I'm "flabbergasted" how you misquoted me.
I said >Most of your flak sniping should be done with charged rounds.
Notice the big >MOST
The ideal ammo to be shooting from the flak is charged - it has the highest sustainable dps. (I hope I don't need to further explain this point to you.)
If you can't hit a ship with charged rounds (the same bullet speed and arc as neutral rounds) because it's too far/moving too quickly etc. YOU USE LESMOK ~ that's what it's there for.
I hope the following will help clear the air:
1. The reason I feel lesmok should not give you two shots is because it will be too easy to kill things quickly at any range above the arming distance. (the reason it was nerfed in the first place)
2. Sire, Indeed I would advise you bring lesmok. As a gunner I take, lesmok, lochnagar, and charged rounds for the heavy flak. If I were flying a galleon build where an engineer shoots the heavy flak I'd advise them to take charged rounds or lesmok depending on how confident their aim is.
3. lochnagar heavyflak takes off 60% arming time allowing for unexpectedly close range insta-kills.
4. Yes, if you're sniping the general idea is that you sit still. (I don't know what kind of sniping you do, OMG 360` NOSCOPE HAX isn't really a valid tactic in GoI.) If the pilot wants to get his nice shiny 1300m+ kill achievement in a reasonable amount of time, they're gonna have to deal with it, twiddle their thumbs and play with their tamogotchi. (maybe even perhaps possibly get on the other gun or even fix things so your engineers can keep shooting too.)
5. lesmok is "long range" ammo that works with a long range gun, but at mid range, don't use the long range ammo (it's long range enough already), learn to aim the thing and kill with it brutally quickly. It's hard, because it's op when you can do it. ~ simple.
6. Flak spires are still deadly.
I'm very specifically arguing that I want two shots with Lesmok, and this is just obfuscating.
I feel that if you have 2 shots with lesmok it would be too easy to use for the amount of reward.
In best anticipation of your response,
GeoRmr