Different types of weapons and shields

[Mephistoles]

Outside of missions, fighter NPCs use neutered guns that do almost no damage in order to prevent them from interfering with gameplay, so you don't need to worry about them. I would imagine they use their own faction's guns in missions, but I don't do missions at all.

Against players it's hard to tell, because factions tend to have at least two weapon types, while also having access to civilian guns. The most popular shield is the anti-laser one, but laser setups usually use shield busters that do the vast majority of shield damage anyway. In practice, weapon vs shield type plays almost no part and isn't something to worry about much. There have been attempts to come up with systems that make them more relevant, but nothing has bore fruit as of yet.

Basically, in short, get a graviton shield.

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