The Beluga is a good ‘redeployable’; a good buy for a fleet carrier averse Elite commander that likes to wander the ‘forge. Beluga’s engineered FSD and general load out is Outstanding.
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Are Pre-built ships worth redeploying- at least the $30 versions?
- Thread starter Lee Archer
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DBX is a good taxi and explorer. Mandalay is even better, just delete lots of modules to bump the jump distance. The python is another great option for passenger missions for rep. Python 2 and Vulture great for zero-rebuy combat experiments. The AX krait and chief are both solid. T8 great for cargo.
The only one that’s not that useful is the t6 miner, but even that can save some time and hassle. The prebuilds are all really handy, when you need to dip into a playstyle you’re not used to.
The only one that’s not that useful is the t6 miner, but even that can save some time and hassle. The prebuilds are all really handy, when you need to dip into a playstyle you’re not used to.
I'll voice the opposite opinion. I've never wanted to keep one in its default state, and have always wanted additional engineering. That said, the only prebuild I've bought that wasn't a base-model early access ships was the AX Krait (one for each account). I have passed on all of the others precisely because I knew the "jump start" would only be a start, and I was long past the starting point.
Not a fan of P2W...even if it is a very minor "P2W" rebuy/transfer cost. Just feels wrong somehow, for me anyways. I don't begrudge anyone for doing it though.
I purchase the early access ships for the early access, ship kit and paintjob...then once in game I head over to Jamesons and buy it from the shipyard.
Only bought the 4 recent ships: Python Mk 2, T-8, Mandalay and Cobra Mk 5, non of which I've deployed.
I purchase the early access ships for the early access, ship kit and paintjob...then once in game I head over to Jamesons and buy it from the shipyard.
Only bought the 4 recent ships: Python Mk 2, T-8, Mandalay and Cobra Mk 5, non of which I've deployed.
I like the redeploy feature- if I’m far from my home system in my new Mandalay and want to run some Tourist beacon- paid exploration missions I can summon and redeploy the Beluga and use it as rather than waiting 30-60 minutes for my bubble bound version.
We voted down the no time penalty ship spawning so this is a paid, watered down version for me.
2700+ hours now and plenty billions so not really a pay to win; well, how do you win Elite? The Galaxy recedes before you.
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I've only bought the "Standard" variants of the pre-builds, and there's no way I'm leaving those stock. To be honest, the only reason I deployed them rather than just buying with credits during early access is because they'd constantly be in my ship yard asking me to deploy them if I didn't. I almost wish there was a way to buy the early access without the freely deployable version.
Asp Explorer, Beluga are so well outfitted module-wise that you can sell and respawn them anywhere there’s a ship yard and not change up anything.
Just today I had to wait 1.5 hours for a Fer and a Cobra to arrive because the Stellar Python has a sub standard loadout- wish I could trade it back for the aforementioned; it’s really a fail for anyone that’s played for 6-10 months.