Fleet of LX's

[Psirus]

I got bored with the hyperion so I built/captured a fleet of 20 LX's which I now use for assassination mission, and I must say they eat through capital shields like a hot knife through butter. You guys have to try this

[Unkillable Cat]

Oh yeah, know that one, have my Ele fully stocked with them. Use it as my mobile base, jump to where needed, climb into my personal LX and order the rest to defend, would hate to be the one seeing that wing of death headed at them

[Psirus]

Rofl, I'm working up to 30 or 40 to put in a raptor, now that's a wing of death; set them all to attack my target, and the turrets to missle defense. The turrets will rip apart any fighter stupid enough to attack them and the main guns will rip apart each capitol ship I target

[Arseface]

Yeah, I've got 23 LXs at the moment I use them for sector defence.

They're great ships (will usually take out a standard priate group - 2 or 3 M3s and a couple of M4s/M5s), but I'm building centaurs at the moment because they only take another hour to build and I have the factories to equip them nearby.

I had a problem with two of them though. They kept changing their FoF id, so that randomly boron, argon or split would become 'foe' and I'd get the dreaded 'you have lost recognition' message. After a while I fiigured out it was the same two ships (in different sectors) that were causing this, so I just sold them. I think they were ships I'd captured and repaired rather than RE'd, but I can't be sure.

But yeah, in OOS combat the LXs really rule. Haven't tried them on assasination missions and I'm not sure how they'd fare against 4 M6s, but anyway I like doing those things myself

[Arseface]

Quick question for those using a fleet of LXs or other fighters in offense:

How do you manage ordering the things? I mean, if I had 20+ fighters docked in an M1, the last thing I'd want to do is go through every one telling it to undock, then attack a target. Is there any way I can group ships together, for giving orders?

[Unkillable Cat]

Shift + 6 = attack my target
Shift + 7 = Defend me
Shift + C -> 7 (or 8 if you have extra software) -> 3 = return to base

All you need to do is assign a hombase for them all, and set them as wingmen

[Psirus]

Arse, you can use the "broadcast" command in the command console to tell all your ships of a certain type to do something.

[Jimby]

What is a good gun loadout for the LX?
I noticed they can use Beta PBE.

[western]

I put 2 x BPAC
2 x BPBE
4 x AHEPT
and 2 x BPAC in turrets

Works fine!

[pjknibbs]

What is a good gun loadout for the LX?
I noticed they can use Beta PBE.

I currently have mine with 4xBPBE, 4xAPBE and BPACs in the turrets. Not sure this is a terribly good loadout, though--the PBEs chew through shields like nobody's business but then take ages to destroy the hull, and they guzzle laser energy like it's going out of fashion; I'm usually near enough out of energy after destroying a single M3. Need to change the loadout, methinks (although it was intended for capturing, it doesn't seem to do that well there either).

[Psirus]

6 Alpha HEPT's and a Beta HEPT in each of the turrets, I dunno, I like firepower

[Arseface]

Arse, you can use the "broadcast" command in the command console to tell all your ships of a certain type to do something..

Ah, of course! I forgot about that little command.

As for loadout, all of mine get 6 AHEPTs and 2 BPACs. The turrets get AHEPTs and I stick the 4+2 in the front. I use them for OOS protection though, so raw power is more important than a nicely balanced loadout.

[Psirus]

aren't ahept's more powerful than BPAC's?

[Arseface]

aren't ahept's more powerful than BPAC's?

Yeah, but I've got a load going spare

I could give them 10 AHEPTs each I guess, but I'd have to add another factory to my production complex then.

[dalin80]

iam building a mixed fleet at the moment for my raptor

50/50 lx's and falcon sentinals, let the falcons take the hits with there m6 level of shielding while the lx's deal out the hurt.

[arcana75]

I'm so envious, yet to get an LX of my own

[mrkdhrvy]

I'm so envious, yet to get an LX of my own

i have also been unlucky

[dalin80]

i have 9 lx's so far, il swap you 8 of them for a xi mission.....

[DDM_Reaper20]

What is a good gun loadout for the LX?
I noticed they can use Beta PBE.

I currently have mine with 4xBPBE, 4xAPBE and BPACs in the turrets. Not sure this is a terribly good loadout, though--the PBEs chew through shields like nobody's business but then take ages to destroy the hull, and they guzzle laser energy like it's going out of fashion; I'm usually near enough out of energy after destroying a single M3. Need to change the loadout, methinks (although it was intended for capturing, it doesn't seem to do that well there either).

Try 2 BPBEs and 6 other guns (probably a mixture of 2 A HEPTs and 4 B HEPTs).

In my experience, 2 B-PBEs will make people jump, as well. Just takes a little longer, but that's not necessarily bad. That way, you have lots of backup firepower if that dude has got a death wish.

[mrkdhrvy]

i have 9 lx's so far, il swap you 8 of them for a xi mission.....

you're on! i've received many of those. plenty to go around.