[eliex]

Circe+Tempest in a Thoth.

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

That sounds really interesting. I think I'll try that out in my next dogfight.

[ssmit132]

It's annoying that (if I recall correctly) the main times for multi are when I'm not able to use the computer (read: very late night/dark part of the morning my time). I would like to go in a dogfight with lots of people to see what you use.

But I'm going off on a tangent. I like to use a mix of Subach+Prometheus S/Kayser and Harpoon+Tornado when I'm using fighters.

[Snail]

If you happen to find yourself in a match where everyone has given themselves Kaysers and Maxims, it might be an interesting choice to choose the Lamprey.

[NGTM-1R]

Snail, your sig is slowly deterorating.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

If you happen to find yourself in a match where everyone has given themselves Kaysers and Maxims, it might be an interesting choice to choose the Lamprey.

You used that on me to great effect once. Half the time, I found myself running out of energy.

Snail, your sig is slowly deterorating.

What, the "vectron" and "wai" bits?

[Thaeris]

Herc 2:

Maxim/Kaiser

Harpoon/Tempest

Maxims shred turrets, the Kaiser knocks down fighters.

Harpoons are good by themselves; Tempests are used in conjunction with the Kaisers (or with the Maxim while assaulting a cruiser). Anything you're shooting at will soon not exist...

-Thaeris

[Colonol Dekker]

By vectrons teeth!

[NGTM-1R]

What, the "vectron" and "wai" bits?

Yes. For awhile I thought Dekker was screwing with it, but then the Wai came along.

[azile0]

Subach-Kayser

Harp-Hornet

[Insomniac34]

Myrmidon with dual Prometheus-Rs and Hornets in all 3 banks

[sigtau]

Myrmidon with dual Prometheus-Rs and Hornets in all 3 banks

dual Prometheus-Rs

dual Prometheus-Rs

dual Prometheus-Rs

dual Prometheus-Rs

Are you that good of a sharpshooter?   

[General Battuta]

You wouldn't want to sharpshoot with a Prometheus R anyway, it's awful.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Sigtau, you make me laugh.

But yeah, the Prometheus R isn't all that good a weapon. It may look powerful if combined with a Subach, because it gives the impression that you're doing a spam attack, but it isn't really. Dual Subachs are slightly better, and that's what I use if I can't use the Prometheus S, Maxim, Circe or Kayser.

[Insomniac34]

Don't worry I was kidding, the R is hands down the worst non-specialized primary in the game. The hornets have the worst missile tracking for an aspect-seeking missile. And the Myrmidon is 100% outclassed by the Perseus and arguably the Erinyes.

[S-99]

I like the subach.
I did experiment with weapon combos before though.

Maxim + morning star. They both have the same rate of fire so they're absolutely great to link together. Morning star takes out shields and maxim takes out the hull. I stayed away from it because a target that gets shaken up by the morning star takes longer to kill rather than a ship just trying to run away from you.

Circe + Prometheus R. Depending on what you hit dead on, it can be a one hit kill. One hit kills with this combination usually worked on light fighters. On non light fighters, it incurred some very good damage. I imagine this weapon combo would be even better when it's circe + kayser.

Subach + Akheton SDG. This one has it's uses. It's also pretty effective at disabling fighters. The subach being an all purpose weapon combined with the subsystem disruptor that's great for taking out shields and subsystems...it's weird to use. Basically you punch through shields pretty fast with this one, then the fighter your chasing starts suffering from subsystem failure depending on what subsystems you happen to be hitting. Most of the time you end up taking out the engines on a fighter really fast and maybe their radar too. You use this combination if you don't want any kills. You end up in situations where you have to kill all enemy fighters, and all you can do is disable them really fast and move on to the next while your wingmates kill your paraplegics taking your kills.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

The hornets have the worst missile tracking for an aspect-seeking missile.

Perhaps, but they can still be very dangerous on slow targets. Watch how the Basilisks use them.

[Stormkeeper]

Prom S/Hornets/Harpoons/Tornados.

I like to use Hornets to pummel cruisers. Nothing kills cruisers faster. Well. Except for maybe Tempests and bombs.

[Mongoose]

The hornets have the worst missile tracking for an aspect-seeking missile.

Perhaps, but they can still be very dangerous on slow targets. Watch how the Basilisks use them.

Yeah, I cringe every time I see a wing of Hornets jump into a mission where I'm protecting freighters or transports.  At least you can shoot down bombs, but those things just tear light targets apart.

[CP5670]

Harpoons are good by themselves; Tempests are used in conjunction with the Kaisers (or with the Maxim while assaulting a cruiser). Anything you're shooting at will soon not exist...

You can use Maxim/Tempests against fighters as well, which can actually be more effective than the Kayser against many types of AI fighters (unless you have a quad gun bank). My online co-op kill counts went up significantly in several missions when I started using the Maxim on fighters.

[Scotty]

And the Myrmidon is 100% outclassed by the Perseus and arguably the Erinyes.

I must contest this.  The Myrm is only outclassed by about 50%.  Just ask QD about that