Category:Weapons: Difference between revisions

Each ship in Elite: Dangerous can equip a wide variety of energy and ballistic based weaponry. In addition each weapon can come in either gimballed or fixed variants. Weapons are organized into classes ranging from 1-8 indicating their relative damage output and accuracy.

Very little information about the specifics of weapons has been discussed during the Kickstarter campaign. However, in a Dev Diary video, David Braben confirmed that both beam and pulse lasers will return, as well as missiles. It has also been suggested that new weapon types will be available such as projectile and plasma weapons.

Weapons in Elite: Dangerous come in a wide range of types and classes. Those currently featured in Standard Beta are as follows:

• Pulse Laser
• Beam Laser
• Burst Laser
• Stealth Laser
• Railgun
• Plasma Accelerator
• Multi-cannon
• Missile Rack
• Point Defence Turret

Gimballed means that the weapon is hung in a gimbal-construction, so it can move independent of movements of the ship. This helps for accuracy.

• Gimballed Pulse Laser
• Gimballed Beam Laser
• Gimballed Multi-cannon

• Fixed Pulse Laser
• Fixed Beam Laser
• Fixed Burst Laser
• Fixed Stealth Laser
• Fixed Multicannon
• Plasma Accelerator
• Missile Rack
• Railgun