Posted by: Brian Neumann
« on: July 03, 2011, 06:04:35 AM »For a beam weapon pd I prefer either lasers or mesons. Depending on which you have been researching will be the defining point. Mesons work really well against ships as well, but are shorter ranged. In either case go with the 10-15cm sized weapons as they are small enough to mount lots of them. Put them in turrets that have a tracking speed as least as good as your beam weapon tracking speed x4. Have a point defense specific beam fire control that is x1 range, x4 speed. If it is a really big ship and you can afford the space put in a 16hs x4 range, x4 speed fire control. Generally I will have no more than 9 weapons per fire control, either 2 quad turrets or 3 tripple turrets, my normal however is 2 tripple turrets per fire control. This way if there are lots of small salvo's they don't saturate your available fire control. Both of these options are if you want a secondary beam weapon for shooting at ships if they get close. If all you are worried about is missiles then use gauss cannons in turrets. Generally twin turrets are all I use for higher tech given their high rate of fire and 1 turret per fire control. This is a space hog however and doesn't leave you much to work with against ships. Personal favorite is mesons with 15cm beams that fire every 5 seconds as this has a decent range for anti-ship work and will just cut up an enemy ship as mesons ignore their shields and armor.
Don't forget to assign all of your pd to final fire control (not self) as this maximizes the one shot they will get.
Good Luck
Brian
Don't forget to assign all of your pd to final fire control (not self) as this maximizes the one shot they will get.
Good Luck
Brian