Is there a current "meta" for Echoes starship weapons?

[NiveusT]

I know they buff and nerf things sometimes each update, so I'm curious if there's a current meta for weapons in Echoes for starship weapons.

It used to be positron I think? Then it got nerfed. So infra-knife was really good for a while.

What's the current "best" and fastest killing weapon on your starship in Echoes?

[JTracx]

My ship is a Guppy Exotic that I've been using since 2017. I obliterated the Pirate Capital ship easily with just Photon Cannon & 3 S-upgrades.
Then a Sentinel Capital & Sentinels joined in along with the Pirates... it was a mess. But yeah, Photon Cannon. Easy peasy & I'm not good at battles.

[momopovich]

The infraknife seems to have the best dps and accuracy combo, can be used mindlessly for any situation. Dont think you can clear space combat encounters any faster

[Scaramouche]

infraknife make anything look like built with melted butter.

[[UA]Ramiel]

"Meta"... should I remind you guys, it is not an FPS multiplayer game. The best weapon is the weapon you like the most.

[Sera]

Infra Knife does't alot of damage, but "auto-aim" is prone to missing, or being unable to do damage. (not sure if its a bug)

Photon still good, Not that far behind Infra. (I have both on my fighters)

Infra is better damage wise, but ya... I'll be shooting a sentinel ship, Shield will melt, then its health will melt.. and then it magically dodges shots for 2-3seconds at 1hp.

T_T

[Thogmar]

I have no interest in min/maxing ships or weapons stats, etc. but I just got a sentinel ship after not playing for awhile and its photon cannon based weapon or whatever just HOSES down pirates - with NO OVERHEATING.

I'm real lazy about upgrades and stuff, so I don't even think I've upgraded the weapons much if at all. So I have NO idea what my stats are, but in real use, I just hold down the trigger and shields and hulls melt away in LESS time than it used to take me to just get a shield knocked down.

And I never look at or worry about overheating, the enemy is destroyed LONG before any overheating.

So yeah, in love with the Sentinel cannon or whatever.

(also my shields are lasting much longer - again no stats, but the enemies barely scratch me, I don't even look at shield levels, no reason to.)

[Johnny in the Clouds]

Upgrade any weapon you use to get the best out of them. The phase beam has a huge range and cuts down torpedoes and also has the bonus of increasing health when aimed at enemy shields or your own squadron's shields. The interceptor ships can be useful because they hover but improved mobility in all ships is helpful in a busy battle to travel fast. The infra knife is powerful but sometimes is not all that accurate while turning at speed in a star ship. The Cyclotron Baliista is good at breaking shields. The photon canon is a good all round weapon with good range but can lack the punch DPS of the supercharged infra-knife. Upgrade your squadron to S-Class with good stats. Use the starship new Power divert control for whatever your main task is. Make good tactical use of the 4x supercharge slots in the tech inventory.