What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

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Luigi9990
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What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby Luigi9990 » Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:11 am

I saw a question like this except with different ships, but I thought I'd make a thread about weapons.

Personally, my favorite weapons are hull lasers, because they fire enough shots in a short amount of time to make it worth it. A hull laser 1 + hull laser 2 + any non beam/bomb weapon is pretty powerful.

What weapons do you guys like?
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Re: What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby spacecadet13 » Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:41 am

Ion Blast MKII, simply because it makes any other beam/laser weapon paired with it MUCH more potent
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Re: What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby ZiMMy » Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:51 pm

4 x Burst laser II
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Re: What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby Groudon12321 » Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:21 pm

I really like the burst laser mk III. i know it takes 4 power and has a long recharge time, but only taking up one weapon slot is a huge help, especially on ships like the engi or stealth ship that only have three weapon slots. 5 shots in a row coming from one weapon is amazing, and can take down all shields. More weapons i like are the crystal weapons. Yes, they can be shot down by any kind of defense drone and they have a longer recharge time than most standard weapons, but all crystal weapons can pierce one layer o shields!!!!
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Re: What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby Todes_Schnitzel » Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:04 pm

Ion Blast MKII and Heavy Ion Blast and a Conbat Drone. :lol:
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Re: What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby aaOzymandias » Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:23 am

Groudon12321 wrote:I really like the burst laser mk III. i know it takes 4 power and has a long recharge time, but only taking up one weapon slot is a huge help, especially on ships like the engi or stealth ship that only have three weapon slots. 5 shots in a row coming from one weapon is amazing, and can take down all shields. More weapons i like are the crystal weapons. Yes, they can be shot down by any kind of defense drone and they have a longer recharge time than most standard weapons, but all crystal weapons can pierce one layer o shields!!!!


I recently had a run with dual Burst laser Mk III. Pretty powerful, but unfortunately I did not have enough defense to survive the last boss :)

Overall I like Breech Bomb MK II a lot, Fire Bomb a close second. Makes boarding fun, and makes disabling systems easy.

But it is hard to have a favorite really, so many interesting weapons. Glaive Beam do good things as well.
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Re: What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby BrenTenkage » Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:08 pm

Ion blast two, seriously nice, I comboed it with the Weaponanza mod weapons and it just helped a lot.

I wonder what an Ion Blast three would be like? I be it would be like pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow ...

Yeah LOL
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Re: What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby Kieve » Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:55 pm

Fire beam, for me. Not the most potent or destructive, but I really enjoy lighting enemy ships on fire. Throw some ions or burst-laser in for flavor, and let's fire up the barbecue! :twisted:
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Re: What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby ZiMMy » Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:07 pm

Kieve wrote:Fire beam, for me. Not the most potent or destructive, but I really enjoy lighting enemy ships on fire. Throw some ions or burst-laser in for flavor, and let's fire up the barbecue! :twisted:

Yeah, fire weapons are the most fun, especially in compare to effective, but very very boring lasers.
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Re: What is (are) your favorite weapon(s) and why?

Postby More Dakka » Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:31 pm

BL2 (sweet spot between # of shots and power consumption), followed by fire bomb (useful from the start against even shielded ships) and hull laser (if I can't get burst lasers, I'll probably be able to pick up a couple of hull lasers, and they're nice for finishing off the flagship once its weapons are down).