Phantom Vs DBX (taxi) - no contest!

Strangepork

Strangepork
The Phantom beats the DBX hands down as a uber all purpose bubble taxi ship.

The Phantom stripped down jump range for me is 68ly, one less than my old faithful DBX.

For this I gain...

32 tons cargo,
Faster top and boost speed,
All the utility scanners,
Collector limpets,
The list goes on...

Anyone see any down sides?

Also how does this ship manage to out boost a DBX with equivalent 4D thrusters?
 
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Ralph Vargr

Ralph Vargr
john willi said:
The Phantom beats the DBX hands down as a bubble taxi ship.

The Phantom stripped down jump range for me is 68ly, one less than my old faithful DBX.

For this I gain...

32 tons cargo,
Faster top and boost speed,
All the utility scanners,
Collector limpets,
The list goes on...

Anyone see any down sides?

Also how does this ship manage to out boost a DBX with equivalent 4D thrusters?
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They are recycled GE J79's stripped from *real* Phantoms... :)
 

Havvk

Havvk
john willi said:
The Phantom beats the DBX hands down as a bubble taxi ship.

The Phantom stripped down jump range for me is 68ly, one less than my old faithful DBX.

For this I gain...

32 tons cargo,
Faster top and boost speed,
All the utility scanners,
Collector limpets,
The list goes on...

Anyone see any down sides?

Also how does this ship manage to out boost a DBX with equivalent 4D thrusters?
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Since when was it implied that an exploration ship is a space-uber?

Not to give the wrong impression, but no duh the DBX is worse at being a taxi than a ship significantly larger and much more capable of fulfilling more roles than just a focus on one alone
 

Mo Ronik

Mo Ronik
Well it's a pretty cool ship no matter. If I could get one I'd probably spend a fair amount of time in it too.
 

Strangepork

Strangepork
Mo Ronik said:
Well it's a pretty cool ship no matter. If I could get one I'd probably spend a fair amount of time in it too.
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Yes, for me it's become my number one, all purpose non combat getting about ship, 68ly with all that functionality, it's kind of made the update for me.
 

fus roh potato

fus roh potato
Does price matter in a game where a newb can earn a billion credits in a day simply by making a few friends?

Not even one tiny itty bitty bit.
 

Trollymctrollerson

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I will buy a phantom and use it but the DBX and DBS are fine ships will keep using for general run about things and planet landing. I dont find mooar slots to be compelling enough to retire 2 of my favorite ships
 

Mo Ronik

Mo Ronik
john willi said:
It's the ship I spend most of my time in, I was hoping that wasn't going to be a Hauler!
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I have a Hauler but it's not a bubble taxi. I set it up to be my dedicated surface prospector ship. Seems just about perfect for that role. Hopefully they will get ya some really nice paint jobs for that Phantom soon. I'm not much of a fan of the default colors of ships so I change that as soon as I can.
 

Mo Ronik

Mo Ronik
fus roh potato said:
Does price matter in a game where a newb can earn a billion credits in a day simply by making a few friends?

Not even one tiny itty bitty bit.
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Probably not if you play to get credits. Not really what I do so I have to budget and plan for everything. I've been working for weeks to make enough to upgrade my T6 and I'm slowly getting there. I role play in my little cluster of stars to keep my home system supplied with the goods they need. It's nothing for me to haul badly needed clothing or medicine to a station in my system and make maybe 2000 or so credits. So, a ship the cost of a Phantom is wayyyy out of my budget. My way of playing ED ins't for everyone I'm sure but it keeps me interested and involved in my home system and the survival of it's citizens.
 

The Lawful

The Lawful
Lol, price, ofc. And DBX jumps 60+ly which is quite sufficient for most tasks, even without Guardian stuff.

The reason why I chose DBX over AspX and other ships a long time ago was simply cost. Krait Phantom will never even come close to that.

O7,
[noob]
 

The Lawful

The Lawful
Ralph Vargr said:
They are recycled GE J79's stripped from *real* Phantoms... :)
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Yep. I remember a time when smoking was still ok, and the Phantom was good at it. In fact, it was her trademark sig ;)

Plus, I remember a training furball fight directly over our (camouflaged) SAM site between a German F-4 and a Dutch F-16, and that will ever be among my service memories. It was impressive to watch, blue skies on a summer morning in '88. Ofc the Falcon won (for it is much more capable) but the Phantom pilot did really well, too. It was so close over ground and directly above me so that you could see the decals and pilots and all. We didn't fire a missile, though.

O7,
[noob]
 
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Ralph Vargr

Ralph Vargr
TheLawful said:
Yep. I remember a time when smoking was still ok, and the Phantom was good at it. In fact, it was her trademark sig ;)

Plus, I remember a training furball fight directly over our (camouflaged) SAM site between a German F-4 and a Dutch F-16, and that will ever be among my service memories. It was impressive to watch, blue skies on a summer morning in '88. Ofc the Falcon won (for it is much more capable) but the Phantom pilot did really well, too. It was so close over ground and directly above me so that you could see the decals and pilots and all. We didn't fire a missile, though.

O7,
[noob]
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My first bird was an F-4D, then I transitioned to the F-16A.

In a close-in knife fight, the Viper has the advantage. BVR, the F-4D has a chance, if it can avoid the F-Pole, and S-Pole problems. Plus, another set of eyeballs. And *two* engines....

john willi said:
Anyone see any down sides?
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Being trapped in a washing machine for many, many jumps....
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
Purely for use as a taxi, spending Cr100m on a ship that replaces a Cr10m DBX or a Cr500k Hauler seems a bit excessive.
Hopping around the bubble, you're probably going to save yourself a single jump, at best.

Sure, you can build the Phantom into a nice multirole but then you're eating into it's jump-range and it's not actually a "taxi" any more.

Also, I dunno if you could park a Phantom here.

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