Just bought the game as a bundle with all the DLC. Doing my research before I start so I have an idea which way I'm going. So far, I've learned I'm descended from the Split. Everything I've seen of them makes me smile.

Damn brilliant. Wish Egosoft would implement such graphs

You, Sir, are a blessing. Too bad the AI of X4 is not. Thank you!

I've asked plenty of people on forums to explain this to me, and nobody could explain anything, everyone just gave me their best option and that's it. No explanation as to why or how, just "Buy this, it's the best" and good luck. Thanks to this video I have a much, much better understanding of things, thank you very much!

YESSS!! Fantastic guide, I've been waiting for this one -- also loved the presentation of the different equipment stats!

I like your work with X4. Greetings from the Captain Collins Crew o7

I've been playing and doing some practical tests for turret combinations on my Syn and Asgards. At first, I also too thought M Beams were garbage, and no matter what their DPS is indeed garbage... however... after using them I did change my mind. M Beams is what I use against S ships, their damage is low, however their strength is what makes up for that. They will consistent hit them and keep S fighters from regenerating their shields as long as they are within range. M Beams used with L Pulse is an extremely deadly combination against S Ships. I've tried M Pulses to do the same job to keep their shields low, however, even with their fast 1.8km/s speed projectile will consistently miss against most S ship unless they are going in for an attack run. Because of all the missed M Pulse projectiles-- they also do garbage damage, so I will take the turret that can at least keep S Ship shields from regenerating consistently.

Best and simplest explanation by far about shields and turrets since X4 launch. You earned a subscriber here.

Thank you for the guide! I have seen a lot of guides through the years but this was so on point and well illustrated but still letting me think for myself. Great stuff 😊🤩

Awesome vid. seems i have the knowledge to create whatever fleet i need now. Station destroyer fleet, max range. Fleet destroyer fleet, good combo of very fast weapons for smaller ships, and high damage weapons for larger ships. All around fleet - large ships designed for destroying stations, with lots of medium and small ships for dealing with the smaller stuff. making sure to leave behind your weaker ships when attacking high risk targets. Your videos are great, really concise and easy to understand.

Well, laser turrets is like a batalion of Imperial Guardsmen. Lovely flashlights.

A topic that has needed to be covered for the community for far too long, great job!

Mk is an abbreviation for "Mark" Thank you for bringing attention to the various differences in equipment. Shame the game itself neglects to do so.

I wish I could give this 5 thumbs up, really. Your content is great and I hope you enjoy producing it and will keep producing, because I sure as hell enjoy watching it and will continue to do so!

The way you say "fly safe" is very comforting. I mainly waiting for this part in all your videos 😁

Your guides and the effort you put into it are god tier! :)

Did some testing in my own game and got interesting results. For medium ships I bought 15 Baldrics and outfitted one each with a mk3 engine of each type and species. So I had one all round, one combat, and one travel from each species. Then I queued up 6 move orders outlining the edge of one of the sectors and then back to the start. This simulates having to stop and dock, not just a sprint or straight line race. I stayed out of the sector for the whole test. The first one to complete all the orders was the Argon Mk3 travel drive. Not unexpected. 2nd place went to the Split mk3 travel. Then came Teladi travel in third and then Paranid travel in 4th. In fifth place, with a wide gap between 4th and 5th, was the Terran all round mk3, not their travel drive. In 6th, again with a big gap, was the Split Combat drive Mk3. I wanted to stay with all mk3s, but this result makes me want to try the mk4. 7th right behind it was the Argon all round mk3. Then a great big gap. 8th was the Terran Travel drive, apparently they suck for medium ships. The rest were grouped up, with the Terran combat drive bringing up the rear. For large ships I got 5 Okinawas, one with each species' travel drive. Then I queued up a ring of 6 move orders just like the medium ship test. I stayed out of sector for this one too. In first was the Paranid with the Argon close behind. In third place with a small gap was the Teladi. Then there was a big gap and the Split. Then another even bigger gap and the Terran was bringing up the rear. I do have a mod that doubles large ship cargo capacity, but these were empty so it shouldn't affect the results. I don't even know if the game simulates full cargo or not. Also I didn't do these in an empty sector, it's possible the police stopped and scanned a ship or something while I wasn't watching. Being in sector might make the results different, but since most things are out of sector most of the time I don't think it's worth testing that for traders. Obviously more testing is needed to ensure these results hold up, but they are interesting. The Terrans seem to have terrible engines.

