Originally posted by NeoHunter:
Why Kaysers? If you are aiming for hull damage only, isn't the Maxim the best for the job? I thought it delivers more damage to hull than Kaysers.
Actually, if you do the math from the weapons.tbl, the Kayser does more hull damage per shot, but the Maxim per second.
The Maxim does 20 Damage with 1.3 Armor rating = 26 hull damage per shot. It has a Fire Wait of 0.15 which means it fires 6.67 (rounded to two decimals) shots per second. This means that 26*6.67 = 173.33 (rounded to two decimals) hull damage per second.
The Kayser does 28 Damage with 1.0 Armor = 28 hull damage per shot. But since it has a Fire Wait of 0.25, you only get 4 shots per second. 28*4 = 112 hull damage per second.
Per shot, the Kayser is better,
Per second, the Maxim is.
Joe.
(and yes, I created and Excel file to do all this math so I could figure out the stats for my new weapons

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