Ships Could use some hints on loadouts

[CATPAIN KIRK]

if you are good with fixed beams, this sound like a plan! just have in mind using fixed weapons on a speed courier is much more difficult ... optimal mass multiplier makes it a highly responsive ship, and time on target gets down.

for the bug - i had it. it looks to me like there is a workaround: always have a modul and a second ships to transfer in place ... i have swapped core internals succesfully doing so. but sure - better to wait.

Finished upgrading it and briefly tested it. Not totally happy with some of the rolls, but I'll fine-tune it later. With the 8t tank and the 3A FSD it still does 687 m/s (711 with a 4t tank) - still isn't too shabby for a combat build.

It sure is twitchy but using the fixed MCs, I didn't have any problems. Really impressed with the shields - let an NPC Python shoot me with turreted beams for the ~40 secs it took me to take it down and it didn't even cost me a whole ring. As a matter of fact I'm so impressed I'll look into undusting my Viper for the same treatment.

I'd really recommend it. It's tremendous fun to fly and thanks for the help!

 

[goemon]

i'm currently thinking about a full frag cannon speed courier (pve)

anybody experience with it?

idea would be to boost in, shoot the 3*5 shots, boost out, and return after reload.

1 incendiary, 1 corrosive, 1 without special?

 

[CATPAIN KIRK]

i'm currently thinking about a full frag cannon speed courier (pve)

anybody experience with it?

idea would be to boost in, shoot the 3*5 shots, boost out, and return after reload.

1 incendiary, 1 corrosive, 1 without special?

I don't have a lot of experience with frags as I rather consider them a ganking weapon for pvp and found their ammunition to limited to be viable for pve, besides I'm more of a rail person (guess it's a Q3 RA thing).

From my persepective it's certainly a challenge to fly as I consider collisions at high speeds to be the main risk in flying high-speed builds. From my limited experience, it seems low HP/high res shields are rather vulnerable to collisions (not even sure if kinetic resistance even applies to collisions).

I report top speeds, but mostly use it as a measure of manoeuvrability and rarely go above 50% top speed in an actual dogfight and instead use the increased booster authority to circle-strafe the target.

Probably not very helpful, but those are the reasons I don't use frags.

If you build it, I'd be interested in one thing though: If you fire them and boost directly afterwards, you should be hit by your own projectiles. Just curious if that's true.

 

[goemon]

If you build it, I'd be interested in one thing though: If you fire them and boost directly afterwards, you should be hit by your own projectiles. Just curious if that's true.

gave it a try! yes, you can boost through your munition, but those don't hit/damage you.

the full frag courier is a bit of a novelty build... i have used frags before - for ganking npcs - and with a speed courier, this is the shortest ttk i have ever managed. and it is a lot of fun!

but after 3 engagements you have to go rearming... or synthesis more ammo, so that's probably only a pve option for assassinations, USS bountyhunting, or mission running.

ramming is not more of a problem than usually with high res shields ... my impression is, the Ai goes for ramming if it appoaches you, not if you approach it.