Every video you make is absolutely stellar. They are actually the best KZfaq videos I've ever seen

As usual, a joy to watch. If you doing a no-numbers chart to compare parts it would be wise to put them on one screen, so we can actually compare them. A quick reference summary card at the end, with best uses for every part would also be great.

Another great video. I always wondered why the turrets were barely diversified across the races. Unique weapon stats are fun and add flavor to the game. Strange choice by the devs.

Another great video! I hope you see great success! I click all the good buttons every time you upload! :)

Perfect! I spent months to figure out all this!

Okay, the info is great, but I mostly wanted to say how cool that all beam turret footage looked. Too bad mounting four of them on my Cerberus wouldn't be effective.

Excellent video with extremely useful information, thank you!

Your x4 guides are the best. Id love you to make a “setting up your first silica station for extreme dummies” vid I think I had to watch your current station vid about 5 times to really grasp it. Regardless THANKYOU

Thanks for the clear concise presentation. Really appreciate all the editing and little sparks of humor in there too. Like the others are saying, a joy to watch. 😀

Dude you bring MUCH needed content for this game! A lot of shit the devs just don't bother explaining.

You make excellent guides. Thanks!

@JKNinja can u post a guide video about Large and XLarge ships? Only your guide about X4 is simple and understandable comparing to other guides. we want to know about Each capital ships with your explaining guide video.

Amazing video! Great editing and balance between jokes and educational content.

Hey man I'm new to this game totally. I first played a little x3 like 2005? I bought rebirth but never played. I bought x4 in 2018 never played until now. I don't like that the game had 1000 bugs to fix in 4 years. How were people enjoying it before? Anyway I am loving it and love your videos. Their funny, informative and well displayed. Precise to the point and easy. Please keep making them!

Thanks for video, this is amazing

Perfect content mate, clear, good info and entertaining too!

Your guides on the different components are excellent! Thank you!

Greetings! I am a Russian-speaking player and these days I have searched through a bunch of Russian streamers, players, forums and other things in search of adequate information. And then I came across this video! Oh my God! Thank you very much! Even with my disgusting knowledge of English (thanks to KZfaq subtitles) this video helped me a lot!

Good info, def agree on those terran large turrets. Especially the L beams. Asgards are mobile bugzappers.

Your videos are quickly becoming "Appointment TV". Please don't change (unless it's to start posting them more often) - I enjoy your style...

Thanks for this great summary :)

Love your work. The comparisons are brilliant

Beam turrets ... anti missile defence, thats literally it i always do Mas anti fighter, and large as anti capship ... though with ToA it may have to change a little, but this was helpfull as i always forget to check the differences of the turrets myself when buying

I hope you come back to making videos, your work is absolutely fantastic ❤️

Thank you Love your way of showing all the data

Amazing guide, love it. Very well presented

I’d really like turret versions of the faction specific weapons. Like a Boson Lance, Mass Driver, muon Charger, ion something… ect ect

Your presentation is amazing. Thank you.

Wow this is an incredible video. Thanks!

