The Auxiliary Weapon Update (copied from devfor)

[Tachyon]

this is the post I made on 02.12.16 regarding the dev ver of the aux update, it's a raw copy of the original post with no further commenting

Discovery Freelancer Patch 4.88.GP Fighter Auxiliary Weapon Update

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This is part of an update release on XX/XX/XXXX. As of that date all the changes described are live on the official server.

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Following up on the general fighter gun/turret balance patch, the Auxiliary Weapons Update introduces an extra asset to every Heavy, Very Heavy and Super Heavy Fighter: The "Auxiliary Weapon" gun class.

As of release, this gun class consists of what previously was part of the class 10 missile pod slot and the fighter torpedo slot. Additionally, four entirely new ammo-based guns were added to the game: The EMA Cannon, Bulk and Auto Dispersion Guns, and a Rapidfire Launcher (and their nomad counterparts).Paralyzer missiles (and their nomad counterparts) were turned into dumbfires similar to the Cannonball; Escopeta and Starkiller fighter torpedoes were rebalanced to fit the new class.
Sidewinder, Sunslayer and Firestalker missiles/torpedoes (and their nomad counterparts) have been discontinued either as part of a balance decision or due to redundancy.

Every Very Heavy Fighter has received an additional hardpoint in which the new AWs can be mounted. The old VHF CD/T slot is now reserved for CDs exclusively.
Heavy Fighters are able to mount AWs in their native CD slot, turning it into a combined CD/AW slot. As such, unlike VHFs, HFs have to choose between a CD and an AW.
Super Heavy Fighters can mount one AW in a shared CD/AW slot. Like VHFs, they may mount both a CD and AW simultaneously.
For clarification: Light Fighters and Bombers can not use these AWs.
Both new and existing hardpoints in which AWs are mounted are limited to the ship's old CD/T min/max angles, meaning unlike regular guns AWs have rather limited arcs.

Below are the specifics of all new AWs, aswell as the changed stats of revised, existing, weapons. If an existing weapon is not listed below and has not been discontinued that means its stats have not changed and it was only moved to this new slot (i.e. Mini Razor, Inferno).

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New Auxiliary Weapons

Rapidfire Launcher Prototype
Hull Dmg: 850 (hdps: 7080)
Shield Dmg: 425 (sdps: 3540)
Energy: 300 (eps: 2499;eff: 2,83)
Refire: 8.33
Speed: 900m/s
Range: 450m
Ammo: 50

EMA Cannon Prototype (N/A)
Hull Dmg: 15000 (hdps: 3000)
Shield Dmg: 7500 (sdps: 1500)
Energy: 10000 (eps: 2000;eff: 1,5)
Refire: 0.20
Speed: 1000m/s
Range: 1000m
Ammo: 3

Bulk Dispersion Gun Prototype (N/A)
Hull Dmg: 5x 2500 (hdps: 5x 2500)
Shield Dmg: 5x 1250 (sdps: 5x 1250)
Energy: 5x 1000 (eps: 5x 1000;eff: 2,5)
Refire: 1.00
Speed: 600m/s
Range: 600m
Ammo: 5x 20 (100)

Auto Dispersion Gun Prototype (N/A)
Hull Dmg: 1200 (hdps: 8000)
Shield Dmg: 600 (sdps: 4000)
Energy: 580 (eps: 3868;eff: 2,07)
Refire: 6.67
Speed: 700m/s
Range: 700m
Ammo: 100

Revised Auxiliary Weapons
Changed stats are marked in yellow

Paralyzer Dumbfire Missile
Hull Dmg: 100 (hdps: 17)
Shield Dmg: 15050 (sdps: 2558)
Energy: 5000 (eps: 850;eff: 3,01)
Refire: 0.17
Speed: 700m/s
Range: 1750m
Ammo: 20

Cannonball Dumbfire Missile
Hull Dmg: 10000 (hdps: 2500)
Shield Dmg: 5000 (sdps: 1250)
Energy: 5000 (eps 1250: ;eff: 2,00)
Refire: 0.25
Speed: 700m/s
Range: 1750m
Ammo: 15

Escopeta Dispersion Cannon
Escopeta dispersion angle was lowered, meaning its spread is smaller
Hull Dmg: 5x 4000 (hdps: 5x 1000)
Shield Dmg: 5x 2000 (sdps: 5x 500)
Energy: 5x 1550 (eps: 387;eff: 2,58)
Refire: 0.25
Speed: 600m/s
Range: 600m
Ammo: -

Starkiller Torpedo
Besides having its stats adjusted, the Starkiller also had its max angular velocity increased
Hull Dmg: 10000 (hdps: 2500)
Shield Dmg: 5000 (sdps: 1250)
Energy: 500 (eps: 125;eff: 20.00)
Refire: 0.25
Speed: 58m/s
Range: 2000m
Ammo: 50

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Contents may be subject to change in hotfixes and future updates.

Credits to:
@ChillerMiller (fx)
@Haste (concept)
@Tachyon (tech, concept)

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