What is the weapon of your choice, and Why?

[Ed Kolis]

So torpedoes are good for defending warp points, then? Hmmm...
edit: also for use on weapons platforms, bases, and satellites, I guess, since they can get range bonuses...

[Suicide Junkie]

Torpedoes only have accuracy bonuses in mods.

With the reload, you may be able to jump out of weapons range while reloading, thus negating the enemy's ROF advantage.

[Slynky]

Imperator Fyron said:

Umm... that statement was directed solely at Slynky, who said pretty much the same things Last time... No need to take it out of context to mean something it did not.

Nice to see I'm consistent.

I do OK with my weapon choices (haven't had enough losses to the APB "freaks" to make me change my mind). I just wish Rippers could target fighters .

[rdouglass]

I personally tend to research heavily in defense (shields, armor, PDC) and towards PPB until I meet my first opponent. I found that PPB's can hold there own against just about anything in early games; most empires haven't made it to phased shields yet and I always play low-tech start games.

Then my research / weapon of choice frequently changes based on what my opponent is using, racial techs, fighters or not, missles or not, etc.

[Rasorow]

Only have played single player games (the qualification) but I have found a mix of weapons works nicely.

Main - APB/Torps

Support - Wave Motion or other Heavy first strike damage

Defense - all Point Defense with 2 Meson BLasters (the program makes you run away if you only mount all point defense weapons - even if the ship's purpose is to destroy seekers and fighters - GRRRRRRR)

A battlefleet has 6-8 main 2-4 support and 2-4 defense. Mains are Dreads and Battleships, supports are battleships and battlecruisers (sometimes dreads) and defense are destroyer and Light Cruiser.

This type of fleet/weapon mix can generally handle Carriers and Dreads with nothing but seekers without a problem. (the AI seems to love those)

I find that if I can hit hard enough on the first salvo (which my heavy hitters being smaller ships will survive to attack) then I dont really need to worry about they fight. Of course this assumes equal tech lvls but the computer has yet to out research me.

Rasorow

[Possum]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
Heh. I thought you were talking about real-world weapons for some reason when I saw the title.

I like my little polymer S&W .380

Pro - Light, thin, smooth profile. Utterly reliable. Good accuracy at short range.

Con - Not a lot of stopping power, needs careful shot placement to be effective. Questionable accuracy at ranges over 15 yards.

[Slynky]

Possum said:

I like my little polymer S&W .380

Pro - Light, thin, smooth profile. Utterly reliable. Good accuracy at short range.

Con - Not a lot of stopping power, needs careful shot placement to be effective. Questionable accuracy at ranges over 15 yards.

You're right about the stopping power. I carry a Baretta .380 (14-1). Magazine is loaded alternating with 3 kinds of rounds: hollow jacket, slug, then a "Blue Safety" slug (check it out if you never heard of it...it has a spread on it that's awesome) and then repeated.

[Atrocities]

What good are Mason BLasters any ways? I mean I have NEVER used them because they are sooooooo weak and clearly serve no purpose.

And for stopping power, I prefer my Taurus 357.
Great stopping power, no shell ejection for CSI to find, great accuracy, 8 shots so stupid criminals stand up after 6 shots and act all bad *** "Your out of ammo dude!" BOOOOM! "I think not ." And it is far more intimidating than a puny 9mm.

[spoon]

Atrocities said:
What good are Mason BLasters any ways? I mean I have NEVER used them because they are sooooooo weak and clearly serve no purpose.

They are cheap and do good damage at max range. Great for Talisman races before they go for APBs.
Even without the talisman, they can significantly outperform PPBs (against phased shields) if you factor in cost.

[Atrocities]

Thanks. I had no idea. Wow, you learn something new every day.