Mass Driver

[Black.Pegasus]

I was thinking it would be cool if in 4.86 we could see some more variations of weapons. That is- not just your standard energy weapons.

More specifically I'm talking about adding Mass Drivers. Mass drivers are projectile based and their ammunition has the special characteristic that it bypasses a ships shield and deals direct hull damage. Only downside of course is that they require ammo. They differ from missiles because they do not automatically lock on to a target and do not have rockets at the back of the projectile.

So what are your thoughts on this? What do you think a balanced refire rate would be and which ships classes could equip it (fighter only/gunboat+ ect)