Looking for the best mid jack of trades. Came from road to riches with cobra and looking for something I can use and be happy to do anything with with good jump range. I heard anaconda was best overall but I don’t want to worry about large landing pads.
Best mid size?!?!
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Krait MkII.
Possibly Python, but I really don't like it for combat.
Krait Phantom certainly worth consideration.
Why no combat?
I don't like the Python's handling compared to the Krait. Just my personal experience.
I use all three.
Python: freight/passenger, unarmed.
Krait MkII: anything.
Krait Phantom: mainly combat.
I like th Python.... that said, I have-not tried the Krait Phantom so not much comparison I guess. Maybe when I get to Colonia I'll buy one and re-assess.
Although I like the Krait MK. II more, the Python is the undisputed king of medium pad trading with the highest possible cargo space. I own several of both for different roles. Between the two, I'd take the python for cargo and passenger missions, and the Krait for (core) mining and combat (and the Krait Phantom for exploration).
Same with me. I usually stack the trading missions with two or three pirates for materials and fun, so my Python has a quite large SG for a transport. I've even got a C4 SCB on it and still 192 tons of cargo. So strictly MP, I'd pick the Python. My Krait MK IIs and the non-Explorer-Phantom are Combat only.
Either the Krait MkII or the Python. Whatever you prefer.
Python is the better hauler, Krait is better at combat and has a better view for exploring. For exploration most seem to prefer the Phantom these days.
Thanks guys I got the Krait mk2
Great choice. I think the Krait II is Elite's best ship. The Python is also great, I have one of those too. Before the Krait, the Python was my favorite all-rounder, but was relegated to the mothball fleet as I stole all the modules out of it to put in the Krait! They share the same slots. So once you've got your Krait outfitted, you can buy a Python, swap the modules and give it a run to decide which you like best without outfitting and engineering two ships. If you don't like the Python you're only out 10% of the purchase price. Consider it a rent before you buy program.
For me the only things the Python has over the Krait is internal space (one extra C6 slot, which is significant) and looks. The Python is a fine looking ship. My Python was recently reborn as a bus for running bulk transport. It was once my main ride, but the Krait put paid to that. I mainly use it as a combat scavenger, stopping occasionally to scoop up the goodstuff from the loot pinatas.
This is my Krait, Poison Whiskey, outfitted for CNB. I know some who have multiple Kraits, all outfitted and engineered for various roles. But I just use it in a modular fashion, and can swap a couple HRPs for cargo racks or whatever the mission calls for. A booster for a wake scanner or KWS, and you get the idea.
Poison Whiskey CNB
Good speed, agility, firepower and protection. Really nothing it cannot do. I bought it originally as my first core mining vessel, but it quickly showed me it's game for everything.
For me the only things the Python has over the Krait is internal space (one extra C6 slot, which is significant) and looks. The Python is a fine looking ship. My Python was recently reborn as a bus for running bulk transport. It was once my main ride, but the Krait put paid to that. I mainly use it as a combat scavenger, stopping occasionally to scoop up the goodstuff from the loot pinatas.
This is my Krait, Poison Whiskey, outfitted for CNB. I know some who have multiple Kraits, all outfitted and engineered for various roles. But I just use it in a modular fashion, and can swap a couple HRPs for cargo racks or whatever the mission calls for. A booster for a wake scanner or KWS, and you get the idea.
Poison Whiskey CNB
Good speed, agility, firepower and protection. Really nothing it cannot do. I bought it originally as my first core mining vessel, but it quickly showed me it's game for everything.
I can't see that there's a reason to have an all-rounder. When you have things that you don't need for the job in hand, it always compromises your ship in some way by making it slower, hotter, lower jump range, less stealthy, less robust, less firepower, etc. A Krait can do most things quite well as long as it's properly outfitted for the task in hand, but for any particular task, in most cases, there's a ship that can do it better.
Taxi: DBX
Explorer: Anaconda
Battleship: Corvette
Passenger missions: Python
Mining: Cutter
One-on-one fights: FDL
Thargoid Scouts: Krait
Guardian stuff: DBX
Smuggling: Asp
Taxi: DBX
Explorer: Anaconda
Battleship: Corvette
Passenger missions: Python
Mining: Cutter
One-on-one fights: FDL
Thargoid Scouts: Krait
Guardian stuff: DBX
Smuggling: Asp
For a jack of all trades, Python is the best ship in the game. It absolutely can do combat, but you'll have to adopt different tactics in it than you would in a faster ship, that's all. In full combat fit, it verges on boring because it's so hard to get blown up in it. You can have it set up to do quite a few roles in one build - mine can mine, trade, explore and fight without having to change loadout. This is in PVE mind you, and you'll still want to engineer it a bit ideally, but you can forego engineering if you're not fighting in it. Krait MkII and Phantom are good, cheaper alternatives, and more fun to fly, but not as well defended.
For me, the main reason is that I get bored easily doing one task all the time. With the Python, each play session can offer a great deal of variety without having to go to a station to change ship or modules. Also, you can tailor the difficulty of the game by not being overly specialised for combat.
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You chose, wisely.
Missed this thread, as above, Krait mk2 or Python.
If you want to try AX at any point, the mk2 is a fine ship to learn with, pretty much perma boost is always handy
o7
Dude, you gotta revisit the Phantom. Its all I fly now for multipurpose. Python was all we had for a while. The newer ships are better
The Chieftain is a great runner for various nefariousness for example.
<sudden urge for a white russian>
Most of that stuff came out just as I was leaving the bubble and i haven't been back since but trying out a few more ships is on my to-do-list...
Python for bulk. Keelback for everything.
I will say it again: There is NO SUCH THING as a "jack of all trades ship" that can do everything at once and do it well.
IMO the best "medium, multi-role" ship is … Python.
A Python, properly fitted out is arguably the most role-flexible, powerful and useful "medium" ship in the game. I would not purposely take one into a fur-ball but if caught in one, a Python can usually find its way out. It will do every job in the game, it will just work slowly. o7
something else to know about the falcon delacy mid tier's, they have a mass lock factor greater than every mid tier combat ship and a host of large ships. meaning they can low wake on any would be freebooters if need be and they outrun anything that can mass lock it (except another krait/python). they can also mass lock everything other than the cutter, type-10, conda, corvette and beluga.
whether you are running, fighting or chasing there is no better ship.
whether you are running, fighting or chasing there is no better ship.