Fer-de-Lance ! What do we know?
- Thread starter Dwardeen
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It's coming next month !
I really like the sleek design of the ship, but I wonder, which role does it fulfill?
Do we have any clue regarding its specs, size and price?
The 84's elite was a figher, I hope it will be the same, in the price range of the ASP
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It's an explorers dream ship!
I think the FDL is going to be a multi-role ship, 'capable of both limited trading, combat and leisure function' rather than a pure 'fighter' like the Viper. Think of it like an upmarket Cobra Mk. III, slightly smaller than the Asp, but more expensive at 8-10 million credits. I imagine that a lot players using an Asp in a combat role right now will switch to the FDL once it's available.
We pretty much know that wont be the case, it wont be multi role. The Asp already sits in that slot. It is a BH ship so will be BH and combat based
The 'Asp Explorer' is not a multi-role ship, it's an exploration ship and the pure 'combat' ship for that size class is going to be the Vulture. The original lore points to the ship being multi-role, this doesn't mean it's not going to be suitable for a bounty hunter, it quite plainly will be an excellent ship to bounty hunt in, but it's going to be versatile and could double as a trading vessel quite happily.
I hope that's just fluff talk, because we don't need more super expensive ships, we need more ships in the few-million-range.
Personally, I'm hoping it's a fighter in the 5M range. ASP is very much a multi-role ship in that price range.
EDIT - It is a fighter, I'm 99% sure on this from a source.
EDIT - It is a fighter, I'm 99% sure on this from a source.
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Well i think the vultures will fit this role :
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Vulture
| Large Hardpoint | ? ? | ? ? | ? ? | 3 3 |
| Utility Mount | ---- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | ---- -- -- | |
| Bulkheads | Lightweight Alloys | H | 1 | 8 |
| Reactor Bay | Power Plant | E | 4 | 4 |
| Thrusters Mounting | Thrusters | E | 5 | 5 |
| Frame Shift Drive Housing | Frame Shift Drive | E | 4 | 4 |
| Environment Control | Life Support | E | 3 | 3 |
| Power Coupling | Power Distributor | E | 5 | 5 |
| Sensor Suite | Sensors | E | 4 | 4 |
| Fuel Store | Fuel Tank | C | 3 | 3 |
| Internal Compartments | Shield Generator Cargo Rack Empty Slot Empty Slot Basic DS | E E -- -- E | 5 3 -- -- 1 | 5 4 2 1 1 |
A basic full A fitted vultures would cost 16/17 Millions
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My point exactly. If the Vulture fills the heavy fighter/combat role in that size of ship, the FDL won't be another 'pure' combat vessel in the same way that the Cobra Mk. III isn't.
I wouldn't be surprised if it actually sits somewhere between the Asp and Cobra. Either a newsletter or a dev spoke about it being ideal for bounty hunters, and the only thing that makes the Asp not ideal for that is repair cost. So surely it has to match the Asp on firepower speed and turning but not cost as much to repair.
Though having said that, it will probably coast 100,000 credits and be almost as useless as the Python now appears to be.
Though having said that, it will probably coast 100,000 credits and be almost as useless as the Python now appears to be.
