I find that the Diamondbacks do a hell of a job of it....

normal weapons already do twice as much hull damage. No need for special hull-killers, they'd rip down ships waaaay too fast :p

A good player can kill you in one pass if your in simmilar setup VHF's, so no need for extra fire power.

Missiles/torps, need I say more?

And don't forget them Rippers. Even the lowliest Starflier/Patriot can mount those.

*bows to the almighty Kraken Type 2*

Ever get the feeling... you're standing on plastic?

Stuff the hull killers....

How about being able to use a 2x4 against a docked pilot?
You dont need to kill their hull if you crush their skull

Just my $0.02, but it could just be the cardamine talking.
Violence isn't my only option. Its just what I do best.
Nil Mortifi Sine Lucre
Shaman/Bogsnot/Daremo - GameArena Server

*also bows to almighty kracken type 2*

We who are about to die salute you!

May I vote out my super missile, only availible to the player...
Fast, agile, and many... and at least, POWERFUL!
Fire in a wing of 5 fighters, BANG! space dust...

Missile carries the callsign: Micro Nuke. I am currently making plans for another ship, nicknamed "Bombardier" Name says its job, weak vs fighters. Strong vs Capitol ships...

Heh heh, good to see you thoughts on the matter.
But seiriously a weapon that could penetrate shields has to be worth it, am I right? No probably not. Well at least it dosent matter, my ship is more than a match for most things anyway...

Me:Ok One last chance to surrender!
Enemy:WHAT! We outnumber you 6 to 1!
Me: Maybe I could drop some weapons to make it easier for you!

I've got some really heavy weapons mounted, yet oddly enough, on the first pass against most enemies, I just take down their shields and they take no hull damage. Are any of the 'codename' weapons just pulse weapons? The diamondback, for example, says it does over 1000 points of hull damage and however much shield damage... I dunno, maybe my problem's just the different weapon speeds...

These are the words that appear in my signature.
Yes, I find it funny.

Part of the problem is... if your target has 1 unit of shield power remaining, and you hit it with a blast from a Diamondback, the shield will still absorb it so you do no hull damage. Same thing if you hit it with a cannonball, sunslayer or a ripper mine. Varying projectile speeds actually helps with this somewhat... for instance, on a Sabre you could use a Rapier turret (class 8 pulse weapon, 700 m/s projectile speed) and its shot will land slightly before those from your 600 m/s guns (codenames, nomads, etc) softening up the shield for these big guns.

However, don't use loadouts where the projectile speeds vary by more than 100 m/s or so as it'll mess up your auto-targeting.


Ever get the feeling... you're standing on plastic?

My best suggestions are:
For Hull---Diamondback
For Sheild---Tizona Del Cid
Mixed---Nomad energy Blaster

Hope this helps

Wow! After the first few posts I thought this had left for dead! Well I know I want a sunslayer for my hull problems, or failing that CODENAME weapons.
"Here have an intimate relationship with a Sunslayer torp asshole!"
Theyll nerve annoy me now! They wont get a chance!

Me:Ok One last chance to surrender!
Enemy:WHAT! We outnumber you 6 to 1!
Me: Maybe I could drop some weapons to make it easier for you!