F1 out of combat is *NEVER* justified. Anyone F1'ing out of combat for any reason has earned a 3-day ban on the first offense, 2-week ban on the 2nd offense and a perma ban on the 3rd try.
That's the end of that story.
Now, as for "frowned upon".
As Igiss said, players have the right to mount whatever weapons on their ships. We cannot control it, nor do Korrd, sam and I have the time to police any such rules. The only rules we really have on mountable equipment are IDs and Shields. That's about it.
I don't know who came up with the Tizona Del Cid thing, it makes them unbalanced, yes, but if they F1 out of combat for that reason, It's a ban. regardless of the excuse they give.
Marsflyer side turret.. It's no more powerful than the Gunboat turrets.
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