Flak turrets Vs other anti snub weapons.

[Mímir]

No. What they do is they have about the same effect as a fighter running into an asteroid.

Interesting... I think I am going to jump in my bomber and get a cap with flaks to shoot at me a bit to see that. Perhaps I should get some flaks then. Thanks, and sorry for barging in on this thread:-)

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[Stabby Dave]

Isn't the projectile speed a bit low on flaks?

So what about the Solaris Gattling? Anyone tried them?

[Mímir]

So what about the Solaris Gattling? Anyone tried them?

Most skilled bomber pilots tend to keep the distance, but will have to come close to fire a snac. You can sink them if you manage to get just a few decent shots at them with secondaries when they come in close, whereas you don't deal much damage with the gatlings (and also have a shorter range), making it easier for the bomber to do hit and runs.


EDIT: Plus with secondaries you have something to fight a good gunboat captain. I only spent a few hours with the gatlings, but got ganked by a group of corsairs, including a cau viii gunboat, who kept dodging my primaries and didnt really care about the hits he was getting from the gatlings.

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[Jayce]

Solaris Gatling is crap. You're better off with regular Solies. The spread on the Gatlings ruins it.

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[Jean-Luc-Picard]

Isn't the projectile speed a bit low on flaks?

So what about the Solaris Gattling? Anyone tried them?

Well i use a mix of Solaris, and Solaris Gatling turrets.. 2/4 on my Liberty dread. Just awesome when a bomber get into the fire of them in nearly 3-5 secs are shilds offline and hull is damaged. I also can stop with them other Missles like BS missels. I'm verry pleased with them.

Regards,

Jean-Luc-Picard

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[Prysin]

flaks are cool, but you really need to know how to aim them properly if you want to use them...

personally i just gave up using them as well, most of my fights been in asteroid fields, where such guns is just a joke.

Another great thing is that 3-4 flaks to the hull might not KILL a bomber if he uses nanos, but he wont have any guns left either, or thruster for that matter.... Flaks simply tear off ANYTHING mount on your ship.

EDIT: i tried the gatlings.... i could hardly do missions with them..... I prefer the "old" solaris, the 4.0 one as its quite good. But i might just change to secondaries as their more efficient against caps

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[Zeb Harley]

I noticed that it's possible to evade flaks as well as secondaries by simple boxing at a range as close as 750. Heavier guns as well. That was odd. My ship was a Pelican.

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[Stefz]

Solaris gatling has the most ridiculous aim of all weapons. Don't use it, seriously. I had hard time hitting even freighters that are 500m away when I was trying out stuff in SP.

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[Montezuma/Kukulcan]

Full flak BSs are the way to go. 8-)

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[Stabby Dave]

So Solaris gatlings are out, then.

Back to secondaries and Flaks, then. I'm ok using all secondaries, but if I mix them with flaks, won't the difference in projectile speed render one or the other useless?

Cheers.