I geuss there are two reasons for this post.

1. the Devs have stated that cap ships are coming to players...(I point this out for the new people)...so what type of weapons would you all like to see on cappies?

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2. I understand there is the over powering to worry about with reload times but, what bothers me is the limited range of the weapons. there have been many times where I and presumably other pilots, have been in a cappie turret and had to wait for a fighter/bot to fly close very close before being able to effectivly use the weapons. or tried to help lower the shields on anenemy cap ship only to find out that though I had clear line of sight the weapon would not reach it. it just seems that cap ships should be effective weapons against other cap ships

as for weapons I'd like to see...200mm rail gun turrets.

How about beam cannons? The things fire off very intense beams of energy, good for wiping out large numbers of pesky bots. Of course to keep things balance you have to hit your target and the beams won't be easy to move around once they get started. Then there's the problem of friendly fire...

They actually used to have beam cannons. They were deadly and the beams were problematic from a graphics standpoint, but they were cool to look at. Maybe they'll return in some improved version.