Using less than top weapons

[El Nino]

Well i've been trying to take out a trader with my estemeed Sabre... Naturaly I blew his shields down with my debilitators, but then... I had to chase him, throu about two systems to a total of 100k on impulse and thrusters while shooting at him, with my Krakens type 2... My loadout was pretty basic 2 debilitators, 3 kraken 2's and kraken turret. My weapons were grouped so all the power went to my shield busters... Even so it took unresonably long to take down this menace of a nonpaying advanced train... (//i wonder why people pirate in caps)

So I did some calculations. Based on energy consumption, it turns out I would have taken out that trader 20% sooner if I was using lvl 8 weapons... The natural question then would be... Why nobody mounts lvl 8's? In virtualy any sustained firing lvl 8 weapons are more effective dealing more damage per energy consumed...

Now if a pilot is a highly skilled ace who hit's every shot and becouse of aiming doesn't shoot continualy, lvl 9's are perfectly fine, but how many crack shots are there?

Furthermore to the point, every ship has a suggested weapon level, (vhf's lvl 8)

If you don't mount shield busters, and go for a full hull busting loadout, then lvl 7's become an option...

I'd like to hear your reasons for not using anything but the top lvl 9's (some even go for lvl 10's .. but let's not go there)

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