it carrys more than the "older " panther clippers lol
New ship: Panther Clipper
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Maybe you could ask FDev for the Puma Clipper?
Yeah, except I'd use a C5 for a fighter bay so NPC pirates can be distracted and/or taking damage while the cargo ship is getting ready to leave.
(Fighters are tele-operated so I can just abandon the drone hardware if that's more convenient.)
Leaving pirates behind is my normal MO, but I think dishing out a bit of righteous pain on the way out is more fun
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Did they say anything about the Utilities? (6 were visible on screen)
Cargospace is fine for me. 10 hardpoints and a fighter bay are great.
Cargospace is fine for me. 10 hardpoints and a fighter bay are great.
They are talking about the existing slots when they say "but these are special", not about the modules. The link I gave goes right to the section in the livestream.
The implication is quite clear, there's no room for imaginary extra slots.
My point was it's 50% better in cargo capacity than the best large multi-role ship we currently have. I would trade speed and toughness (and even more - weapons) - but for more cargo.
What I personally would beg FDev for is all four big slots being cargo-only special. This shouldn't be a multi-role flying fortress, this should be a damn super cargo ship.
With the original Panther Clipper cargo capacity in mind, I personally hoped for around 1400t unshielded.
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I brought up the fun idea of Tardis type cargo racks and lo and behold, here they are
So here's another fun/crazy (crazy for now) idea, modular internals - I don't need 10 hardpoints and a fighter bay, not a single one. FDevs, how about if choose to remove them altogether, I get more Tardis-optimized existing cargo holds?
something special about is not the same as these are specials
and again, they mentioned later about TWO cargo-locked slots
So no, implication isn't quite clear
and it is just a part of my doubts.... even Parnters created videos with different information and they has brief before the Frontier Unlocked.
I just will wait.
Well, it carries 20% less than I hoped for. Still, a 33% reduction in round trips for getting that Orbis done and 10 trips to fully fuel my carrier is... good enough, I guess? On a plus side, it looks absolutely amazing. A proper industrial cargo ship.
I guess I'll still get it in early access even if it isn't as in my dreams.txt, maybe the standard version instead of Stellar. And I'll name it Shōganai.
I guess I'll still get it in early access even if it isn't as in my dreams.txt, maybe the standard version instead of Stellar. And I'll name it Shōganai.
To you, evidently.
(Nowski post was edited after my answer)
Twice, and I could ask the same
And remember that they did mistakes in the past too... so I will wait for strong information straight from Frontier, because if there is discussion like that that means this wasn't clear, and I can't just choice one interpretation from someone, by random confidence.
And I don't mean you are not right, because maybe you are, but even if probably you are still I need something stronger, because choices like that are totally unintuitive for me.
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It has been discussed over and over again that the size of an (unengineered) 8E thruster cannot move more than 3360 tons total mass and therefore, the Panther Clipper would have a maximum laden weight of 3360t. It was pretty much unlikely that FDev would overhaul module sizes because of its ramifications.
The Panther Clipper is a fine ship with its current specs and sits well in the lineup of existing ships. It has 50% more carge space, it can defend itself and about the rest - we're going to see when we have her in our hangars. There has to be some headroom for future ships. PCMkIII?
If players have a problem that the PC doesn't meet their expectations for colonisation purposes, my answer is that it is not the PC's fault but a problem with the design of the game loop (i.e. the "monotony of hauling" - maybe a good name for a ship?) but that belongs into another thread.
I looked at the video from the stream, and what i can tell is there is four on the engine nacelles, two on the rear engine rails on the main body, and two on the bottom in the middle. So it should be a total of 8 utilities.
Hera Tani is going to have some bulk orders on G5 overcharged power plants.
If those two special slots were "in addition" to the optional internal count they did prior, we'd be nearly double the Cutter capacity, yet they stated "about 50% more cargo space", and "about 50%" is in line with those two specialized slots being included in the original internal count, of 2x8 and 2x7.Twice, and I could ask the same
And remember that they did mistakes in the past too... so I will wait for strong information straight from Frontier, because if there is discussion like that that means this wasn't clear, and I can't just choice one interpretation from someone, by random confidence.
And I don't mean you are not right, because maybe you are, but even if probably you are still I need something stronger, because choices like that are totally unintuitive for me.
Currently you can build a ship that cannot fly because of undersized thrusters. So there's no hard constraints and I don't see a problem in that. Install better thrusters if you want to install improved cargo racks?
You can't buy one like that with stock E rated modules though.
.... then they won't pay ARX. Is that what FDev want?