[CP5670]

For fighters without a quad primary bank, Maxim and Prometheus S, although I hardly ever use the latter on medium or hard. For fighters with such a bank, Kayser on medium and Prometheus S on insane (on hard, it depends on the fighter), with a Maxim in the other bank. The Prometheus's extra range and lower power usage make it superior to the Kayser on insane.

As far as missiles go, Tempests are always a must, and I add either Harpoons or Trebuchets depending on the mission.

[eliex]

Depending on the no. of gun banks I'm supporting, I use a Prom S coupled with a Subach HL or a Maxim. As said above, high energy consumption weapons notably the Kayser aren't that great when it comes to the harder difficulties.
For missiles, never leave home without a bank of Stellitos. 

[General Battuta]

Stilettos are great.

MEKHU MEKHU MEKHU.

[headdie]

dual Subach - Rockeye / Hornet

Goddamn you're one insane bastard.

for the missions until the kayser is available Subachs are enough, all proms fire too slow, i will fit Maxim if i'm expecting to tackle capships.  convoy escorts tempests are invaluable for shredding the bigger bombers (*cough*seraphim*caught*)

[Colonol Dekker]

Stillettos are unnecessary he you have a Maxim due to the 4k range. That's a home two and a half clicks outside the longest triple a around. . .

[Scotty]

Eh, Hornets and Tornados do very nicely against the big bombers.

If anything, those are the only ships smaller than cruisers that they can hit.  (Not counting freighters, of course.)

[Mongoose]

Hornets have always had pursuit issues, but Tornadoes usually do just fine at snuffing fighters.

[castor]

SIngle player/Multi Coop:
Maxims/PromSs
Trebs/Torns
..or something.

Multi TvT/Dog
Kaysers/Morning stars
2 out of Torns,Rocks,Temps

[Commander Zane]

dual Subach - Rockeye / Hornet

Goddamn you're one insane bastard.

for the missions until the kayser is available Subachs are enough, all proms fire too slow, i will fit Maxim if i'm expecting to tackle capships.  convoy escorts tempests are invaluable for shredding the bigger bombers (*cough*seraphim*caught*)

I was referring to your secondary choices.

[Kie99]

Maxim / Kayser
Tornado / Trebs
For the frakkin win! RAWR!

This, the Trebuchets and Maxim can rape anything below the size of a corvette through quickly disabling it and then pounding away, and using Tornados is the same as pressing ~ + K for fighters.

[headdie]

rockeyes are useful if you need to quickly lob of a couple of missiles before switching targets or spam the enemy when charging in.  also from close range its an near sure fire hit on big bombers and twinned strips the rear shields nicely for the cannons to work

Hornets are useful when killing/disarming/disabling cruisers.  Fighters and bombers are mainly cannon fire outside of select situations.

BTW apart from "Game of tag" does anyone actually use TAG missiles

[Commander Zane]

Only on missions I'm forced to.
JAD has two.

[QuantumDelta]

TAGs are ridiculously useful in Hell's Kitchen in multi too.

For TvT there's a couple of loadouts that are valid, anything else is sub-optimal/borderline terrible.

PromS/Kayser (*Assumes light to mid-fighter, though can be used in heavier fighters).
PromS/MorningS (*Assumes mid to heavy fighter).

Tempest are the only valid multi secondary - Rockeyes can occasionally be useful for dumping into someone's path to disarm them (*herc mk2, ares, erinyes).
Aspect seeking missiles are beyond useless against skilled pilots.

Subach isn't worth the fire control bank/energy of it's shots, if you have energy problems, shoot less unless you're sure you'll hit, PromS/Kay = THE Squadwar combo.
Morning star is more of a tactical combo used to pin people to hit them with missiles (*less killed pilots will use this to get aspect seekers off, more skilled pilots will obliterate the poor victim with tempest).

Maxim gets used against capships but is more or less useless elsewhere, but honestly if you're gonna take a subach just to link it up to a PromS or Kayser, just leave the bank empty and fire less. It's more efficient.

[General Battuta]

TAGs rock in the right circumstances. Rock hard.

[Higher Game]

Why so much love for the tornado? It just misses usually, compared to a harpoon. Harpoons and trebuchets for the win.

Prometheus cannon 2x is ideal for dogfighting. I usually let bombers mess with capitals, since that's their job. Space superiority is mine. 

[Commander Zane]

I rarely ever miss with Tornados, even with perpendicular trajectories against Dragons and Manticores I'll still hit them.

[NGTM-1R]

Why so much love for the tornado? It just misses usually, compared to a harpoon. Harpoons and trebuchets for the win.

wtf game are you playing? The Tornado is the wish-me-dead.

[Galemp]

You might think I'm crazy, but...

Circe+Tempest in a Thoth.

I have won every dogfight I've ever been in with that combo.

[sigtau]

You might think I'm crazy, but...

Circe+Tempest in a Thoth.

I have won every dogfight I've ever been in with that combo.

Reminds me of when I dogfighted in an FSPort match, and won, with an ML-16/Shield Breaker combo.

And MX-50/Hornet.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Without the Kayser and Trebuchet, my pairings are:

Subach / Subach or Prometheus S / Prometheus S
Tempest / Tempest (/ Tempest), Harpoon / Hornet, Harpoon / Tornado or Hornet / Cyclops / Cyclops

With the Kayser and Trebuchet, my pairing is:

Kayser / Kayser
Tornado / Trebuchet

In multiplayer, my pairing is:

Subach / Kayser
Rockeye / Rockeye

Circe+Tempest in a Thoth.

Ooh, damn you, I saw how you 0wned everyone (including me) with that combo.