You propably don't have use for them anymore, but I'll just mention some thoughts about WIH weapons here:
In WIH1 all weapons use almost no energy. (at least the weapons shown in the campaign) That takes a layer of complexity away from energy management.
The Vulcan, Maul and rapier are very similar in WIH1. In the WIH1 context i would have made them more like:
Vulcan:
projectile velocity: 1200
time between shots: 0.2
damage per shot: 12
Energy use per shot: 0.5
Damage per second: 60
Energy use per second: 2.5
Damage per energy: 24
Uses:
Complements the Maul very well.
long range engagement for finishing of severly damaged enemys (low energy use needed for sustained fire due to low hit propability)
long range engagement of fast ships which don't let you come close, and which have weak armor (interceptors) (especially useful if you fly slow ships, something which never happened in WIH1)
bomb intercept (high fire rate, long range, fast projectile)
Maul:
projectile velocity: 500
time between shots: 0.65
damage per shot: 70
Energy use per shot: 1.6
Damage per second: 107
Energy use per second: 2.4
Damage per energy: 50
Uses:
Complements the Vulcan very well.
Short range engagement of slow and highly armored targets (bombers,heavy fighters) (especially useful if you fly a fast ship, so all ships are slow compard to you and you can get close)
For fighting VERY slow and VERY highly armored targets (transports freighters cruisers) (low energy use for sustained fire to take down heavy armor)
Rapier:
projectile velocity: 800
time between shots: 0.2
damage per shot: 20
Energy use per shot: 1
Damage per second: 100
Energy use per second: 5
Damage per energy: 20
uses:
general purpose weapon, frees your other weapon bank for a specialist weapon.
Very deadly (high damage per second and high projectile speed)
I made such a modified table for experimentation purposes. It's attached
I generally feel, that in WIH1 fighter combat often takes place at shorter range than in retail freespace. Is that only because you are using the Kentauroi most of the time or is there a deeper sense behind that?
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