mass driver efficiency?
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- Tai Gordon
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mass driver efficiency?
hi all
becuase i had no good luck hunting khaaks with my dragon (4x G-HEPT, 1x A-PPC) i thought that i might need a whicked weapon to burn sóme khaak's a..
i thought about 5 Mass Driver...they shoot sharp, fasr and penetrate the shields...so they might be a good to choice to hunt Khaak - no i don't want to use PSGs
what do you think about Mass Drivers?
i hope you can help me
greez
tai
becuase i had no good luck hunting khaaks with my dragon (4x G-HEPT, 1x A-PPC) i thought that i might need a whicked weapon to burn sóme khaak's a..
i thought about 5 Mass Driver...they shoot sharp, fasr and penetrate the shields...so they might be a good to choice to hunt Khaak - no i don't want to use PSGs
what do you think about Mass Drivers?
i hope you can help me
greez
tai
- Tai Gordon
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I guess you'll have to suffer then. Those of us that like the Argon Nova are enjoying the ability to mount an Ion Disrupter.Tai Gordon wrote:i dont like the nova and the dragon can't use the ion disruptor
Skill counts for nothing when an angel pees down the touchhole of your musket.
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A little too well really, last time I went hunting I got:pjknibbs wrote: Try a Split Iguana TP, then. It can mount Ion Disruptors, is fast (308 m/s), and works extremely well as a capturing platform...
2 Orinoco's
2 Mercury's
4 Pirate Ship's
1 Bayamon
Plus a hold full of slaves, weed, spacefuel and missiles from failed captures that went boom. Talk about easy money.
The mass driver has strenghs and weaknesses, like all weapons.
The major strength is the speed of shots. They are so fast, that there is virtually no target leading needed. This means that turrets almost always hit when they are using this weapon.
The weakness is that it does very little hull damage. Even two mass drivers in a Dragon's turret against a M5 will need 20-30 shots to kill the target.
Because of its speed, though, it makes an excellent point defense weapon in a turret set missile defense. It will take out incoming missiles with as much efficiency as a PSG.
MY personal oppinion is that the weapon needs to have its damage increased, or be made into a "normal" weapon that does shield and hull damage. THe direct hull damage sounds nice, but it makes the weapon useless to use in combinations with other weapons.
The major strength is the speed of shots. They are so fast, that there is virtually no target leading needed. This means that turrets almost always hit when they are using this weapon.
The weakness is that it does very little hull damage. Even two mass drivers in a Dragon's turret against a M5 will need 20-30 shots to kill the target.
Because of its speed, though, it makes an excellent point defense weapon in a turret set missile defense. It will take out incoming missiles with as much efficiency as a PSG.
MY personal oppinion is that the weapon needs to have its damage increased, or be made into a "normal" weapon that does shield and hull damage. THe direct hull damage sounds nice, but it makes the weapon useless to use in combinations with other weapons.
You were warned... pirates will be hunted down like vermin.
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Another way of balancing the mass drivers would be to let them score critical hits on equipment/upgrades. Currently I don't think they do; I've shredded xenon and pirate M4's with mass drivers, and they don't seem to lose any of their stuff. If they had a chance at destroying equipment, even at only 12 hull damage, that 20 shots per second ought to be worth something. Or whatever the turret's firing rate is, it doesn't seem to fire mass drivers at full speed.