I've been playing for so long and I'm yet unsure of how the best equip my ships, well, that and the game has changed and whenever I restarted playing since 0.95, the same tactics I used before do not work anymore, I drop the game, then come back after like a few months, to fail again, ad infinitum. I also hated the skill changes but whatever, I've told myself to try them out more.
I'm just not patient enough to test the AI (beyond just putting it 1v1 against something) and see what loadout is best for it so I followed some rules like more Kinetic than Explosive for AI with neutral dissipation and always filling up the missile slots, usually with mixed (default, harpoons and sabots) types. But it's not really working out. I'm trying to beat bigger REDACTED fleets especially, because everything else kind of automatically melts as long as you have ships loaded out at all.
What are the rules for loadouts now? More explosive than kinetic? Same as? Does dissipation matter that much anymore? Holw about hull features? Range?
I'm too clueless.