Clipper build suggestions
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WorldsGreatestForumDad
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This Clipper build will be outdated in 3.0. But this is your best clipper build.
https://eddp.co/u/mKqeqrF6
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True, but when the Thargoids made their entrance I took my Clipper out to see in which systems they appear and how close to the bubble.
Jumping around and searching for alien uss's in the Clipper was real fun so I took it on a short exploration trip after that and it wasn't bad at all.
The Clipper flies fantastic in supercruise and that's what you do most while exploring.
Beluga and Orca are nice too, I agree.
Why will it be outdated?
WorldsGreatestForumDad
Banned
New engineers and Meta's. I mean it will still be viable. But The values in numbers will change. New weapons and new secondaries ect ect.
Two things,
4A fuel scoop?
Given how weak this ship is, it will be dust before it had half filled it's fuel tank! I love finding clippers in a haz res... They pop in no time at all!
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I love tagging Clippers in RES' because they think they are so pretty.
The Clipper is a "no-where" ship. If you are ranked to buy a Cutter, there is little attraction to own a Clipper. I've tried this two times now and always just end up selling the ship. I'ld like to love the Clipper but its rather pointless.
If FDEV made it a medium size ship, I'ld fly it often. But as a Large ship vs the Cutter = no point...
No matter what there is always a better ship. I talk about how I like the type 7 and folks say "Oh the python is better because it can land on a medium pad or the clipper is better because it can haul more faster with better weapons." Then when I get a clipper people say "oh the cutter makes it obsolete because blah blah blah". Is money just no object for you guys or what? Well it matters to me and rebuy costs half determine what I use for what. I pew pew in a Viper 4 and haul freight in a type 7. I am not doing anything in an expensive ship that might set me back 10's of millions. My time is too valuable.
So why then are you shopping a Clipper?
No offense, but, If your time is so very valuable one would think you'ld find faster ways to make credits... You can make 5-10 mil in a single 5-min jump with a T7 (without any board swapping, re-logging, exploits, etc) if you know how to look for the right missions...
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The Clipper is a joy to fly and that's why I fly it over the Cutter. I own an all-A-rated Cutter but if I'm flying for fun or doing bounty hunting then I'm all about the Clipper. The Python is for grinding while needing to land on a medium pad.
This is quick build anyone can do without unlocking much and basically what I use for PVE missions / bounty hunting. Asymmetrical load out with beams on the left and MC's on the right.
https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/imp...==..EweloBhBGA2GoFMCGBzANokCISA=&bn=Sweetsexy
Ignore the stats. With some very easy standard engineering, you can easily boost to 550 and jump 25lys. A hell of a lot more if you can be bothered with the engineering grind.
A joy to fly that feels as agile as one of the small light ships, allowing you to keep your large weapons on target more than any big ship. Many NPCs (or small groups of NPCs) won't be able to get through the shield before they are melted, but if they do the reflective bulkheads and hull reinforcements mean they're going to struggle to do much hull damage before I've toasted them.
The double size fuel tank is purely so I don't have to pay any attention to fuel use. Can easily be replaced by another hull/module reinforcement if you're hanging around one spot. (I never travel without a fuel scoop either)
Once you're finished grinding for rank and have all the money you need, fly the ship that feels the most fun, not the one that the stat sheet tells you allows you to max out an activity.
This is quick build anyone can do without unlocking much and basically what I use for PVE missions / bounty hunting. Asymmetrical load out with beams on the left and MC's on the right.
https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/imp...==..EweloBhBGA2GoFMCGBzANokCISA=&bn=Sweetsexy
Ignore the stats. With some very easy standard engineering, you can easily boost to 550 and jump 25lys. A hell of a lot more if you can be bothered with the engineering grind.
A joy to fly that feels as agile as one of the small light ships, allowing you to keep your large weapons on target more than any big ship. Many NPCs (or small groups of NPCs) won't be able to get through the shield before they are melted, but if they do the reflective bulkheads and hull reinforcements mean they're going to struggle to do much hull damage before I've toasted them.
The double size fuel tank is purely so I don't have to pay any attention to fuel use. Can easily be replaced by another hull/module reinforcement if you're hanging around one spot. (I never travel without a fuel scoop either)
Once you're finished grinding for rank and have all the money you need, fly the ship that feels the most fun, not the one that the stat sheet tells you allows you to max out an activity.
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Frags missiles and mines, ram and bang. Don't let anyone tell you this thing can't PvP.
I would say you should expect four forms of response from the community:
1) Money is no object to many players (& many on this forum) because of the years & years of easily available exploits [over the past few months, 200m credits an hour has been possible via several different mechanisms]. In this case, any recommendation could be entirely blind to the costs
2) Players who have reached a certain skill level: rebuy is just not an issue, never really threatened with the right build and perhaps the right engineering
3) Top Trump(tm) players. That is players who diss ships because they are clearly not statistically the best for a certain scenario - no medium pads, not enough hard points, not enough shield, not enough cargo etc.
4) Players who just want to have fun -- rather than sit in an over-engineered hull-tank, with over-flowing cash-piles and absolutely no danger/challenge
Personally - I really enjoy flying the ships others say are useless, pointless, bad. It's just more fun! You go for your clipper!
Clipper is a pirate ship or combat ship. A lot of people always like to claim the Python is superior in every way but that's totally wrong. A semi competent Clipper pilot will curb stomp a Python in combat, pvp or pve, and the Clipper makes a near perfect pirate ship (strangely, beaten only by the Orca).
A Clipper is a Ferrari and a Python is a minivan.
Don't disgrace it by putting it on mining/hauling duty--those lowely jobs are for the Python.
A Clipper is a Ferrari and a Python is a minivan.
Don't disgrace it by putting it on mining/hauling duty--those lowely jobs are for the Python.
verminstar
Banned
Hmm that reminds me, I took yer advice and switched from beams to pulses and yep...thats way better. Just need to unlock the engineer now but however.
I can pretty much hold me own in the clipper against most npc that attack me so far, but then again I do have a 6a sheild and two sb...just a small 3A scoop which is slow, but as a runabout in between all of a dozen systems, it doesnt need a big scoop. I also have power issues and need just a shade more, so I gotta activate and deactivate certain modules as and when needed...again, engineers can sort that.
Thanks fer the tips and the links btw...much appreciated
Its not a cool ship, it will heat up quickly but theres gotta be some drawbacks to how much fun it is to fly. Im not taking this one exploring, but I can still bend it into everything else I do and if ye can learn to stand yer ground in a weaker ship, then thats a bonus in my book ^
Stock or engineered? I'd agree with you if you are talking a comparison of stock machinery but engineered I've flown both in a variety of roles and for Combat I'd trust the Python over the Clipper any day.
Engineered or stock. Don't get me wrong, a Python can be deadly but if two equal pilots in competent builds fight, the Clipper will nearly always come out on top.
I'd like to test that!
Merely for evaluation purposes of course, terms and conditions may apply etc.PM me if you are interested.