Q: Does anyone use 'Silo' Batteries when building?

[scJazz]

Your approach has one huge advantage most notable when the enemy race has a huge to-hit advantage. Namely... your going to get more chances to hit the target. If the enemy warships are using emissive armor/shield regen/armor regen then your idea has some problems. Otherwise it works out fine. Generally, I think you'll notice that the large weapon mounts do more damage than the equivalent tonnage in smaller weapons so your overall damage per turn will decrease.