Thanks all for your lovely feedback
I understand why you all have different load-outs for each side of the Conquest.
Am bit OCD and dont like lopsidedness
But the main reason why I like the sides being the same is...my armor layout and why i run with heavy armor (I plan to get a 14th battlegroup conquest when i can find one)
I love to fly and spread damage across my armor. Makes me last even longer as i use every inch of my armor if i can to prevent hull damage. (i tend to fly small niche fleets so being overwhelmed is common but not unwinnable so i love to be a daredevil and pull crazy moves)
Thus I like all my fire arcs to be able to deal with the biggest threats no matter what side I am facing them. I dont try and drive into mosh bits and have both sides firing. but the option to flip my sides to take more damage is great (even more so when i have max combat skills (minus a few of the useless ones)
My shields only get raised to deal with missiles and hard hitting HE and certain energy weapons (or stuck at my engines to make Anti-engine missiles *** off)
I most likely will drop my shield upgrades ad go with armored turrets. Might switch the front med energy to burst PD or something else. Just gotta test all this feedback I got
The reason why am not too worried about not not going lopsided load outs is because I work with my fleet I support them (instead of them supporting me cause escort order is dumb as balls) whats all this mean?
Well.. Frigates/fighters get eaten by my fighters/destroyers and its great to watch.
Let me change this topic to the 2nd part of my question.
What is in your fleet when you fly a conquest?
Right now I have 2 Herons,Gpyron ,14th battle group falcon, an eagle(i flew this before conquest) 3 hammerheads and 4 wolves plus a shrike
Its not an ideal setup I noticed my cruiser and destroyer choices are not line ships by any means and since I fight pirates a lot been having some issues with my wolves and hammerheads being melted. (drowned by fighters and KO'ed by Falcon P torps) I might need to look into mix the other destroyers in my fleet that have better PD coverage then a hammerhead lol
I have yet to actually USE my conquest outside of simulator. But am looking for a great fleet setup that is not to big (tug ships for burn and fuel cargo ships not withstanding)