I feel the same way about finding ELW's (not trying to steal your thunder), I've been playing for 5,000 hours now and 3/4 of that has been in exploration. I stumbled on a way to find these on my first trip to Colonia finding 35 ELW's in that one trip, now I'm getting close to 90. But nobody listens to the new guy, being stereo typed can be an advantage.
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You do that with such panache. I'm impressed.
LOL. I think that's my head over there...and my leg...over there?
Your must have blue eyes: One blew that way, the other blew that way.
How many times have I told you to never let my wife park your SRV?
Damn you, now I might have to build one of these.Had a chance to test out the new Challenger build.
Woo hoo! It was like night and day!
Thanks @Marvin the Martian for your advice on this! My build is very similar to yours, now. Those Guardian Hull Reinforcements are way better than the Grade 4 regular ones I had in there before.
Caustic damage? It was minimal. The beams kept my heat down, and overall the ship performed extremely well.
I was fighting at a planetary port, which was unfortunately in the dark. Hitting the ground was my biggest fear
I fought for maybe a half hour, then had to log. I made 2.7 million in combat bonds. I'm not sure how many scouts that was. Maybe a dozen?
An interceptor showed up and that's when I decided to take a rest. I heard the "Surge detected" warning and attempted to use my Shutdown Field Neutralizer, but I kinda fumbled with the fire groups. I did hit it, eventually, but I'm not sure what it did. Maybe I was in time, because I didn't get shut down. I might have just been far enough away.
This is the build I have so far, modeled after Marvin's build. I used a shield I already had, and some other stuff too, but I came pretty close to what he has. It seems to work.
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Now it's up to me to gain experience. I was flailing around a lot.
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My "official AXI Scout Krait Build™" does the job, but this thing looks like a monster. I've been curious too as to why the meta-alloy hull reinforcements don't get used much. So deffo having a lash off this now, especially since I've got a Challenger lurking about in my carrier's belly gathering dust.
Looking forward to the newer multis too, ideally gimbaled ones. Might actually be effective rather than having to switch to Guardian bits when the big caustic cabbages show up.
I wonder if SJA has left the building? She was always careful to ensure her minions were not over-the-top and PP sniping smacks of over-the-top NPC behaviour.
So. @Sarah Jane Avory - MoM - have you let your pets get too smart?
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This is what happens when you leave your SRV near a pub. Entirely your fault, obviously.
I've been telling anybody that would listen for months that the Alliance ships (Chieftain and Challenger) are far better than the Krait Mk II at Xeno.
It took months for anybody to listen and actually try it.
To be fair, the AXI say the same thing - but they run them shieldless. I have neither the skill nor courage to try that!
If you want to go kill some Scouts with ruthless efficiency, a Challenger or Chieftain is the way. Guardian Hull Reinforcements are very good here and you should not copy me and do this shieldless. A shield is better and with decontamination limpets. I'm just experimenting to see how good I can make a shieldless build and being a bit obstinate because I wish the Chieftains shields are better than they are. I also like to keep fighting while heat gets rid of caustic contamination. But I'm pretty sure these choices mean I have to withdraw from the battle for repairs sooner.
These ships are a marvel when it comes to keeping guns on target.
I actually did try it, on this same Challenger. It was interesting in that pip management became simpler. I didn't do too well with it.
Oh and here's my updated build, with power usage changed so that I won't be left without thrusters again 
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I haven't flown it yet, though. It has less caustic resistance than the previous build, obviously. Hopefully it's still enough.
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I haven't flown it yet, though. It has less caustic resistance than the previous build, obviously. Hopefully it's still enough.
I've just grade 5 armoured my power plant giving it 273 integrity and put 2 x 4D module reinforcements back in. There is nothing I can do to keep essential modules inside the 40% bracket, but even shieldless, it takes an Interceptor to knock out my power plant. Which has happened. Scouts can only scratch it.Oh and here's my updated build, with power usage changed so that I won't be left without thrusters again
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I haven't flown it yet, though. It has less caustic resistance than the previous build, obviously. Hopefully it's still enough.
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To be fair, my Krait does a wonderful job of sending our little octagonal compadrés back to the witchspace in the sky, but unfortunately in the AX scenarios currently, its just a matter of time before one of them calls its dad, at which point the turreted AX multis are like throwing a grape at an elephant. Last night I managed to solo one of the station combat zones in my AXI-approved Krait with the Guardian Gausseseseseseseseses, and slowly got to grips with taking out scouts with fixed weapons, and also had the firepower to deal with the various Cyclops that showed up.
Then two Hydras showed up, and I legged it.
The argument is that shields are pointless against interceptors (though not Thargon swarms) since their damage just says "Haha" and breaches them, but I still cling lovingly to mine, like a warm and soft security blanket!
Interesting. Why do you have stuff like the Docking Computer and Supercruise assist at the top priority? That seems backwards to me. I'd only put Thrusters and the FSD in there.I've just grade 5 armoured my power plant giving it 273 integrity and put 2 x 4D module reinforcements back in. There is nothing I can do to keep essential modules inside the 40% bracket, but even shieldless, it takes an Interceptor to knock out my power plant. Which has happened. Scouts can only scratch it.
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I find the export from Inara to Coriolis doesn't always get everything right. Power priorities is one area that goes wrong. I did this because I updated the build today and don't have an up to date hand crafted Coriolis build to hand.
As a rule, supercruise assist, docking computers, fuel scoop and cargo hatch if I don't need it for the role the ship performs go to priority 5.
Also the higher rank Interceptors deal so much damage and the fight lasts so long the shield won't last long enough to be of use. Evading damage with that mix of thermal vent beam lasers, heat sinks and silent running and still making regular hull repairs is the way to win.