Defending Xenon K

[Fori]

Hi there,

I have real trouble attacking Xenon K. They are no danger but just take soo long to take down.

I'm using a Nemesis with the Bolters equipped. Do I need some fighter wing with me? Or should I fly some heavier ship?

[Axeface]

If you equip plasma you will be able to bring it down much faster.

[Wraith]

plasma and ion cannon are your friend.
Ion can down the shield alot faster and then you can smack it to hell with the plasma.

[Fori]

Should this be my standard fit for my nemesis then? Will I still own the smaller ones with these?

[rucky]

no.
for S and M class ships the bolters in player ships are still more than enough (and plasmas would not hit them), alternatively you can use pulse lasers.
(note, OOS plasmas (for KI) is obviously still the best option though, though I hope this "glitch/cheat" will get sorted sometime)

[Fori]

Would I keep flying my nemesis? Or should I upgrade to something bigger?

[Lemdoran]

Originally posted by Fori:

Would I keep flying my nemesis? Or should I upgrade to something bigger?

Totaly a matter of taste, i think.
I feel bored everytime i'm on bigger ship than an M size cause i don't want a 4degree per second rotating capital ship. (i do use them but for my crew members).

If you goal is to take of every ennemy alone, a good fitted M ship with some custom weapons can easily do the trick, while a little slower than an L to take off bigger xenons, but still really reasonable (need like 30s for a solo K kill with my nemesis fitted with 5 Muon Mk2 with ~+50 % damage on each) while it's NOT the best way to do it. (having 2 - 3 ions are better for big ships but i prefer using an "all around" ammo ^^)

Note that Muon cannons are either broken or bugged, cause regardless you "can" maintain the fire button for "charging" you actualy don't have to. And just spam as fast as you can the fire button. A macro for spamming do the trick and the damage output is ridiculous :)

[Fori]

Thanks!

Guess I'll fly my nemesis until Split Vendetta and after that buy myself some star destroyer as seen here: https://youtu.be/QC-s7fAhdyw?t=32

:D

[Lemdoran]

Yep the scale of ships is impressive in x4 (and mre in the dlc previews) compared to x3.
I was on the boat of the "meh" team when i heard about the fact you have to walk in stations, but it add so much effect of scalling with ships that it's a must :')

The only thing that may conveince me to go for an L / XL class piloted ship will be a way to travel faster on the long courses, or an old tech jumprive, cause don't be able to take an highway take waaaaaaaaaaay too long to go from my stations to the xenons sectors. (Like around 40 minutes in oos flight, and sometimes 1+ hour in manual flight ... using the cruise speed, thanks no thanks, but here again, mostly a matter of taste. An already possible solution being asking a pilot to deploy the ship near and teleport to it but... it's not the same than flying in my Lamborguini XL ship and fly by low-end citizens than fly smaller things :'))