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So, let me guess. Mark Stephen Roberts, right? Actually, not guessing at all. Years ago, I had a girlfriend that could write in longhand backwards as quickly as anyone could do it forwards, she even could write right to left or vice versa. Strange talent, you had to hold it to a mirror to easily read her writing.
Found a strange plant today, it reminded me of those egg pods in the movie Alien
Found a strange plant today, it reminded me of those egg pods in the movie Alien
Guardian ship launched fighters look cool, so are best for when you want to play in them yourself. They are quite fragile compared to human SLFs - at least the Trident which is meant to be the best of them is. The Trident has a fixed mount plasma weapon with slow shot speed that couldn't hit a small fast ship if the outcome of the battle depended on it. And since an SLF often complements slower less agile ships, it kind of invalidates half the point of taking an SLF into a fight.I've finally bitten the bullet after 7 months of play and installed a fighter hanger!
Whats next? how do I get a pilot, and any recommended fighter to get?
Thanks in advance,
Kind Regards,
Mark (in case you hadn't guessed yet Mark in reverse is Kram)
The Taipan is the slowest and least agile of all SLFs, but it has greater survivability - more armour and shields. Since all fighters are vastly more agile than any other ships, this is the one to go for if you are using it for combat. If you are looking for an SLF for exploration, I like the GU97 - Imperial basking in miniature and the best cockpit view.
So, which Taipan to get?
Well, it depends on the rank of your NPC pilot. If you want a pilot for a short period, hire the highest rank you can. If you want an NPC pilot to keep for ever, hire the lowest rank you can as that will save you a lot of credits in the long run. The higher the rank when you first employ them, the higher percentage they will always take relative to hiring a harmless pilot at the start.
Ultimately you probably want a fixed beam laser Taipan with heatsink to melt shields on any sized ship, and small ships don't need kinetic weapons to crack the hull. The NPC pilot really needs to be Dangerous rank, maybe Master, before they can hit reliably with fixed weapons. Until then, gimbled pulse Taipan with chaff. If you are flying a large ship like an Anaconda or Corvette with plenty of space for a dual SLF bay, go for that. If a fighter is lost in combat, you can launch the fighter in the second bay while the first is rebuilding.
If you don't like the sound of the pilots voice when you first get them, terminate their contract and get another before you have invested time in ranking them up.
I like having an SLF around, but don't always use them as I don't always want to give away a chunk of my experience points for my own combat rank. I don't notice the credits it costs.
There was at one time a suggestion that the best fighter to buy was the one that matched the fighter in the background of the pilots picture in the hiring lounge as that would be the one they were best with.I've finally bitten the bullet after 7 months of play and installed a fighter hanger!
Whats next? how do I get a pilot, and any recommended fighter to get?
Thanks in advance,
Kind Regards,
Mark (in case you hadn't guessed yet Mark in reverse is Kram
One trouble with that is working out what the fighter is is not always easy, another is that the idea is probably biowaste.
I used to hire and fire only using them as a distraction defence when hauling as my combat ships couldn’t carry fighters. Later I picked one and have now ranked them up to Elite.
Most of the time I have carried the Condor fitted with plasmas and point defence, but recently I have taken to carrying the GU-97 equipped with fixed beam lasers which seems to be much more effective. But that is with an Elite level NPC.
I usually use a two fighter hanger that way when one is lost I can send the NPC out straight away in the second one without having to wait for a replacement to be assembled.
You can find crews of various skill level for hire in Crew Lounge in station. Depends on whether you would keep the npc around or just "use and dump".
If that's the later case, just pick the highest level crew available, do the job and fire him.
If you tend to keep him around, start with the harmless and train him up to elite. The benefit of this is shown below:
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You can see the huge profit share difference.
For the fighters, before the crew level up to dangerous: use gimballed variants (I prefer gimballed pules). of Taipan, Taipan is the toughest (but slowest) SLF out there, so he could take a few more hits.
After he is dangerous, you can switch to fixed weapons. which fighters is not important at this point, just experiment out the one which you suit your use most. I prefer Condor as it is a all-rounder.
