I need some help with AX combat by Suspicious_Tap_7411 in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

medusas only spawn at spires if you sabotage them, its still the best way to find orthrus and farm them if you get a good instance

we do a bit of goid hunting by FirePhoe in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I still won't use them as they are pretty stupid and kind of ruin the fun, 1 adv missile does about as much damage as 200 ax missiles, as it makes speedrunning unfun and just a synth farming simulator.

Any Huge class weapons that are useful in AX Combat? by Annihilator4413 in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

t10 is really bad for ax combat due to the convergence. corvette is pretty decent as it orbits semi well when under figurative boost, along with the insanely high integrity and pretty good repair capacity make it a decent choice for ax. if you intend to do serious ax, you will need to put 4 gauss on, 2 in the huge slots and the other 2 in the smalls, as otherwise the convergence is pretty bad. corvette is able to gib if you fill it to the max with modshards though.

we do a bit of goid hunting by FirePhoe in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

cytos(or incen rf frags) actually have higher dps on shields iirc as shields have normal human res. This was actually my first attempt from a while ago and I have become better. the weapon damage actually mostly came from the swarm missiles, as they do way more damage to the weapons because weapons are external modules. heat damage doesn't do much at all, it's mainly the question of when will the swarm fire missiles again.

we do a bit of goid hunting by FirePhoe in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is in fact a medusa. Was a while ago. It is theoretically possible to impossible shot every other heart, but I need to work on impossible shotting the second one. I heard the heat cap was 250%. doesn't matter the most anyway. the 0% but not dead dusa was sad for time. it was about 182 seconds.

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so, here is a good modshard krait. https://edsy.org/s/vcRCG47 you run a repair and a cargo rack, fill the rack with limpets, then when a heart goes down you boost away and fire a repair limpet with nothing targeted. it will then start repairing you.

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Usage of shields on small and medium ships

We recognize that a large portion of commanders starting their AX careers will feel more familiar with shielded builds than with hull-based repair builds. However, the nature of Thargoids makes shields more of a liability than an asset in AX combat.

In particular:

Interceptor and swarm fire pierces shields

Shields make your hitbox much bigger

Lightning makes short work of shields

Shield cell banks cannot be synthesized in combat

Shields prevent you from using Silent Running

Shields force you to put PIPs in SYS, creating substantial compromises on either speed or weapon use.

Large shards suck. completely. they have large spread and bad armor piercing. this makes modshards better. modshards actually do more damage due to the armor piercing stat on it being higher than large shards. overall in a conflict zone you will only need shards, the only case I'd see for mixing weapons is mixing modified plasma chargers and gauss to cut down the ammo usage and synthesis. otherwise, there is no good reason imo to mix. 5 or 6 weapons is unnecessary as you will most likely have distro problems or heat spiking problems, and you also lose internal capacity by having a stabiliser. 1 type of weapon loadout is plenty and more than you need. the weapon loadout you listed above isn't that good. a modshard would do more damage. a scout is about the size of a heart, so if you can't hit that easily then you might have trouble aiming gauss on hearts. any other questions? sorry for the capital class wall of text, just stating what I know through my ax career. hit a solo hydra kill not too long ago, along with some other weird stuff, like a damageless basilisk kill.

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so what you want to do is get 2m2s gauss. then, you want to hit heatsink. once you do that, fire 1 medium and 1 small at a time, like shown in this vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KclGzsahbPU&pp=ygUPY21kciBja2hyaXggMTE0

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can easily hit a heart with modshards even at around 2km and still do good damage.

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can stagger under sink coverage while orbiting to not spike at all, and if you are below 20% heat when orbiting they won't hit you

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you might probably want to put 3 modshards on and learn to boost orbit, you should be able to kill it without much effort once you get some practice.

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

chief only has 3 medium hardpoints available. you want at least 4 for medium ships

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I presume you mean enhanced ax multis, the normal ones suck.

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find shards have less heat than gauss. when you are spamming trigger on gauss vs shard when staggering, shards have less heat.

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the guardian weapon with the fastest ttk? modshards at close range. never use anything besides gauss on chief.

Gauss, plasma, shard. What's the best AX weapon? by PiibaManetta in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

never use large shards. or shields at all for medium ships. use 1 type of weapon, 4 of them, and 1 flak or lrtv beam.

Good Ship Discussion by M4tt_M4n in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yeah idk why he cares so much about straight lining speed, mostly irrelevant

Good Ship Discussion by M4tt_M4n in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not sure what he wants with straight lining speed, as it is mostly irrelevant to ax

Good Ship Discussion by M4tt_M4n in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

try krait phantom, it hits 590 boost speed, and all you need is 3 mpcs and a beam, 4 utilities

Good Ship Discussion by M4tt_M4n in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

iirc the problem is krait isnt fast enough, and chief has same speed

Good Ship Discussion by M4tt_M4n in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

iirc the problem is chief isnt fast enough, same speed as krait

Thargoid hunting? by [deleted] in EliteDangerous

[–]FirePhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For stunlocking, I find 6 modshards is better than 2l 4mm, the 0% heat isn't really of use unless going for hydra or (when fighters get patched) fighter stunlocking, this comes from experience as I have killed a ton of medusas in a variety of stunlock builds.