Thinking about buying these.
It says these are regenerative and in packs of 8.
Reading other posts it suggests that if you fire a missile all 8 fire and it takes 3 minutes to get another 8.
Is that the way they really work? or do you have to press Shift 8 times?
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Letoras
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no, you shoot, 8 missiles go out, then you have to wait some time to use again.
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SeeJay
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Hi and welcome.
Yes, the Excalibur takes all 8 slots to install (Shows on 1 slot only thou) and it fires all
8 missiles when you fire once. Then takes 3 min to regenerate.
+ Cheap since you don't need to refill.
+ Effective against AI ships.
+ Effective against New players.
+ Fast missile
- Low Yield / missile compared to other missiles.
- Easy to avoid when you have some experience. (PvP)
I suggest you try all ships and weapons to figure out what's best for your combat style.
Also, have a friend hit you with all weapons / Missiles so that you learn how they affect you.
Good luck!
Yes, the Excalibur takes all 8 slots to install (Shows on 1 slot only thou) and it fires all
8 missiles when you fire once. Then takes 3 min to regenerate.
+ Cheap since you don't need to refill.
+ Effective against AI ships.
+ Effective against New players.
+ Fast missile
- Low Yield / missile compared to other missiles.
- Easy to avoid when you have some experience. (PvP)
I suggest you try all ships and weapons to figure out what's best for your combat style.
Also, have a friend hit you with all weapons / Missiles so that you learn how they affect you.
Good luck!
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EN4CER
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The Excal is the most new player friendly hardpoint munition in the game (IMO). They are superb for exploration and mining but not so great at merchant runs since they take up all 8 slots. Like Seejay mentioned they're not very good at PvP unless you really just let it go in their face which is difficult since it launches all 8. The only way I've found to hit a player is to get behind them, match their speed (default:m), and then throw the afterburners on right before the lock so you're going slightly faster. Their initial launch should be inescapable as long as you fire RIGHT when the lock happens or else even a new pilot will have the piece of mind to throw some CMs. Note that even with this method you rarely land more than 1 or 2 and vet pilots won't let you stay on their tail for longer than a second or two so actually getting the missile lock is challenging as well.
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Busch
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Whadda ya mean "not so great at merchant runs" ? Roll the Excal up into a vacant cargo slot, and ya got 8 additional slots to use your imagination with. *HINT* 
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