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I have been searching through the forums and whatnot and have come to a conclusion that I wanted to verify:
Am I correct that there is currently no way to recharge/reload the Gaian Demolition Cannon? If there is, and I have missed it, what is this weapon's ammo?
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I think to reload it you have to get more ammo, you can replicate it at a terraton fabricator. But the gun is almost useless at that level. I always sell it for a few rin.
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There's no way to recharge it at all, no. It is universally regarded as useless to the player.
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You set 6 shots, if that, and its usually better to sell the gun and the shells. Not even the Gaian use their own cannon. :D
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Many thanks for created that topic about Gaian Cannon.
I had wondering for hours how to recharge this.
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It is 98% useless. It fetches some rin with the teratons however.
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The Gain's are just plain weird. o_O

They're horrible to destroy - with all the armour segments, you can be firing for ages at it and do no damage at all. :|
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Personally, I like to fire at the front of the ship. It's a bit easier to hit consistently.
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Drako Slyith wrote:Personally, I like to fire at the front of the ship. It's a bit easier to hit consistently.
I just go for everywhere - they're big and slow, so flying round and round, laying into it with some mines, or missiles and a good quality lighting gun (my preffered mid-late game weapon) tends to get it down...at the end of the day, you just want to steal it's gun and armour to sell for some rin.
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I focus all my fire on the front of most big ships too, that way all the damage is on the same armor segment or three, and they die much faster (not to mention drop more undamaged armor segments). With Gaians(sp) I match velocity and shoot from behind, though.
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Bobby wrote:I focus all my fire on the front of most big ships too, that way all the damage is on the same armor segment or three, and they die much faster (not to mention drop more undamaged armor segments). With Gaians(sp) I match velocity and shoot from behind, though.
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My favorite anti-Gaian strategies.
1) Drop crate near Ringer station. Crate attracts the Gaians like moths to a flame, and the Ringers fry them to a crisp in seconds.
2) Get behind a Gaian, trail it, and open fire. Easy, but tedious without overpowered guns.
3) Switch to a +150% Fracture Cannon, and let it rip. Watch the Gaian die after a second or two.
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Gaians are weird dudes they use meteorsteel armor like those in xenophobes. Resist everything except plasma,positron,antimatter,ion,thermo. Better use any of these unless u wanna fire it 4 an eternity. Still they r weak compared 2 d dreadnoughts!
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gaians use Worldship Armor Plates, and 18/24 of their armor segments are non-critical, that's why they are so hard to take down.
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If I give the Gaian Demolition Cannon to Davlin would he be impressed or happy or just give me a better gift at Rasiermesser? I have one right now after blowing up that cork stopper looking ship. He-he-he. :P

Seriously I dunno what to do with it (350 MW for 78 hp).
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