Lastly, when starting out with harmless crew, please take care of him, he is really harmless to everybody except himself. So don't let him fire at your target first, you shot first and then call him in. Otherwise, you will lost a lot of SLFs.
Bare in mind, you die, he die. So make sure you know when to chicken out when starting the pewpew.
Thanks all, for the excellent detailed replies
I'm going to go with a harmless pilot, and keep.
...Another question, if I may?
I was looking at ship packs a few days ago, and saw a really cool rever (Serenety) style pack.
Went to buy it today, and couldn't find it again?
Are ship kits only available from specific stations?
Boy, I'm getting lucky this trip, found yet another, the ELW gods are smiling on me.
No. You can even get them from the main menu. Station does not matter.
Ship type maybe?
Not all ships have all the same paint jobs, some are specific to ship type, yes.
It would be my second time and I'll be folding space in the FC. It just seems so far away and will cost oodles in tritium. Bit like the real world in that respect.
Dunno...
Edit: Nah. Too much time needed...
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OK you changed your mind, but I wouldn't fly an FC there myself unless I was using the bit of software you can get from github that automates the jumps for you, so the trip can be made while you sleep.I'm toying with the idea of a trip to Colonia (possibly Sag A*...)
It would be my second time and I'll be folding space in the FC. It just seems so far away and will cost oodles in tritium. Bit like the real world in that respect.
Dunno...
Edit: Nah. Too much time needed...
I flew my alt account bubble to Colonia recently for engineer unlocks and returned on one of the FCs that do the trip for you.
Ship kits are purchased using Arx from the company store which you can access directly or through the main menu or station menu.
The kits are, like the skins/paint jobs, specific to particular ships and what you can get for each ship varies.
At various times of the year there will be limited edition paint jobs and other stuff available if you do miss these most of them will be back the following year if not sooner.
A little bit more sharing on the fighter. I have tried all 3 types of weapon on various fighters, the hit rate (npc piloting the SLF) of lazors seems the best, MC being the middle tier and the worst is Plasma Repeater (except when you fly the SLF yourself).
So at the begining, use gimbal lazor fighters until your pilot get above dangerous, then they start hitting things with fixed lazors. I switched to fixed MC when my girl is deadly. Don't think of Plasma Repeater until your guy get to elite. Even my girl miss alot with Plasma. But she can pin point fast small ship like eagle when I give her fixed beams. So I'm switching to fixed beam GU-97 now.
So at the begining, use gimbal lazor fighters until your pilot get above dangerous, then they start hitting things with fixed lazors. I switched to fixed MC when my girl is deadly. Don't think of Plasma Repeater until your guy get to elite. Even my girl miss alot with Plasma.
But she can pin point fast small ship like eagle when I give her fixed beams. So I'm switching to fixed beam GU-97 now.I think there's even one or two ships that don't have any kits... the Viper IV I'm flying at the moment hasn't got one for instance.
Just a couple of hours in and I already have her up to Novice.A little bit more sharing on the fighter. I have tried all 3 types of weapon on various fighters, the hit rate (npc piloting the SLF) of lazors seems the best, MC being the middle tier and the worst is Plasma Repeater (except when you fly the SLF yourself).
So at the begining, use gimbal lazor fighters until your pilot get above dangerous, then they start hitting things with fixed lazors. I switched to fixed MC when my girl is deadly. Don't think of Plasma Repeater until your guy get to elite. Even my girl miss alot with Plasma.
We are currently messing around in High RES, with report crimes against me turned on.
She needs a bit of hand holding, but getting better each attack
Yep, take good care of her at first, she learn fast and will start taking care of herself.
I moved to Low RES as she was struggling a bit in High.
Havent lost a single fighter in Low so far
This is my pilot, Karl. I've had him for a long time, but I don't do all that much combat so he's only ranked up to Master so far.
He's very reliable and never complains. And he's not a waifu, so there's that.
It looks like I have paid him about 300 million credits for his service so far -- seems like a bargain.
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He's very reliable and never complains. And he's not a waifu, so there's that.
It looks like I have paid him about 300 million credits for his service so far -- seems like a bargain.
H