Point of Crew weapons?

[rcourtney44]

What is the point of the weapons you get, like sniper rifle and other crew based equipment? I see no way to equip it or use it?
Thank You

[Zhul]

They are used for close combat events or when you play ARCADE on a station.

[LunarHalo26]

in arcade you dont use them up, meaning you can use all your items and your crew can be dead and at the end of the simulation everyone will revive and your items well be given back to you.
for story/side missions you wont replenish them, but you can acquire them from fallen enemy ships(sometimes)
i hope you can purchase them in the shop in a later update, i think itll be too easy though..

[lknanml]

You will use them throughout the story arc in the dice game. They come in extremely handy. You will end up with a good amount of random weapons, healing items and defensive items just playing the game. Be sure to buff up some of your crew in the salvage skill.

[rcourtney44]

Thank you all

[lknanml]

Be sure to play in the arcades. Practice using them in different ways as you get it all back and your crew don't really die so you can get inventive and make the real battles more fun. Some are random and some allow you to single out bad guys and your own guys. Others apply randomly. Knowing which ones can be targeted can really turn bad dice rolls around. Max out skills that pull more loot from ship kills. Max out medical to lower heal times. Sometimes you just end up sitting in space healing crew after really bad rolls. I had my entire crew down to one hit once after two dice games happened back to back and used a ton of heals just to keep them all alive in the 2nd battle. Longest dice game I ever had. HEAL HEAL HEAL. Throw a rock. HEAL HEAL HEAL. Throw a rock. Get a few blanks while the comp shows 8 a few times gets interesting fast,

[Cowboy]

Aargh the dices are annoying! Can't count whenever i had a blank or a vest and the other ones blasted me off my boots :-(

Just kidding but still kinda annoying

[pbeadsworth]

Any hints as to how to use the crew weapons in combat?

[LunarHalo26]

Originally posted by pbeadsworth:

Any hints as to how to use the crew weapons in combat?

I don't think you can equip them to your crew members if that's what you're asking. They are used more for combat whether its in the arcade or real combat situations. In arcade you can use up as much at you have currently in your inventory as long as you accumulate the points necessary to the specific item. In real combat against enemies you don't regain them back. Same as arcade, you need to accumulate point to use but if you lose or win the battle you will not regain the used items. USE THEM WISELY!!!

[pbeadsworth]

I have them but have not yet found out how to use/activate etc the weapons. They are visible below the dice table, I click on them (when I have available points) and nothing happens

[LunarHalo26]

Originally posted by pbeadsworth:

I have them but have not yet found out how to use/activate etc the weapons. They are visible below the dice table, I click on them (when I have available points) and nothing happens

Go to my profile and look at the screenshots i have uploaded. Only thing i can think of is you have used up all of the weapon you are trying to select or you have not rolled your dice yet.
You must first roll the dice and see the outcome before you can activate any weapons you have in your inventory. If you hover over the item you can see the damage it can cause, to who it will cause it to (can be random or a specific enemy), and the quantity you have to use/have in your inventory. In the screen shots it shows me playing at the arcade so i'm not using them permanently. Real battles uses them up so stock up from side quests. I dont think you can buy them yet.

[pbeadsworth]

Many thanks, that works.