So for medium turrets on ships you want mostly Argon flak for medium and Paranid plasma for large? Does this hold up in sector and out of sector? Or is there a best in slot for out of sector turrets? For stations would the Paranid's range be worth their otherwise lesser stats? Is a large station based Paranid plasma going to out range a destroyer's main gun enough to matter? How about lasers for missile defense? Love how deep this game is :) Does mixing shields work, or is it the worst of both? For example on a two-shield ship does putting Teladi for capacity alongside Paranid for regen just average out to a pair of Argons, or is it better/worse? I disable the highway in most of my games, that makes travel drives more important. I have been putting MkII Argon travel drives on everything as they seemed like best bang for the buck, but you made it sound like for L and XL ships the Teladi might be better for combat/all around. That large engine test video you linked showed Terran travel are best, thanks for that. For my M miners and traders are the Argon the best in slot for travel, or would Terran be better? On paper the Argon look best, but I guess it needs testing. How about a video on the best ship modifications for engines and weapons? For engines I'm torn between forward thrust and travel speed. For hull I almost always do the mass reduction since I pretty much only mod the ships I fly and I like maneuverable ships, but the choices for hull seem more 'exactly what it says on the tin'. I generally use obliterator for weapons, and a mix of targe and pavise for shields, but not sure if that's best. Possible content for you and stuff to play with in my own games, thanks :)

Man, you make absolutely amazing videos. How much time does each video take on average to produce?

While in game the tel turrets don't work that well their stats do fit with their theme. Since they are pretty much only strapping these onto merchant fleets the goal isn't to destroy the enemy but to buy enough time to get away. With a high range and high ROF they would achieve that

300th like and easily worth it. Superb work :)

"You've been playing for some time now, and you're ready to buy your first ship". Cmon, dude, which one is it? :D

Laser turrets are good also as AMS; for that, Teladi turrets are the best.

Good Sir, your guides are the best X4 guides out there. Are you planning to do other ones such as large ships etc? Would love to learn about fleet compositions and things like that which would suit your layout of guides perfectly. Thanks for your hard work, really appreciated.

Very useful info. Thank You!

I love your video's and the way you put time into them with all the graph's/animation's, I've been trying to do some KZfaq video's myself and was wondering what kind of editor you use?

Very nice analysis.

Heck yeah! Good guide!

Great videos, thank you.

fantastic guide

wow nice video thx for the tipps I didn't know after over 400h xD

Is the terran boost to destroyers a hidden bonus? I just changed my engines from my osaka from travel mk2 to all round mk2 argon engines and the argon engines are faster. Awesome video love the info!!!

A one sheet guide would be nice

Cool Video , i try . THX

so this was pre-boron, right? something of interest is that the borons actually have only one engine type (that I know of), and it acts like a combat engine on smaller ships, with an instant spool up time. I don't know how the stats compare to the other races and if it works the same on the larger ships, but its interesting at least.

A focused Consideration: Shielding on large Ships, does individual shield generators need to be taken out to get at the weapons on that area of the ship?

Does a laser turret help knocking enemy ships out of travel mode? I've seen some Ses bypass my blockades and wonder if one might help. I doubt you'd ever want more than one (maybe one per section in a turret heavy defense platform) for that though.

After some tests, I found out that, while argon engines indeed have a higher top speed, on travel mode teladi engines have much better acceleration and reach their top speed much sooner. So much so that a ship equiped with an argon engine will only take over an equivalent ship with anologous teladi engine after a good long distance. These results held for engines of all types and sizes. Therefore, for trading in short-to-medium distances, or with the help of a highway, teladi engines should be the most efficient choice.

I'll never get sick of the Elite Vanguard bullying in these.

Turrets in this game, like all of the X games I've been playing for 15 years, are something I've always hated. Egosoft can just never get it right. I'm only using M beam turrets now in foundations, because despite how pathetically weak they are they kill things faster than anything else because nothing else can still hardly even hit targets. Flak is the best, but all they do is constantly hit your allies, turning them hostile and losing you reputation when you're forced to kill them. It's extremely frustrating.

