Elite: Game talk
19 Dec 2020, 12:02pm
19 Dec 2020, 12:07pm
MIsterLockzHello commanders...I feel really stupid having to ask but here goes. I'm wondering why my multi cannons and beam laser won't fire on my vulture.
Silly answer, but did you set them as activated, as in, powered in the Ship Module section?
19 Dec 2020, 12:07pm
MIsterLockzHello commanders...I feel really stupid having to ask but here goes. I'm wondering why my multi cannons and beam laser won't fire on my vulture.
Are your hardpoints deployed?
Check your Distributor. Does your weapon bank have charge?
Check your Module Power in right panel. Is your reactor overloaded or the weapons disabled for any reason?
Check your Fire button settings, and make sure you're both in combat mode and using the correct weapon bank.
There should be some indication somewhere of what the problem is. If you're in the wrong mode, or have the wrong weapon bank selected your HUD will show them as ghosted, off or disabled, if out of charge the ammo indicator will be red or empty, if the modules are disabled you should get a warning message come up etc...
19 Dec 2020, 12:56pm
MIsterLockzHello commanders...I feel really stupid having to ask but here goes. I'm wondering why my multi cannons and beam laser won't fire on my vulture.
I agree with the other responses. Does this always happen, or intermittently during combat? Knowing the Vulture, my guess is on distributor pips / power to weapons. The Vulture has a hard time powering everything at once plus a good set of weapons, and tends to drain the Weapons capacitor on the distributor quickly.
19 Dec 2020, 3:01pm
19 Dec 2020, 4:41pm
19 Dec 2020, 4:47pm
MIsterLockzHello commanders...I feel really stupid having to ask but here goes. I'm wondering why my multi cannons and beam laser won't fire on my vulture.
Another "Check the basics" have you assigned them a fire button and are you in the right fire group? . . and are you in combat mode?
Ya can't shooty shooty in scan mode.
19 Dec 2020, 5:46pm
Lambast MercyMIsterLockzHello commanders...I feel really stupid having to ask but here goes. I'm wondering why my multi cannons and beam laser won't fire on my vulture.
Another "Check the basics" have you assigned them a fire button and are you in the right fire group? . . and are you in combat mode?
Ya can't shooty shooty in scan mode.
Thank you for responding.... lol...those are the first things I checked....
19 Dec 2020, 6:07pm
MIsterLockzLambast MercyMIsterLockzHello commanders...I feel really stupid having to ask but here goes. I'm wondering why my multi cannons and beam laser won't fire on my vulture.
Another "Check the basics" have you assigned them a fire button and are you in the right fire group? . . and are you in combat mode?
Ya can't shooty shooty in scan mode.
Thank you for responding.... lol...those are the first things I checked....
Power priorities? PC yes? Maybe you have to assign triggers again, because of the port.
Last edit: 19 Dec 2020, 6:17pm
19 Dec 2020, 7:31pm
19 Dec 2020, 7:56pm
Lambast MercyWith all the hours I put in, I still forget to change modes and some times I give the enemy refueling limpet with a back up repair limpet coz I scrolled to the wrong fire group.
That’s better than meaning to fire a repair limpet to a damaged wingmate and forgetting to switch fire groups from the combat group! It’s a great way to lose friends
19 Dec 2020, 8:15pm
There's no blaming that wrong fire group on a less experienced Ape when a bright blue beam connects my shiny blue ship to the suddenly pissed off Thargoid.
19 Dec 2020, 8:58pm
Lambast MercyThink you've been there Other Taff when someone messed up a multi-wing coordinated combat initiation against Threat 9 Thargoids by scanning the target with a Heat Venting Beam Laser resulting in insta-vexed Thargoids, AND Apes.
There's no blaming that wrong fire group on a less experienced Ape when a bright blue beam connects my shiny blue ship to the suddenly pissed off Thargoid.
Unh, I rather think that was me ...... wrong firegroup, laser instead of scan, pissed off interceptor, simian panic ........... rings an embarrassing bell here
19 Dec 2020, 9:46pm
Silver TafferLambast MercyThink you've been there Other Taff when someone messed up a multi-wing coordinated combat initiation against Threat 9 Thargoids by scanning the target with a Heat Venting Beam Laser resulting in insta-vexed Thargoids, AND Apes.
There's no blaming that wrong fire group on a less experienced Ape when a bright blue beam connects my shiny blue ship to the suddenly pissed off Thargoid.
Unh, I rather think that was me ...... wrong firegroup, laser instead of scan, pissed off interceptor, simian panic ........... rings an embarrassing bell here
I wasn't there, never saw it & didn't do it. Not like I haven't hit my 'boost' button into a station by mistake...
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