When i started the game, my big goal in terms of ships was the Corvette. It's a great ship but after flying her for a while in both hazres and conflict zones.I felt like i need to go back to where i started. Back to the roots. Back to the small agile fighters. I feel they give you a very special kind of satisfaction. Something i didn't get from the big ships. I can't really put a finger on it. Maybe it's the dog fights.Maybe the speed, dancing around asteroids. There are are alot of reasons to choose a small fighter over a big bulky warship.
So i started with the eagles. While i really like their design,their damage was pathetic. Especially against large ships. I engineered them but wasn't happy. Might make a asteroid racer out of them.
Next was the viper and curier.
Both good ships. The increase in shield and hull armor was big step up from the eagles. While the damage better than before it was still lacking against big ships. I tried pretty much all weapons except torpedos.
But i wasn't happy with it.
I thought hmm.. Whats left
A cobra, a dbx? No.. No.
My last option was the Vulture. This was the last chance to find a small craft that has everything i want. I outfitted and engineered her. And since i like symetry i chose two efficient plasmas.I went to a hazres and didn't like it at all. Slow projectile speed and terrible reload time. I thought this can't be it. There has to be something. I need a loadout thats good against both shields and armor. The solution was and i was very skeptical that it would actually work. Two c3 overcharged multi cannons, one with corrosive shell and one with incendiary ammo.
No more heat issues, distributor draw or anything that bothered me before.
Now i have great and agile fighter with good consistent damage.
There are a alot of things that make the Vulture stand out amongst the small ships. But for me it is the c3 hardpoints. It's the sweet spot of hardpoints. C2s are a bit weak against big ships.
The Vulture has earned a place among my favourite ships, right next to my Kraits.
So i started with the eagles. While i really like their design,their damage was pathetic. Especially against large ships. I engineered them but wasn't happy. Might make a asteroid racer out of them.
Next was the viper and curier.
Both good ships. The increase in shield and hull armor was big step up from the eagles. While the damage better than before it was still lacking against big ships. I tried pretty much all weapons except torpedos.
But i wasn't happy with it.
I thought hmm.. Whats left
A cobra, a dbx? No.. No.
My last option was the Vulture. This was the last chance to find a small craft that has everything i want. I outfitted and engineered her. And since i like symetry i chose two efficient plasmas.I went to a hazres and didn't like it at all. Slow projectile speed and terrible reload time. I thought this can't be it. There has to be something. I need a loadout thats good against both shields and armor. The solution was and i was very skeptical that it would actually work. Two c3 overcharged multi cannons, one with corrosive shell and one with incendiary ammo.
No more heat issues, distributor draw or anything that bothered me before.
Now i have great and agile fighter with good consistent damage.
There are a alot of things that make the Vulture stand out amongst the small ships. But for me it is the c3 hardpoints. It's the sweet spot of hardpoints. C2s are a bit weak against big ships.
The Vulture has earned a place among my favourite ships, right next to my Kraits.
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