Missile Turrets

[Tenacity]

Skill in missle use? Heh... Right. Seems like you've got a schroom infection in your air purification system.

Seriously, what's the problem with the energy turrets? They're damned effective if you know how to use them. ::shrugs:: Meh. Supose some individuals prefer to take the easy road.

If you want to go with energy weapons against fighters, you need solaris turrets - and you need a lot of them. Generally 4 minimum turrets to even have much of an effect against a fighter, since it WILL out-manuver you and you'll have a hard time keeping enough damage going on in the few shots you do manage to land to prevent his shields from regenerating.

On a standard gunboat you have 6 turret hardpoints. If at least 4 of them are taken up by anti-fighter solaris turrets, you have next to no firepower remaining for anti-capship use. Two cerbs or razors isnt going to have much of an effect against another gunboat or anything larger - hell they wont even do well against a transport.

If you go with two missile turrets - which are much more effective against fighters - you have four hardpoints left for heavy-hitting anti capship weaponry.

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