That looks like a very nice build.
Without the guardian shields, that's pretty much what I had. Didn't work worth a hoot.Here is another build to consider which is mostly a copy of what the Down to Earth Astronomy guy on youtube has been refining for years.
The beam lasers are long range, which means you really to grade 5 charge enhanced with super capacitors power distributor to make it work.Coriolis EDCD Edition
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The problem with the Corvette is its big and fat and slow and hard to keep your targets inside 1500m and almost impossible within 500m which is needed to get the best damage from efficient beams. Grade 2 or 3 long range gimbled beams do more damage than efficient beams over 1500m range but wobble too much stay on target well much beyond 4000m, so there is no need to engineer more than grade 3 (up to 4800m). I did grade 5 long range since I had the materials going spare.
This build works extremely well for me as someone who needs a conventional gimballed beam laser and multicannon set up to get the best results. I'm no combat ace. This ship blows up medium and large targets faster than any other ship I've tried. Smaller faster targets are a bit trickier, but pose no threat.
Did the update reset your key bindings?
If you were engaging targets at longer range than the efficient beam lasers can reach effectively, that might have been your problem. My version with long range beam lasers deals more damage at the 1500m+ range the targets are at most of the time. I don't know why your build wasn't working without seeing it in action. Even with shorter range beams it would not have been much worse against hulls. The two huge multi canons rip apart hulls pretty quick.
I saw on a dev thread that it's a known issue
That was the problem: their shields would go down almost instantly. But I could sit there pumping the beam lasers and multi-cannons at the same time all day long on their hull and it wouldn't kill them.
How well do the pack hound missiles work? Aren't they vulnerable to the point defense turrets? I've thought about missiles before but watching my opponent's missiles explode right outside their ship from my point defense turrets made me decide against it.
I use the Packhounds when the enemy is making a run at me. Within 750m, I can let off around 5 shots (that's really 10 salvos, as I have them both on the same fire button. Not sure how many are in each salvo though, maybe 6?). Fired from a distance though, they do tend to go off at a tangent. I think that's the enemy firing of chaf.
On those Prismatics, don't you have to support or align yourself with a big shot leader in the Empire for 4 weeks to be able to buy them? Are they any better than rolled grade 5 thermal resistant bi-weave shields with hicap special effect? Sorry about the questions, I have no experience with those type of shields and hear others talking about them (I use bi-weave's).
Are you sure that is a scav, looks more like a cyberman in that pic.I continued my scavenger removing activities. Here's one right at the moment of removal. Goodbye, goodbye.
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Congratulations especially on being smart enough to get out and reset.
Packhounds and Prismatics are rewards for 4 weeks pledge at lvl3 to a power.
That is odd as the stats say that prismatics have a slightly lower rate of MJ/s than standard shields and more MJ total as they are stronger so they should be slower without engineering and assuming the same shield boosters (and possibly the same ship).
Having reflected on this, I'm guessing the issue is two fold:
