Ship Builds & Load Outs who likes the c4 plasma accelerator

[Real Rakkar]

I do use it on my fdl and it is awesome to snipe Powerplants or to have a burst damage potential to kill targets fast.
Yes you need skill to aim right, and also some luck, i do not hit the powerplant perfect with every shot.

Sure it is harder to use it on larger ships, Anaconda Cutter or Corvette.

Fly save

 

[Alex Brentnall]

I used it extensively in beta on the Corvette

Love it as a fun thing to use but It's not overly effective against anything under Anaconda size. A lot of hate goes into PA's but I always see them as the nukes of elite, for taking down much bigger targets than yourself. From that perspective they are great.
Also really good fun on ground installations, like dropping a huge bomb or two.

As for day-day use I generally have 2 builds, eternal lasers for NPC's and railguns/multi-cannons for PvP. Occasionally a crazy build like all-railguns just for the fun of it. As such the PA doesn't get used as often as I'd like although I have got it on my FDL as well just for the fun factor

 

[Heater]

For the power it uses the damage it does is low compared to the C3

 

[grimreaper]

I use two on my corvette, fun factor 10+

 

[kharmadillo]

I use one on my Conda and I'm considering swapping it out for another gimballed laser. I only play PvE, and it's rare that I come up against anything big enough to justify using it. If I were fighting other Condas and Corvettes/Cutters then I'm sure it'd make more sense, but when it comes to anything smaller it's effectively a wasted hardpoint.

 

[JohnCarter]

Made a fun build on my FDL, 1 huge PA and 2 medium PA's and 2 gimbaled burst lasers. Has great alpha dps with the PA's then switch to the burst for cool down and recharge and then pow!! The 2'nd round. Anaconda's usually go proof in 3 rounds and pythons in 2-3. It does require some tight flying and timing but a whole lot of fun.

 

[vindicator jones]

C4PA is probably the most giggleworthy weapon in ED... Whenever I land an impossible shot at range or pop an anacondas power plant in 2 bursts from my corvette, I just cant stop myself giggling.

I will never EVER understand the hate for this weapon. Sure its hard to use, and it does take time to learn how to use it properly, but once you have learned its quirks, it becomes such an amazing and fun weapon to use.

Although I think once class 4 multicanons come out, things will change drastically. I think the new meta on the FDL will be 4 pulses/bursts/beams and a huge multicanon.

Until then, my C4PA will remain on my PVE FDL and Corvette.

 

[SCTrojanbulldog]

C4PA is probably the most giggleworthy weapon in ED... Whenever I land an impossible shot at range or pop an anacondas power plant in 2 bursts from my corvette, I just cant stop myself giggling.

I will never EVER understand the hate for this weapon. Sure its hard to use, and it does take time to learn how to use it properly, but once you have learned its quirks, it becomes such an amazing and fun weapon to use.

Although I think once class 4 multicanons come out, things will change drastically. I think the new meta on the FDL will be 4 pulses/bursts/beams and a huge multicanon.

Until then, my C4PA will remain on my PVE FDL and Corvette.

This!

I'm learning how to use it on my Cutter..... and landing that PA is worth the skill investment.

I thought landing a PP shot with a C4 cannon was fun..... Little did I know. And using a c4 gimbaled cannon takes almost as much patience and skill as a c4 PA. Cannons travel slower and you tend to fight the gimbaled computer assist with the cannon.

With the PA, set target to trail and line it up:

 

[TheGrimCorsair]

C4PA is probably the most giggleworthy weapon in ED... Whenever I land an impossible shot at range or pop an anacondas power plant in 2 bursts from my corvette, I just cant stop myself giggling.

I will never EVER understand the hate for this weapon. Sure its hard to use, and it does take time to learn how to use it properly, but once you have learned its quirks, it becomes such an amazing and fun weapon to use.

Although I think once class 4 multicanons come out, things will change drastically. I think the new meta on the FDL will be 4 pulses/bursts/beams and a huge multicanon.

Until then, my C4PA will remain on my PVE FDL and Corvette.

Barring a huge rebalance of HRP's and/or Railguns, alongside implementation of effective counters to Silent Running, the meta will almost certainly remain FdL+5 Railguns (and reloads) and a boatload of heatsinks, especially in wing combat.

 

[Othniel]

Simply not worth it my opinion. First, it has low ammo, second- it takes up valuable energy, third- raises heat levels, fourth- hit and miss, fifth- the most epxensive... I prefer the gimbaled class 4 cannon over all others.. lots of ammo, and when close to a target- deadly accurate for taking out power plants along with some beam lasers.

 

[SCTrojanbulldog]

Simply not worth it my opinion. First, it has low ammo, second- it takes up valuable energy, third- raises heat levels, fourth- hit and miss, fifth- the most epxensive... I prefer the gimbaled class 4 cannon over all others.. lots of ammo, and when close to a target- deadly accurate for taking out power plants along with some beam lasers.

Is this in response to rails or PA's?

PA's have the same ammo count and you tend to go through it less quickly.

If you're using a gimbaled cannon, a huge PA isn't that far of a jump in regards to targeting... In some cases, it's superior.

Though, I will concede that a cannon build once the shield is down is great, due to the fact they require sooo little energy you can place pips elsewhere....

 

[DragoonKnight]

I was running 2 of them on my vette once and fighting a conda. Somehow, pure luck i guess, i managed to land a direct hit with both plasmas on the Conda's powerplant after its shields went down. Instant death with over 50% hull still left.

My only regret is that i do not record myself playing Elite

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C4PA is probably the most giggleworthy weapon in ED... Whenever I land an impossible shot at range or pop an anacondas power plant in 2 bursts from my corvette, I just cant stop myself giggling.

I will never EVER understand the hate for this weapon. Sure its hard to use, and it does take time to learn how to use it properly, but once you have learned its quirks, it becomes such an amazing and fun weapon to use.

Although I think once class 4 multicanons come out, things will change drastically. I think the new meta on the FDL will be 4 pulses/bursts/beams and a huge multicanon.

Until then, my C4PA will remain on my PVE FDL and Corvette.

New Corvette haz res loadout (all gimballed)
2 c1 beams
2 c2 beams
C3 Multicannon
2 C4 Multicannons

Hull? What is this hull thing you speak of? I just pull the trigger after enemy shields are down and the enemy goes boom.

 

[Starender]

it's a good C3 weapon on top of the Assault ship, pretty easy to use also thanks to the agility of the ship.