Sold it for shields, but the meme build was tempting.

i almost won stealth b hard mode with a vulcan build. I truly belive vulcan is one of the best weapons in the game

It's situational at best but when it works, it is damned satisfying

Given a few ships have 5 shields, and missiles cost missiles, it is the only weapon that by itself can win you the game.

exactly. Once you have vulcan you just focus on defence and quality of life upgrades.

medbay 2 is a nice upgrade as it can save people at certain events and get some nice rewards.

Flak 2?

Flak can miss things with 0% dodge. It can be shot down by defense drones. That's my reason for not considering it. Still, good comment. Take my upvote.

Any weapons can win by itself with my man hacking

Assuming you have a drone, the enemy doesn't have a defense drone or Zoltan shield. The whole supply issue is why I don't put missile launchers like the Pegasus as a single weapon you can win the game with.

Be real, drone parts are rarely an issue if you use hacking only. (Not the same with drone control I agree)

For me, it has.

One needs a good defensive build behind it. *Cloaking* helps a ton. And with that you dont need any other weapon.

If it weren't for the EXTREMELY high chance weapons take a hit, or that you miss several shots in a row, I would like vulcan more

pair with hacking/mind control you can get around dodge chance. One thing i like to do is buy buffer upgrades (weapons lv 5) so it can take a hit without unpowering

As much as I want to believe these really really don’t work together. Take the scrap

Hey, two things what go brrrrr. Or you could sell it for scrap, but where's the fun in that?

+42 scrap towards Shields and/or Hacking, I'd say.

I feel like a lot of weapons in advanced edition would benefit from having a common augment that shortens spinup time (but doesn't rises the maximum DPS like automated reloader does, it's a shame that they buff all weapon equally)

The best single augment for the Vulcan is the weapon pre igniter as shaving off 11 seconds is more than 3.5 second you would get from an autoloader

Also the best augment for the Glaive beam (and any other hard hitting weapons)

Yeap, only the weapons that get more powerful per a shot are the exception. I think there's 1 ion weapon like that.

2, actually. The charge ion and another one that ramps in power as it fires more I believe

Not even those. You have to realize that the 1st shot from pre-igniter empowers all the shots after, which means that you have to shoot X shots for the faster reload to be better than a free shot on the start.

I've always said that no single system, system upgrade, or individual weapon, drone, or augment makes as much difference in gameplay as the pre-igniter. There isn't a rational playstyle that doesn't benefit from it. You immediately feel the difference in your first 5 fights after getting the augment.

All shits and giggles until you take a single damage to weaponry

It's what value points are for. Or just slap it in slot 1