Best exploration SLF?
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Mostly going to come down to personal preference, but some potentially relevant issue on each.
The Taipan likely has the best forward view and also has the highest boost speed (the AX taipan, lacking a utility is the fastest SLF in the game); it's also the hardest to break. Pretty solid thrusters and handles gravity acceptably well.
The Condor will fit places the other SLFs cannot go (it's the only SLF that can fit inside a Thargoid structure without having to fly sideways most of the time), but has the worst vertical thrusters and handles like crap on high-g worlds because of it. It's got the highest non-boost speed and is possibly the fastest over a distance even while boosting.
The GU-97 is the slowest in practice, but has a pretty good view and the best vertical/lateral thrust along with the lowest mass, so handles gravity well.
All the Guardian SLFs fly like slugs and have poor vertical/lateral thrusters, cockpit views aren't bad, but I would categorize them as particularly good either, except that you can see down to a degree (as with the taipan).
The Taipan likely has the best forward view and also has the highest boost speed (the AX taipan, lacking a utility is the fastest SLF in the game); it's also the hardest to break. Pretty solid thrusters and handles gravity acceptably well.
The Condor will fit places the other SLFs cannot go (it's the only SLF that can fit inside a Thargoid structure without having to fly sideways most of the time), but has the worst vertical thrusters and handles like crap on high-g worlds because of it. It's got the highest non-boost speed and is possibly the fastest over a distance even while boosting.
The GU-97 is the slowest in practice, but has a pretty good view and the best vertical/lateral thrust along with the lowest mass, so handles gravity well.
All the Guardian SLFs fly like slugs and have poor vertical/lateral thrusters, cockpit views aren't bad, but I would categorize them as particularly good either, except that you can see down to a degree (as with the taipan).
This is really tempting. On the other hand is it weighing 20 tons. In addition comes that in the past and for the time being I'm rarely using my SRV. I also haven't discovered NSP's so far. So it's tough for me to decide if I want to have this huge additional mass.
But well, I may try next time, when I'm close to inhabited space. Just to see if i like it.
But well, I may try next time, when I'm close to inhabited space. Just to see if i like it.
I'd say it's worth the mass, probably even for a two slot fighter hangar. SLFs can give a unique perspective of some sights/areas, releave the monotony of being confined to a single ship for so long, and they also have composition scanners.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2RP6hDiUvc
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf7c6Kd3ojc
I'm currently using both Guardian fighters. All I can say is that the view is great and that they survived crashes I was certain the wouldn't.
But they look cool AF
Also Javelin got the ability to perma-boost which makes it keeping up with the others in terms of speed, tested in a race.
Yes.