Before watching the video: Get TER engines and shields. For turrets ARG

Mk is Mark, I. E. Mk1 = Mark 1. Like the British military or the US Navy.

rebooted a new X4 game and of course have to watch a JK Ninja video, or two, or three.

I do like that factions are just color of the shot and stat modifiers. Other games come up with "unique" gun names, which just makes keeping them straight in your head, a pain in the butt. If I want smol and accurate and balanced, pulse and then pick my flavor, if I want accuracy and death by volume, beams and a Split carrier or a Syn with LARGE beams, oh, so sorry for your drones Xenon, would you like a side of missing shipyard to go with them? If only I didn't hate the sound of terran main batteries. They squeak, like metal on metal, why? I do like Split Plasma, but I went with Paranid anyway, maybe Argon plasma Ls? IDK Are TER Pulse Ls even useful compared to Bolt?

I personally suck at even the easiest of pew pew. Thus avoid the majority of story lines in the game. All my ships regardless have combat mods, thus if and when I get envolved in a situation I dislike, even if I deliberatly caused it myself, meaning I bite off more than I could chew. Having the ability to get when the getting is still available is my thing to do.

The thing with Beam weapons though is that they slowdown the enemy (not sure if both M and L turrets do this cause who tf uses L Beam turrets lmao) but im pretty sure boh M and L do. Also their travel time is instant therefor almost always hitting your target. Also a thing to mention is in sector and out of sector. because OOS combat is calculated differently with turrets etc. but you just go down the rabbit hole at that point lmao. You also forgot the Missile turrets, not sure if there actually is a difference in them but theyre there I guess (also noticed the Terrans love to use them for some reason, in my game theres a bunch of Tokyo's that are missile barges and its beautiful)

One note is that while still useless overall, Terran beams are notably muuuuuch better than all other beams

Hi im new got an nemesis and a few Million how can i get an solid auto income? Btw love your Content Really helped me so far!

Many times I have heard the opinion that beam turrets sucks, but I wonder what they are for? They are not the cheapest and are one of only three available L turrets. Isn't it that they are for shooting down missiles?

What's the difference between integrity and capacity?

All I need to know now is which are the best mining turrets. Thanks

Time to make space amazon in one of my runs

Also, any chance that we'll get a video on weapon mods and why the green one that modifies damage and fire rate at the cost of heat is op for turrets?

wow... I'm just discovering that Teladis have better shields than Terrans... Thank you!

just been watching you video and had a thought, ie shields and gun Mix like terran shields and say Paranid shield how would that work same with flak guns for kinetic and laser for shields what mix would you say would be the best.

Wait! What am I not understanding? Why would I want a recharge delay? Isnt shields recharging sooner rather than later a good thing?

From what I've seen it's just flak turrets absolutely melt things while everything else gently tickles. I watched an entire screen of red small and medium xenon ships come at my lonely behemoth with just flaks for m and pulse for L turrets, and of course the main guns are pretty useless in dog fights. I made about 5 million in about 8 minutes just killing their ships sitting afk as my flak turrets destroyed everything they killed a single turret and crews brought it back online to finish. But I had a fleet of 3 destroyers with all pulses have trouble clearing out similar counts, flak only for me on literally every ship. Sad because I like the looks of variety

Terrans are the only ones that have Large bolt turrets, not super usefull overall due to range and projectile speed.. but it's something

The beams have garbage damage to balance the fact that they actually hit. Everything else misses 90% of the shots, which kind of reduces the overall *actual* damage done to small ships. Right? So for specifically hitting small ships, beams seem like they might be the best option...?

* many elite vanguards are destroyed while making this video *

cool

I love your voice

Which engine is most efficient for auto miners ? 😀

Im ripping my hair out to understand if i can make weapons or not. I want to make "SPL S Thermal Disintegrator". Is it even possible? Im toying with the station builder and it does make weapon components, but i dont understand how to make the actual weapons

X4's wonky component and weapon balancing are aspects that make this series worse than other space games.