My Turret Guide - Which Turrets And Weapons To Use - X4 Foundations - Captain Collins
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0:00 - Turrets and Weapons
0:56 - ARG L Plasma
2:05 - ARG M Flak
3:32 - Comparing other Turrets
6:00 - My Choice for Destroyers
6:45 - Weapons for Boarding
7:59 - Weapons for Stations
8:39 - Missile Turrets
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I just jumped head first into xenon territory and im taking out the shipyards = no Ks and the dreaded I s, however some my squads have just fallen out the teladi some how, i swear when find out whos responsible shooting stations by accident heads will roll
Hey have you done one for VRO? If you haven't do you think you could do a guide on ships/weapons with VRO??
Ion is usually a good choice, single or in pair. I usually use 1 x Ion + 4 x Bolts on my Nemesis, which is acceptable universal setup against everything. It is good for capturing S/M ships (e.g. Minotaur Raider), in this case I use only single Ion to avoid destruction of target, and also against capital ships. I put Ions also on S class ships, which (used in grups) become almost OP with this kind of weapon. 10-15 small fighters destroy isolated K in about a minute with no losses, in system or out of system.
About plasma: plasma turret is of course a good choice against slow moving or stationary targets, but as a weapon I prefer Muons, because of much higher sustained (not burst) damage. This is specific weapon which practically do not overheat. I destroyed solo few Ks using Pulsar with 2 Ions and 4 Muons (maybe not the most effective method but definitely fun in this paper-thin ship).
And final note: when in doubt, use Argon pulses. It may be not the best choice, but definitely not the worst.
Thank you for the time you put into these videos. I have learned a lot and I appreciate how much you have enhanced my understanding of the game! o7
thank you for watching all of this then too
Love all your videos Captain Collins! You've done an amazing job taking a game with a brutal learning curve (but so much you learn to enjoy it! :P) and broken down the logic if its complex mechanics into a clear, manageable, step by step process. You've helped provide many with the best gaming experience possible with X4. Thank you very much!
My personal favorite against capital ships are thermal disintegrators. You can melt down their XL Shields pretty quick since thermal disintegrators partially ignore shields. Once their big shields are down its easy to finish them of with "typical" weaponry
I never thought about the difference between the race towers. Thanks man i swaped to Argon Plasma and Split Flak love it
You're welcome
Love the videos! Been helping me bunches when I'm feeling stuck!
Great channel, made understanding the game so much easier! Thanks
I understand why alot of players ask questions about what type of weapons to use with certain types of damage. I'm a new player to X4 and I must say this game is very confusing to me and complex but that's what I absolutely love about this game. I'm finding it difficult to make money I have 4 mining ships but they don't seem to want to automine even though I have it set to that. As for weapons I see alot of people use ion weapons.
Dark InPresser , community @ egosoft.com forum will help you. Ship info/orders you can set up automining/trading if your captain is skilled enough. Resource probes will help miners to find good spots and satelites can help them to sell with profit.
Always keeping people up to date with the latest information and tips. Keep it up Cptn Collins! o7
Love the videos man! Keep up the great job!
Thank you for explaining this so well. Love your videos!
Im 2 years late, but thanks fro these videos, helped me alot who decided to jump back into X games, last i played was Rebirth and that made me stay away from X series until now. Spent way to much time playing this game this week, and have no idea what im doing half of the time.
Thanks for the video. I wish I could add a few of each type of weapons to my ship and swap them out whenever I needed to.
Also i didn't know you could pause the game like that and still rotate the camera, amazing!
your content even to this day is super helpful, thankyou!
'Salute' Captain... - Thanx for these videos, they have really helped me get into this wonderful game. :)
So glad to help
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That view in the beginning with you Raptor plowing into the I. That is gallery worthy :D
Haha :D never realized
FLAK does shoot 4, but you get 2x damage. There is a dev post in the forum somewhere...
Thank you for clarification
Excellent! I was looking for a video like this. Kind of funny how you made this video today when just a little bit ago, I asked in the comment in one of your four hour beta 1 video, what kind of turrets you were using (Just so you know, I didn't watch much of that video, so if you answered that question later on in that vid, I apologize.)
Not only you 😅 someone asked me in discord about 10 minutes before I started recording this exact question 🤷♂️ It's a common question and I answer it a lot on stream, but now also on TH-cam
For Raptor the Argon M Beams are ideal to melt any M or S away. Any other weapon needs longer because when the enemy flys transversal they do not hit, or the enemy flys away if taking some dmg. Raptor is the only ship that can mount enough of Beams to compensate the lack of dmg.
Personally i like the L Split turrets most, because they look great-but they have the worst range.
I just started this game properly. Bought it on release but it was undercooked. Finally at a point where i can jump in n feel like its on par with original x3 release.
Just got my first Raptor, gonna have to look more closely to what you did to yours :)
haha, welcome to the Raptor club
@@CaptainCollins I actually bought the blueprint rather than let a faction build it for me, that way I could take advantage of teladi shields in my own shipyard.. :)
Where would you place the new Terran turrets in the game? or are they no different than what already existed?
Hey Captain, loving your videos, keep up the great work. I do have a single suggestion, not sure what you think about it, but wouldn't the Space Operations Delta Logo look bad ass, if there was the actual Delta sign inside the triangle, opposed to just the "D" ?
