Weapons (Gimballed Beam Lasers) wont fire when on target

Bloodfyre

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Ok....I just got destroyed for the 2nd time and wonder if any of you veterans can help me. Im a relative newb to combat i admit but this has never happend to me before and I just lost my Dolphin twice.....Im reluctant to try out my FDL and lose that too.
So situation is - My lasers will fire when the gimbals arent locked but not when they are. IUt isnt a range issue - the enemy shup and i have been nose to nose-lasers wont fire-it flies past the gimbals unlock and on they come again.
Very frustrated -My turret was firing happily away to good effect-primary weapons just utterly useless however. Any ideas whats going on? Thanks.
 

DJ

DJ
Nose-nose suggests you may be drifting out of the firing arc of your hardpoint mounts, meaning if the lazers kept shooting they'd shoot your Dolphin's nose off? Different ships have their hardpoints mounted in different exterior places.

Otherwise, are they overheating by the time they've locked onto the target? Could the enemy be firing chaff?
 

Werewolf13

Werewolf13
What DJ said...

Go into outfitting at a station and check out where the lasers in question are physically mounted. That will explain a lot of what is happening.

FWIW: it would be time well spent to learn how to use fixed fire weapons. They do a lot more damage than gimballed weps and once you learn how to use them you'll hit as often as one can with gimbals. The more damage the better in ED. He who hits first and hardest usually wins in ED.
 
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