Best Fighter
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Fixed beams get my vote, pop a heat sink, 4 pips to weps, quite effective on the fighters.
In terms of best fighter, you're better off trying them all, I prefer the Taipan.
My novice crewmate prefers the Condor with Plasma for some reason...
In terms of best fighter, you're better off trying them all, I prefer the Taipan.
My novice crewmate prefers the Condor with Plasma for some reason...
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When it comes to the fighters the differences come down to pure choice. Which do you like more? I think (can't remember) the Taipan has the highest DPS. But I prefer the Imperial fighter with the plasma weapons. Just cause I like how it flies. (has nothing to do with me being an Imperial. Shut up) I say fly around and get a feel for them all a choose based off how they fly and what your personal taste are. Cause the way Frontier set each of them up kinda plays to that rather than this one does this so it's better than that one
The station. I had travel a bit to find the Taipan and the Federal Fighter is in fed space, Imperial in Imp space
Taipan is at Ray Gateway
They balanced the speed of the ships, but the agility and lateral thruster acceleration is still wayyyy out of whack.
The Imperial fighter should be the benchmark. It's a fantastic mix of agility and fragility. The other small fighters need to be adjusted up to contend with it. The other two fighters are pure garbage atm. Can't unrecommend them enough.
The Imperial fighter should be the benchmark. It's a fantastic mix of agility and fragility. The other small fighters need to be adjusted up to contend with it. The other two fighters are pure garbage atm. Can't unrecommend them enough.
toss out those dps numbers. Started with a Condor with fixed plasma, harmless pilot couldn't hit squat. I mean NOTHING. NO DPS. Replaced with fixed pulses (my rational - pilot didn't have to lead the target)
Muuuuuch better. Houston, we have dps.
Muuuuuch better. Houston, we have dps.
The problem tho, and I don't know if its a bug or not, that Condor and Taipan ar just sluggish as hell.
Even Elite Pythons and Anacondas are able to outturn them, which is mad!
Meanwhile with Imperial Fighters you can circle Eagles and Sidewinders
which is hilarious
Agreed. Until they fix the accelerations of the other two fighters, the GU97 is the only choice for serious combat. Really, the taipan's accelerations should be brought to the GU97's level, and the other two ships's slightly raised in turn.
As others have noted, the Imperial fighter seems to be the current go to. What it lacks in armor, it most assuredly makes up for in speed and maneuverability. This thing is like flying a hot knife through butter and can easily do 180 degree turns in split-seconds with proper FA flying. Trust me, this thing is an incredible little package for a relatively small price. Although, I must recommend having a competent or higher pilot to get the most out of it; anything lower and they just wiz around trying to figure out how to fly the darn thing and pew-pew when able, even with proper orders given. Good luck and safe travels CMDR.