Posted by: ZimRathbone
« on: September 19, 2008, 08:59:10 AM »Quote from: "Charlie"
Quote from: "Kurt"
My idea for the gauss cannons was to use their high rate of fire to balance their poor accuracy, and to counter the inevitable leakers with heavy armor.
Actually, mass for mass the railgun is a better choice for effective PD. The gauss cannon only leaps ahead when used in a fast turret mount. Since the smallest RG is 3 HS the comparison is against 3 1HS GC. 4 non-degraded shots vs 6 shots degraded to 17% effectiveness. That of course is only baseline.
Then again that really just demonstrates that I have a different bias as too what makes an effective and justifiable missile defense.
Looking forward to your next campaign writeup.
Nice comparative analysis guys - I hadn't really looked at the detail of GC vs RG before (although I realise that its required) mainly cause I'm still getting used to the basic concepts in Aurora.
Ta Muchly
Mike