There is 😅
i love missiles
all my ships use primarily missiles and missile turrets, i had to learn real quick how to set up an auxilary with a Bunch of small class couriers doing resuplies.
Sounds awesome. Like a real, living fleet. Buying off the markets wherever they go :P
i never take down shields when doing boarding operations. does it make that much difference? i just use burst rays to take out turrets and drives and board from there.
Hey just a question is the only way to get syn destroyers are by building them yourself? Thanks for your videos. Your my go to youtuber for x4 information.
I use the odd couple of missile turrets here and there as strictly anti fighter (maybe 1 m group per destroyer). For me the rationale is for longer than flak and pulse range damage. Also by only having a couple, ammo lasts long and when empty the ship isn't too crippled
I prefer Paranid L plasmas. Faster projectiles means more hits to moving targets.
I also find flaks totaly useless on L and XL. Bolt or pulse turrets are much better. Flaks are good on frigates and corvettes though.
Also note, that if tou wish your AI controlled ships to stay at range, put beams or no weapons to M turrtes.
Anything else makes your pilots suicidal maniacs.
About to buy my first Raptor, and I don't think the Vigors will be happy when that ship shows up on their door steps!
So what should I do if I want to arm a cerberus that's not for boarding specifically? It's the only good combat ship I have right now which I get from the story, and it's going to be my flagship for a while until I get better ship
usually the main idea of flak is detonation near the target. Does it works like that or need direct hit in x4? Any reason for using shotgun turrets or they are useless?
Perfect ! THE guide that I was waiting for. I just have to check what is flak un french 🤣
Thks for this guide Captain Collins 🎅👍
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maybe it's "le flak"? :D just kidding, thank you mate!
C'est "anti-aérien" en français. :D
@@reggie368 super merci ! C'est bien ce que j'utilise donc ça va 👍
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Hey CAPT Collins Keep it up! Can you do a short video on "RESTOCKING DRONES" for stations. All my mega-factories are demanding them but how do you restock???
D. S. , look "logical overview" @station. There you find drones and what they need to get build (3 resouces, dont remember all but energycells, nanotronic?, dronesomething?). You have to deliver these goods.
Can u cover crew usage in a future video? Like ratio of crew vs marines and how to get more experienced ones. If u already have i apologize. Couldnt find one at a glance.
Quess whos not getting argon turrets since my faction is public enemy number one
Did they change the dmg of ARG M Flak Turret Mk1 since this video? My Encyclopedia shows them with Weapon Output 82 MW in the video yours is showing 165 MW
no idea, didn't pay attention. Try to ask that in our discord, there are more knowledgeable people in there
he was looking at larges i thought
Q: Is this still true with the latest version of X4??
My L Ships have a hard time hitting the enemy. Even when using the Argon Flack most of the shots are missing the enemy. Lost an Osaka equiped with Argon Flak Turrets in an OOS Fight against 7 Xenon N.
And how to avoid the massive collateral damage of the flak turrets? after a few seconds the whole sector comes for you.
I mean, it's one ship against seven. Two Osakas wouldn't have this problem. 🤷♂️
Another tip I saw elsewhere is to just go with Pulse turrets for the M-class on the Osaka. They're a kind of jack-of-all trades master of none. The projectiles are the fastest in game (for turrets that aren't missile or laser) and while they don't hit hard, they hit more often, and with multiple banks on the Osaka hitting targets, you'll whittle them down. Alternatively, Terran bolts aren't bad either on Osaka's (I am also very biased towards the blue bolt they fire, but aesthetics aside). they do alright against ships flying right at the destroyer. In one instance, I limped back to safety flying a single Osaka with some of the M-turrets knocked out and on 1 engine against multiple waves of small/medium class ships by having my L-pulses firing at everything with the bolts focusing the fighter screen. I also probably got lucky so they get the job done when they hit.
But yeah, you can't go wrong with pulse turrets and for me. I hypothesize that projectile speed is more important for dealing with S/M's than turret rotation speed.
But as Capt. Collins says in the response above this one, there's no subsitute for mutually supporting fields of fire...and escorts.... Even the defense drones help screen fighters more than I originally suspected.
Noooo ! Space Bus is going to be destroyed ! (°o°)
nah, it safe :P
Yay ! Captain saved us ! o7 :D
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Forgive me for giggling, but every time you say "shard" (i.e. "shard turret") I hear "shart", which is basically a fart with a little solid follow-through :). Which, maybe that's what shard turrets do, I dunno, but it's funny as hell :).
Do you use mods ?
Not at all
@@CaptainCollins why not?
Dam I have been using bolt turrets till now.
Not bad, but there're better options (for AI)
Swarm missiles in med slots actually works pretty well.
But in generel, the reason you buy a destroyer is to have a perpetual damage machine you do not need to look after.
For missile deployment, any m or s will do the same job, for less upfront cost.
Always use fire and forget guided u less you are torp bombing.
O7
X3 Reunion still best ships, best space battles and best weapons by far. Really has no logic for every new game trying to reinvent the wheel instead of expanding and refining and adding in a sensible way
Ah yes, the game that had three tiers of every weapon for no real reason.