Best Guns for Fleet Ships ?

[Sir Max Magic]

 

Hi fellow captains,

 

I would like to ask, which are the best Guns for AI Fleet Ships ?

 Longs, Mediums or Carros ??

 

1. with which Guns they perform and hit the best ?

2. and for "demasting" command: with which Guns they inflict the most sail damage?

3. would you say, it makes any difference which to choose, whether you fit a Fleet Warship or a Trader with Guns?

 

Was there at anytime any official information of it?

 

I hear alot about mediums being best...but could this just be a rumor because AI Ships are always fitted with them, so people just GUESS they would be best also for your Fleet captains to hit anything...

 

Thx for your answers in advance

Edited January 10, 2019 by Sir Max Magic

[Slim McSauce]

I'd say longs. You can't control what the AI will do or what kind of shot's they will attempt to take, I would put the guns that have the most potential to pen.

[woodenfish]

I may well be wrong, but I always thought id didn't matter what guns you put on a fleet ship, it was always fitted with mediums, at least in the past it was like that. Maybe they have changed it now, would be nice to hear from the devs or someone more in the know.

[Hethwill, the Red Duke]

Just now, woodenfish said:

I may well be wrong, but I always thought id didn't matter what guns you put on a fleet ship, it was always fitted with mediums, at least in the past it was like that. Maybe they have changed it now, would be nice to hear from the devs or someone more in the know.

You are correct that in the past they had always mediums. Now they use the guns you equip them with.

[Tristan Wolfe]

I don't think it really matters much with AI fleets what weapons you go with.  I will say personally I would go with Carros just because of the damage output up close.

[Sir Max Magic]

1 hour ago, woodenfish said:

I may well be wrong, but I always thought id didn't matter what guns you put on a fleet ship, it was always fitted with mediums, at least in the past it was like that. Maybe they have changed it now, would be nice to hear from the devs or someone more in the know.

 

1 hour ago, Hethwill the Red Duke said:

You are correct that in the past they had always mediums. Now they use the guns you equip them with.

...and if you dont fit ANY cannons onboard, they go out unarmed ! Atleast to my knowledge...so be careful to look after

[Hethwill, the Red Duke]

Correct. If no guns, no guns.

[Thonys]

for fleet ships, i would use mediums.(not so expensive if they sink)

[Sir Max Magic]

56 minutes ago, Thonys said:

for fleet ships, i would use mediums.(not so expensive if they sink)

Okay, they are not so expensive...but do AI Fleets use longs or carros to their full effect? Or would they aim with them as if they had mediums like the former default one ?? just a thought...

 

[Thonys]

44 minutes ago, Sir Max Magic said:

Okay, they are not so expensive...but do AI Fleets use longs or carros to their full effect? Or would they aim with them as if they had mediums like the former default one ?? just a thought...

 

for what i can feel, it depends on what kind of mission or just ai or PVP battles you take, it differs a bit, but i can assure you the damage they will inflict is big.

[Sir Max Magic]

33 minutes ago, Wraith said:

As you learned the other night Max, I'd say the best guns for your fleet ships are the ones you'd want to fight with, because you never know when you'll be swapping over to one of your ships in fleet.   <--- good point +1

But in general, I'd say that mediums are a good, cheap compromise. The thing to bear in mind is that AI have laser-like aiming and all the mods so they'll be far more effective with mediums (more damage) than you will be with longs, typically. The same applies to carros but given that a lot of the time you might be asking the AI to throw chain carros can ham string them a bit. 

 

Hmmm...sounds reasonable mate...on the other hand, i am not quite sure whether your own FLEET AI gets the same bonusses ENEMY BOT AI gets usually, namely your mentionend laser accuracy, sometimes weird shooting angles and penetrating at crazy angles...

You should know this better than me, because i guess, you often fight enemy FLEET AI, when attacking Players (like you had to do when attacking my Fleet f.e.) and may have comparisons against the usual BOT AI to find in OW ??!

Furthermore, i doubt that your own FLEET AI gets all the modules, the BOT AI gets !!!

 

Atleast when watching my own FLEET AI in action, they seem to me far less capable than the ENEMY BOT AI...

 

So keeping this in mind, the question remains the same (even when you came closest to an answer at this point xD):

- is the FLEET AI as effective with Longs and Carros as with Mediums

- do they need the better accuracy with Longs at all

- do they know about the limited range of Carros if fitted with

 

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Legend to avoid misunderstanding: (for Dummies, just to get sure everyone understands )

FLEET AI = the Ships one can place onto your Fleet escorting you

ENEMY BOT AI = The AI you can find in Open World or in Missions

 

 

Edited January 10, 2019 by Sir Max Magic