What to do with my FDL?

Wasp0

Wasp0
Send to one of those places in India to be scraped and dismantled to make millions of Razor Blades.

The King (FDL) is Dead....Long Live the new King (Chief)
 

GG7

G
Bortas said:
Stuff it into the scrap press when you get angry about its ridiculously low jump range combined with a similarly tiny fuel tank and no room for a fuel scoop (unless you want to cripple yourself).
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That pretty much sums up why I hardly ever use mine anymore.

Talk about a waste! If the thing could at least have the range of the Python, it would get a lot more LOVE among all of us I am sure. Its a great ship for sure, but like you said... Horrible Jump Range, Tiny Fuel Tank = MEH.

Fendalton said:
Thargoid content. It's the perfect ship for soloing Interceptors. There is a station you can have it sent to near Maya so you don't have to fly it there yourself.
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Thanks for the tip! I might just do that actually! I have yet to fight those Thargoid Interceptor ships, and the FDL probably would be the perfect ship for the job!

Now... As I understand it, we can use our conventional load outs against these little guys right?
 

tolm

tolm
Against my expectations, my FDL has ended up being my main ship. Had a Python and most of the Federation ships but I actually found I could make money faster (and more enjoyably!) stacking pirate massacre missions and hitting RES sites with the Ferdie.

It’s now rocking a G5 Thermal Resistant 5C BiWeave Shield Generator with 6 boosters of various mods (1055MJ with 42/60/60 resistances) and then 4 C2 G3 efficient beams (with Flow Control), a C4 Rapid Fire MultiCannon (Stripped Down), a G5 FSD (20 LY jump range - bareable!) plus G3 Dirty (Drag) Drives (380/512 with boost) and a G3 Weapons Focused Power Distributor with Super Capacitors yet all powered by a G1 Low Emissions power plant with Thermal Control for a 0.27 heat efficiency!

I could probably take it further but, frankly, for farming RES bounties it’s darned near indestructible so now I’m saving for a ‘conda to get (back) in the big hauling game!
 

Bryan K

Bryan K
Spacecat said:
My advice is to leave it in a system with a good res site, because flying it anywhere sucks.
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I used mine to travel to the first Guardian ruins and back again when it was first discovered.

With a 4A scoop and great supercruise maneuvering, it fills its tank faster than any ship in my fleet. Alot safer in Open than an AspX, too.
 

Bigmaec

Bigmaec
Bryan K said:
I used mine to travel to the first Guardian ruins and back again when it was first discovered.

With a 4A scoop and great supercruise maneuvering, it fills its tank faster than any ship in my fleet. Alot safer in Open than an AspX, too.
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And with an inbuild guarantee that at least 50% of the explorers you encounter in open drop out of supercruise the moment they see you :D


I don't like to travel a lot in my FdL, I transfer it to the starports where I want to use it usually. I fitted a G4 increased range 4D FSD, skipped the hull armor
and just concentrated on 6 boosters and prismatic shields. Depending on my mood I use triple plasma & dual rails, or five OC multicannons, or a huge multi and four beams with regen/concordant for wing fighting.

It's now my favorite haz res / CZ ship, way more fun to fly then corvette / cutter. I like flying the FAS even more due to flight profile, but the FAS has abysmal shields and hull tanking is not optimal
for longer haz res / CZ works. Same goes with the Chieftain, therefore I deny it is "the new FdL". If the FdL didn't have that awful "turn stall" with FAon (not sure how to describe it better) it would be perfect.

Playing 95% PvE in mobius though, so no PvP encounters for me.
 
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Bryan K

Bryan K
Bigmaec said:
An with an inbuild guarantee that at least 50% of the explorers you encounter in open drop out of supercruise the moment they see you :D


I don't like to travel a lot in my FdL, I transfer it to the starports where I want to use it usually. I fitted a G4 increased range 4D FSD, skipped the hull armor
and just concentrated on 6 boosters and prismatic shields. Depending on my mood I use triple plasma & dual rails, or five OC multicannons, or a huge multi and four beams with regen/concordant for wing fighting.

It's now my favorite haz res / CZ ship, way more fun to fly then corvette / cutter. I like flying the FAS even more due to flight profile, but the FAS has abysmal shields and hull tanking is not optimal
for longer haz res / CZ works. Same goes with the Chieftain, therefore I deny it is "the new FdL". If the FdL didn't have that awful "turn stall" with FAon (not sure how to describe it better) it would be perfect.

Playing 95% PvE in mobius though, so no PvP encounters for me.
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More like 80% of explorers, unfortunately. Too scared to check and see that I’m not even carrying an interdictor.

I never PvP, so my FdL is my HazRES ship of choice. I only use 4 boosters, all HD, ontop of thermal-resistant base shields. I get about 1200 MJ with decent resistances all around, plus two SCBs when I remove the fuel scoop for combat (thank you, module transfer).

It’s just such a fun ship to fly. Plus, it looks fantastic. It’s a flying Lamborghini Aventador.
 

n4p0l3on

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GunnerBill said:
I rebuilt my FDL with engineered modules to a similar spec to my Chieftain. The FDL feels like a knackered donkey compared to a racehorse.
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I just bought a chieftain (after 1.5 years flying almost exclusively with fdl since before stats buffs and engineering) and disagree with that assessment, the chief jump further, can carry more cargo, armor and turns better but it's slower at running than the Lance, then the vertical and lateral thrusters are significantly worse, and also the obvious much worse shields.

Firepower basically very close.

I'd still chose the Lance because losing shields mean losing money when you are doing many combat.
 
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