Channged minigun to M7A on my warden and i'm regretting it

[Shadow Reaper]

All the Vanguards come stock with the Revenant. Save your money for better shields, etc.

 

[Richard Bong]

I'm lost, are you saying I should get the Revenant or 447 ? or they the same thing

The Revenant is the stock gun. Unless you run into ammo issues, there is little point in swapping them out. The damage difference is negligible in favor of the minigun.

 

[Radegast74]

All the Vanguards come stock with the Revenant. Save your money for better shields, etc.

The Revenant is the stock gun. Unless you run into ammo issues, there is little point in swapping them out. The damage difference is negligible in favor of the minigun.

Yes, my philosophy is that everybody should get proficient at the stock weapons on their ship, just so they don't needlessly waste money an upgrades.

 

[Richard Bong]

The Revenant is a Ballistic Gattling. The 447 is a cannon--fires much slower.

You can compare them and their stats here. Just load the Hoplite or Warden.

Hardpoint.io - Star Citizen ship fitting and comparison tool

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IIRC, what you're calling the "447" the Hardpoint calls the original title, which is the C-788 Ballistic Autocannon. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong here.

The Revenant also has the huge advantage that its projectiles are MUCH faster to target. To shoot faster you have to use a larger weapon. That means shorter leads, and more hits. The down side is it depleats its ammo in half the time of the Autocannon. The huge up side is when you lose your bird you don't need to pay for a gun replacement. Also the Gattling has about 75% greater range.

The 447 is the Rhino Laser Repeater.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

Ah, well then the Revenant should be much more effective, since some damage goes through the shields.

I'm curious, Richard; which shields are you flying? Are the FR-76 in game?

 

[Richard Bong]

Ah, well then the Revenant should be much more effective, since some damage goes through the shields.

I'm curious, Richard; which shields are you flying? Are the FR-76 in game?

I have been flying stock, mostly farting around with weapon choices on my Vanguard, Gladius and Avenger.
My cheapest ship getting the most flying time since I can land it easier in both Loreville and Area 18.
Without hovermode and, hopefully with fixed guns being fixed, we'll see what 3.7 brings, but likely I'll spend much more time with Vanguard components.

I haven't been unhappy with the stock shields, and survive most anything, except landing with the stock shields. Flying the 557 repeater, the stock coolers and powerplant keep up as well.

 

[Richard Bong]

I like the 788 Combine ballistic canon. Good energy/ballistic mix. That and a couple S3 missiles usually takes down anything that needs killing

I hadn't thought about using the combine.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

The 788 was by far the reigning dps champion a couple patches back--it did more damage than the S5 guns. It is now slightly less than the gattling, and the projectiles are much slower, so not a good choice except that it carries twice the ammo.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Don't forget come 3.7 the fixed nose guns can be swapped out for a limited number of other pre-set nose gun combinations you will be able to get from the in-game shops, so it will be a lot friendlier to balance with the big shooter hanging off the chin.

 

[Richard Bong]

Don't forget come 3.7 the fixed nose guns can be swapped out for a limited number of other pre-set nose gun combinations you will be able to get from the in-game shops, so it will be a lot friendlier to balance with the big shooter hanging off the chin.

Can't wait to experiment a bit with those. :)

 

[wmk]

I was going to say that. The fewer changes the less it costs to replace too. The thing I'm cuious about is what to do with the 6 S2 slots. It will be interesting in 3.7 to see if we can split the 4 S2s in the nose with different types. Or is that too much to hope for?

Yep, you can mix them; however, you can't split them into two separate groups /unless creating a group of 2 nose guns and the main gun.../

 

[Mich Angel]

M7A is a long range canon, not meant for close up fighting.
Use it beyond 1K distance and it is very effective if you can hit the target that is, anything closer and you need to have exemplary patience with it.