sadly, these weapons are abused for fighter dogfights, too. - a supernova is an allround weapon. - its too fast not to be used in a jousting enviroment. - it takes a little practice.... but its far from difficult to hit a fighter head on.
bit like a minirazor / inferno - once you get used to the slow(er) projectile speed, you can insta kill any fighter that has its shields down. - so a popular setup is a lot of shieldbusters and a supernova.
if it had ammonition it would rather be an anticap weapon - but since you can fire it indefinitely - you can use it against fighters all the same.
Someone said this once, "Anyone that jousts a bomber with their shields down deserves to be insta-killed". Sorry, but some fighter pilots are too lazy to think outside of jousting. Why would anyone joust a ship that's got much superior firepower is beyond me.
Which is why I yell at people for jousting my titan...
2 Tizonas
1 mini razor
4 Excaliburs is not to be jousted.
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