Is the Glaive getting four size 4 fixed [weapons]?asked by Furtim
TL;DRSome ships will get fixed twin-link mounts, but not every hardpoint, and the Glaive probably won't swap its two size fives for four fixed weapons because Vanduul ships sit in their own tuning bracket.
So last Friday, when the second part of the Buccaneer Q&A went out, there are definitely going to be some changes with weapon hardpoints, one of those including the eventuality of some ships having some fixed twin-link mounts. So first off, it isn't going to be that every single hardpoint can run all of those modifiers. In that same post, manned turrets and gimbals were also noted, but we've even said in the past, because a manned turret has to have a cutout into a ship, it's not going to be every single hardpoint can do this, but it's just one of the considerations that we have for mapping out the ships, mapping out their potency. So in that case, would the Glaive have four fixed replacing its two size fives? Probably not. More so just because right now the Vanduul ships are sort of in their own tuning set and tuning bracket, where they're not as interchangeable with a lot of human parts.