{"id":2320,"date":"2018-12-18T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2019-02-26T11:23:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T11:23:52","slug":"x4-tutorial-weapon-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/?p=2320","title":{"rendered":"X4 Tutorial – Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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X4 Foundations has several weapon types to choose from. Some weapons also come in different versions where Mk1<\/strong> is the cheapest and less powerful option, while Mk2<\/strong> is more powerful and more expensive, and Mk3<\/strong> being the most powerful and most expensive of these choices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

Weapon types<\/h3>\n
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Notice: Energy weapons like e.g. Beam Emitter<\/strong> will overheat when fired continuously and need to cool down before you can fire again. Projectile weapons like Bolt Repeater<\/strong> will fire one clip of ammunition and will then have to reload before being able to fire again. Missile launchers also have a cooldown between firing missiles with a longer cooldown on large powerful missiles like Torpedo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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  • Ion Blaster<\/strong>: Strong shield damage but very little hull damage. Useful when trying to get a pilot to bail ship so you can capture it without destroying the hull too much.<\/li>\n
  • Beam Emitter<\/strong> : A laser weapon with a constant laser beam, that is able to instantly hit fast and agile fighters. It deals decent damage against both shield and hull but overheats quickly.<\/li>\n
  • Dumpfire Launcher<\/strong>: Launcher for \"dump\" missiles i.e. missiles that only fly straight ahead.<\/li>\n
  • Bolt Repeater<\/strong>: Rapid fire projectile weapon. Good damage against both shield and hull. Main disadvantage is the reload time, but a heavy fighter equipped with 4-6 Bolt Repeaters<\/strong> may kill e.g. a Xenon M fighter on first pass, so reload time is only an issue against larger targets.<\/li>\n
  • Tracking Launcher<\/strong>: Launcher for \"smart\" missiles\" i.e. missiles that can track and follow a target.<\/li>\n
  • Pulse Laser<\/strong> : A laser weapon that fires short pulses of laser energy. It has a decent damage against both shield and hull and do not overheat as fast as the Beam Emitter<\/strong> laser. Not as powerful as some of the other weapons but with a good balance between damage, fire rate, range, accuracy and overheating.<\/li>\n
  • Plasma Cannon<\/strong>: Fires very powerful but slow moving plasma projectiles, that are good for taking down large targets. However, the slow projectiles are close to useless against agile fighters.<\/li>\n
  • Shard Battery<\/strong>: Shoots a burst of projectiles, that are very deadly on close range - sort of a \"space shotgun\".\u00a0 Main weakness is the short range.<\/li>\n
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  • Main Battery<\/strong>: Very big and powerful long range - sort of the bigger brother of the Plasma Cannon<\/strong>. However, it is only available on destroyers ships.<\/li>\n
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    You can also equip a Mining Laser<\/strong> but I don't consider this a weapon as it is useless in combat - it is used by mineral miners to destroy asteroids.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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