Anything that supports and encourages future development of the game I will support and pay for. But of course I'm saying that because I can afford it. Not everybody can.
Be honest everyone. Who will most likely purchase the Python MkII..?
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As I see it you can buy with 33,000Arx now or wait 3 months and buy using in game CR - correct?
And is it available in game for Horizons as well as Ody and not just in Ody?
And is it available in game for Horizons as well as Ody and not just in Ody?
I would wonder if it can't out dakka a gunship.
No, the basic version of the Python Mk II can be unlocked with half that. It's the deluxe version that costs that.
Bought the basic version... the PJ and ship kit version looked really nice; can't say I wasn't tempted but it ultimately wasn't worth the extra scratch to me. I've got enough parts and mats lying around that I don't have much interest in the pre-built part.
4 high cap pacifiers (2 incendiary, 1 drag, 1 corrosive) and 2 medium SRB PAs works great. The convergence is lovely.
The ability to mass 3 or 4 large hardpoints is something that needs to be explored in detail. Granted, most of those hardpoints will need to be either efficient or naturally low draw, but 4 of just about any weapon does a lot of up front damage.
The effect of ENG pips is definitely mild. 411 m/s full throttle with 4 pips, 353 m/s with zero pips.
The ability to mass 3 or 4 large hardpoints is something that needs to be explored in detail. Granted, most of those hardpoints will need to be either efficient or naturally low draw, but 4 of just about any weapon does a lot of up front damage.
The effect of ENG pips is definitely mild. 411 m/s full throttle with 4 pips, 353 m/s with zero pips.
I would suggest an interdiction jammer that operates something like the pulse wave neutralizer. If Frontier switched up the interdiction mechanic so that it pulsed outwards over a short period of time vs being instant, and also visible on the scanner, then there could be a chance to avoid it using skill.
I bought the base Python MkII & have deployed it to my carrier. I have enough modules to equip it but I'll have to wait for the patch to equip the core internal modules. The process of deploying works but with that & the extra steps for replacing modules seems needlessly complex but presumably there is some potential exploit or other issue I don't care about that's being avoided. I don't think I'll buy another ship from the store because of this extra outfitting faff apart from getting early access.
Looks nice & I like that the hardpoint placement is the same as the regular Python with the addition of another C3 slot top middle so I can use essentially the same weapon loadout as my other Pythons. Nice that is comes with an SCO FSD too so I can try out that new functionality while I'm still way out in the black. Having that module equipped & being able to try it out was what convinced me to buy it now rather than wait until I was back in populated space.
Looks nice & I like that the hardpoint placement is the same as the regular Python with the addition of another C3 slot top middle so I can use essentially the same weapon loadout as my other Pythons. Nice that is comes with an SCO FSD too so I can try out that new functionality while I'm still way out in the black. Having that module equipped & being able to try it out was what convinced me to buy it now rather than wait until I was back in populated space.
Problem is that it would allow gankers to themselves avoid being interdicted, while newbies would still be easy prey for them.
Keeping my ARX for a good multi-role, trader or exploration ship. Definately waste ARX on a Guardian hybrid ship.
I’m thinking 4 SR fixed cannons with force shell plus two medium plasma, could be pretty funny.
Edit, oops wrong tab/thread.
That's two separate issues, I don't think any newbies are going to be interdicting gankers but even if a newbie got caught then there could be a legitimate solution to the problem. As it stands I don't believe many are good enough to beat a ganker in the interdiction game, mostly because of engineering, which might be a solution too, remove all engineering from the interdictor as it is a module being buffed without any effective counter to it.
The main engineering benefit to the interdictor is the wide arc, which doesn’t help win the interdiction itself.
Niiice... Almost as fast as Phantom at 4 pips, but faster at 2 pips. The boost seems strong, too, from what I've seen in videos
Or just rebalance the FSD minigame to be more difficult for the interdictor and easier for the interdicted, then rebalance NPC interdiction skills so that winning interdictions by NPC pirates doesn't get too easy and interdicting NPC-s doesn't get too difficult
The counter to being interdicted was under the original design and even some of the early implementation supposed to be "shoot back". ED has ended up I think unique among spaceship-flying games which include weapons at all [1] in providing a near-100% reliable way to just avoid fights without consequence, even versus opponents which are considerably faster and more agile, to the extent that "doesn't always work on other players" has become the inconsistency to be challenged, and even Frontier will happily attempt to sell beginners a functionally-unarmed ship.
Too late to do anything about it now even if anyone much would approve of it, so maybe the thing to do is to go fully the other way and remove interdiction from the game entirely - if you want to fight someone (NPC or player) go and find them in normal space and attack them there, and keep supercruise purely for moving between POIs.
[1] Including, of course, its three direct predecessors.