How do I install a Mass Driver

loknor · Post by **loknor** » Mon, 31. May 04, 06:27

Hi Everyone,

I've still got my M5 Discover and saved up enough money for a MassDriver and Ammunition. Problem is, I can't install it anywhere. What do I do?

Please help.

NeckCuttah · Post by **NeckCuttah** » Mon, 31. May 04, 06:40

First you need to make sure you have a ship that will support this weapon. Go to the ship details screen and it will give you a graph of all of the guns that will fit. If the one you want to install isn't in the list then it won't work on that ship.

If it will support that gun then go to the weapons portion of the ship information screen and scroll through the guns until that one is in place. Good luck!

Edit: A disco will not support this gun. Sorry. It will only support the different Impulse Ray Emitters.

loknor · Post by **loknor** » Mon, 31. May 04, 07:08

Thanks NeckCutter, I'll have a look at the supported weapons that the ship can handle. Looks like I might have to get a new ship to try out my fancy new weapon.

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Mon, 31. May 04, 08:00

loknor wrote:Thanks NeckCutter, I'll have a look at the supported weapons that the ship can handle. Looks like I might have to get a new ship to try out my fancy new weapon.

Don't like to disappoint you, but I don't think ANY M5 class ship can mount Mass Drivers. If you want a ship which can mount them you'll need to go up to an M4; one of the best choices for this would probably be the Split Scorpion, since although it has the shielding of an M5 (5MW) it also has the speed of one (329 m/s)!

Terra rebel34 · Post by **Terra rebel34** » Mon, 31. May 04, 11:00

the nova can carry the mass driver

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Mon, 31. May 04, 11:35

And I'm sure when he has 2 million credits to spare he can get one.

jon_tickle · Post by **jon_tickle** » Mon, 31. May 04, 11:39

Are mass drivers any good? I have a couple of capped Mambas i was planning to put the mass driver on, kind of like infantry i thought. As i understand they do direct hull damage but ive never actually seem one in action.

El_Duddz · Post by **El_Duddz** » Mon, 31. May 04, 12:27

I had a TL trapped in Cloudbase SW, tried a mass driver against the Khaak clusters.. lets just say I did not win (mind you I did only have some 5MW shielding on an argon buster).

I only had one as well (couldn't be bothered to find another one to fit on me ship). I was trying to kill an M3 with all his friendly M5's still buzzing around, but I did not really find it as effective as a nice Beta Particle Cannon (I think thats the one the biggest green one you can have on a Nova) once you get past the shielding on an M3 they die very fast and get a hefty bonus with your Argon Law Licence and the M5s die as fast as a very fast thing.

Went back with a Nova with two cannons, when I had got enough 25MW shields off of some Pirate ships I'D captured. lets just say I did not die.

Managed to clear out CBSW, PE and Ore Belt in one Sitting (dont you just love jump drives).

Cant cature any ships in me Nova keep killing them. Still I have a Boron Mako which is Better suited to the job.

XU Vagabond · Post by **XU Vagabond** » Mon, 31. May 04, 12:32

Mass drivers can be good for caping because they bypass the sheilds and damage hulls once it down to 84% switch to id's and zap the sheilds

Tsumikae · Post by **Tsumikae** » Mon, 31. May 04, 13:13

Also, I noticed the a centaur with MDs mounted on the turrets gives incredible results in a sector defense role. The small khaaks M5 are disappearing at incredible speed, and the M3s are generally not lasting long.

simonnance · Post by **simonnance** » Mon, 31. May 04, 13:21

leaving them unattended they might run out of ammo though......

not a pleasant thought...

Tsumikae · Post by **Tsumikae** » Mon, 31. May 04, 13:24

400 crates are long to spend

simonnance · Post by **simonnance** » Mon, 31. May 04, 13:25

Tsumikae wrote:400 crates are long to spend

400 crates are EXPENSIVE to spend......

Some Strange Man · Post by **Some Strange Man** » Mon, 31. May 04, 13:29

Get yourself a loop and it becomes cheaper.

I might try sticking MD's on OOS defence ships, maske a little supply script, get a M5 doing supply runs.

Tsumikae · Post by **Tsumikae** » Mon, 31. May 04, 13:35

simonnance wrote:
Tsumikae wrote:400 crates are long to spend
400 crates are EXPENSIVE to spend......

By now I'm a golden boy in the X2 universe.

loknor · Post by **loknor** » Tue, 1. Jun 04, 03:24

I've only got half a million credits, my Argon Discover and 2 TP vessels ferrying energy cells from The Wall to The Hole. I've diverted one of them to Three Worlds to try out the AIRE trade run (gauranteed 89K), in the sector to really boost my revenues so I can move onto better things. Hope it works out.

Ferd Harling · Post by **Ferd Harling** » Tue, 1. Jun 04, 03:48

Tsumikae wrote:
simonnance wrote:
Tsumikae wrote:400 crates are long to spend
400 crates are EXPENSIVE to spend......
By now I'm a golden boy in the X2 universe.

so are we.

Viperwing666 · Post by **Viperwing666** » Tue, 1. Jun 04, 10:02

I sold some pirates ships to be able to mount an MD on my osprey over the weekend. Well what the? I chased an orinico around nailing with my new gun only to see it doing hardly any damage at-all. It would have taken 1/2 an hour of chase-me to kill him.

Whats the point? Roll back the savegame and got myself another bhept. Much more fun!

Ferd Harling · Post by **Ferd Harling** » Tue, 1. Jun 04, 10:05

Thanks for the tip.

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How do I install a Mass Driver

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