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Weapons
There are a bewildering number of weapons and modifications in-game and there are several categories including uniques which could only be obtained through Community Goals, some of which are now behind an in-game 'material collection' pay wall and some can no longer be obtained.
We would always recommend participating in any CG that has a weapon or module reward as many of these uniques have special abilities which are fundamental game changers.
Damage Types
All weapons have one or more of the following damage types.
Thermal
Kinetic
Plasma
Explosive
Absolute
Xeno - this is not a damage type per se. This is more of a modifier to other damage types utilised in Xeno weapons.
Weapon Types
In-game weapons fall into the following categories
Lasers are thermal 'hit scan' weapons that is they hit immediately with no delay wherever they are targeted.
Rail Guns are 2/3 thermal and 1/3 kinetic 'hit scan' weapons that is they hit immediately with no delay wherever they are targeted.
However there is a fixed delay between trigger pull and release.
Multi Cannons are kinetic weapons with travel time to target, they are an in-game chain gun with limited ammo and low damage per 'shot'. Multi-Cannons use small physical rounds.
Cannons are kinetic weapons with travel time to target.
They are single shot, slow and high damage per shot.
Frag Cannons are kinetic short range shotgun weapons with travel time to target.
They have multiple shots per round, which are slow and high damage per round.
Missiles are explosive weapons with travel time to target.
They are single or multiple rounds, guided or unguided and medium damage per round.
Torpedoes are explosive weapons with travel time to target.
They are single shot, guided and very slow. they have extremely high damage per shot. These cannot be replenished outside of a station.
Plasma Accelerators are 60% absolute/20% thermal/ 20% kinetic weapons with travel time to target.
They are single shot, slow and extremely high damage per shot.
They are the only weapon in-game that has absolute damage, apart from Ramming which is 100%.
There are a number of weapons that do not fit into a particular category. These include mining tools and oddball weapon types.
Xeno Types are variations of other weapons - discussion here at this link.
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