what weapons do yall use for ships?

[PandemicPanda]

i dont have ship design 4 yet but so far i like particle beams, and em, missiles are ok but can take or leave em. please post what yall prefer and where i can find it.

[jonnin]

Par guns forward, par turrets facing aft.

[craigsters]

lazor and auto cannon, I don't change the position of the weapons when upgrading them

[Emphoise]

Particle beams are total power creeps in vanilla.

vanguard obliterator autoprojector, exterminator 95 MeV auto helion beam and PBO-175 Auto Helion Beam are the best manual firing weps

obliterator alpha turrets if you really want turrets but they tend to be a net dps loss on highest difficulty.

[jonnin]

one rack of turrets pointed aft kill the trash that try to get behind you while you focus on staying behind the highest level guy and blasting with your main guns. I often only have to kill the leader in each group and the rest are auto-killed for me. If they become a DPS loss, you have to swap them for forward facing guns, but that won't happen until pretty high levels even on harder difficulty.

This build is no good at all for the capital ships, of course. Throw together a giant slayer for just that if you go there.

[AuddieD]

4x Obliterator 3000. Equal damage to shields and hull. Half the power cost, all the benefit.

[ch33353]

360 degree particle gun coverage. It takes a full crew, a lot of cash, and a lot of perks, but I AM DEATH.

[CurrySpirals]

4x Disruptor 3340A Auto Alpha Turret, 4x PBO-300 Auto Alpha Turret, and 3x Obliterator 250MeV Auto Alpha Beam

[DANEDANGER]

I use 2 em weapons to break shields and stop engines for when i want to capture a ship then i also use particle auto guns for when i simply want to destroy. The laser/balastic/missle system works fine but cant compare to em/particle

[Duneman]

The longest range particle beam auto turrets are a must have. They can pelt ships as they exit grav jump, preventing the ship from powering up its shield in the first place; and allow you to one sidedly shoot a certain story faction's ships from longer ranges than they can retaliate from.

If you're on a higher difficulty you could probably pair it with the UC Vanguard railguns that only take 2 power each, allowing you to instantly shred shieldless ships that come into range.