Lasertowers, need advice on how/where to deploy them for SPP?

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Verahta
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Lasertowers, need advice on how/where to deploy them for SPP?

Post by Verahta » Sat, 19. Mar 11, 01:15

Hello, I was wondering what is a good strategy for deploying lasertowers to defend a factory, like a SPP in a sector with sporadic pirates/kock attacks?

How many would be needed to form a defensive perimeter and how far from the station to deploy them? Maybe three in a triangle formation? Or four in a square formation? If so, how far apart and from the station?

Thank you for your help.

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Post by Catra » Sat, 19. Mar 11, 01:36

15 - 30 on each side of the solar panels, 1 KM away, just let the collision avoidance logic place em.

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Post by StarSword » Sat, 19. Mar 11, 02:21

Yeah, lasertowers are badly underdefended, especially OOS.

It'd be way better if you could place orbital defense platforms, but you can't do that in Vanilla.
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Verahta
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Lasertowers

Post by Verahta » Sat, 19. Mar 11, 02:22

Good lord! Might be cheaper/easier to just buy a corvette to protect it :cry:


EDIT: I'm playing X2 with Firelance mod, so Lasertowers swivel faster and have over 600mw of shields. How would that make a difference in strategy?

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