyone who wants a bit more fun: try fixed weapons, for a while. Not as good for shooting fish in a barrel, but much more satisfying and fun. Especially against low ranked NPCs in small ships who are smiling and waving at you as you attempt to match their rotation speed close-in (not a great idea, for the most part).
 
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Monk

Monk
Fixed weapons against sideys are the bane of my existence....but yes, fixed weps are fun. Even more fun to mix them up with gimbals and turrets so you can be deadly to anything that comes your way.
 

Darrett

Darrett
I'm not full on fixed; I do fixed lasers and gimballed MCs, because otherwise you can't fire all your weaponry at once and hit the target unless you're very close.

I started it as a method of improving my skill after a series of failures in the tutorials, but now I can't go back. Much more fun, even though it's less effective.
 
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