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macmacnick:
Lochnagar also works well in mercuries, to take down the armor really easily (i.e. a galleon's armor) the drawback is that you have to aim beforehand and also rebuild the gun afterwards.

N-Sunderland:
I don't see it being of any particular value for the reasons you mentioned and because it deprives you of charged, a necessary ammo type for sustained DPS (unless you go gunner and take both, but that'd be a terrible idea for the merc).

It's true that with a buff (on one or both) two loch mercs will take down a Galleon's armour in one go, but you're depending on a few things:
-the armour being unbuffed
-the engi not having time to get a mallet hit (you could have your merc guys fire simultaneously, but that's easier said than done)
-the Galleon not drifting out of the shot right as loch is loaded in
-the projectile not going straight into one of the Galleon's guns and ending up wasted, which is a very real possibility

So in the end it isn't really worth the trouble. Charged merc takes hull armour down quickly enough without all that risk (and so does Hades).

Captain Smollett:
I just wanted to say that this is a really amazing guide and something that all new players should read.

Also can someone confirm artemis shots drop?  I always thought they kept altitude throughout flight.

Wundsalz:
I'm pretty sure they don't drop at all either. I've just blindly quoted Echoez statement. The Artemis guide would probably be better off without it to avoid confusion. Unfortunately I can't modify the post anymore :-/

Ragarding the burst rounds for the carronade: I've never tried them myself, but your reasoning seems plausible. Frankly, I do not know whether a carronade can be turned into a reliable one clip-balloon killer. There's little room for error (6 projectiles of the entire clip may miss). Then again it's likely that another gun can help out with finishing the balloon.

Erheller:
I think a lot of newer players would benefit from having this as a Steam guide. A lot of players probably won't know this guide exists on the forums, but if it's in the shift-tab overlay, maybe they'll see it and start to bring better ammos.

If you don't have the time to reformat it in the Steam guide format (or in Echoez' words, can't be arsed to), I'd be willing to do it for you (and of course give you coauthor credit) as you build this post on the forums.

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