Bottlenose Gunship Anti-Snub loadout

[BOB]

can you explain energy usage to me? Is that energy spent per shot? And the retire rate is that per second as well?
Thanks

To answer your questions:

- The energy usage listed in game is the amount of energy that gun will use when firing a single shot.

- The damage is the same. The figure is per shot.

- I'm not sure if Refire rate is per second I'm afraid.

Neither of these numbers are per second, so if you want to work out what has the higher damage per second (DPS) you will need to work this out. You can of course go further and work out DPS over the energy usage per second.
However, there are many more variables to consider for actual combat. Range is a huge factor in a slow gunboat when taking on multiple faster fighters that will rotate attacking you.

Personally I'd recommend the basic turrets, you can wipe the floor with most bombers or fighters with those and you don't have to keep an eye on your energy usage. If you chain fire you can even fire at full capacity directly after coming off cruise. That is actually massively useful in a lot of scenarios.
In my experience, the basic turrets are still more or less useless against larger caps (great against other Gunboats though), you will be relying on bombers or other caps in your party to take on enemy cap ships.

That's just my opinion of course, others will likely have better advice.

I would say try not to make the game just about the PVP though, there is a lot more fun to be had elsewhere, without the frustration of your inevitable hull breach. Anyway, have fun!