Teeth? Who needs teeth, when you can simply swallow whole? https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/orc...==.Aw18SQ==..EweloBhBmcBYQFMCGBzANokICMF9A===
Mod those cannons Long Range and Force Shell and you'll have a complete ball.
Curse you Python! Stop being so damn useful!
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Teeth? Who needs teeth, when you can simply swallow whole? https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/orc...==.Aw18SQ==..EweloBhBmcBYQFMCGBzANokICMF9A===
Mod those cannons Long Range and Force Shell and you'll have a complete ball.
Man, the Orca is great. 570 m/s Boost with a large hardpoint, good convergence, flexible optional slots, fantastic jump range. If the Orca could medium pad no one would fly an Asp, and people would seriously consider it against Pythons for multi role. I was a skeptic til I bought one and it put a big ol grin on my face. Great pirate ship
The python be damned, I've just bought a corvette
Ok , I've spent 280 million on it so far and it still is'nt spaceworthy.... so its back to my python for some more derring do..... or the Asp.... maybe take the viper 3 out one more time.
Corvette?? oh yeah.. left it parked at gawd knows where... maybe I'll get to fly it sometime........ but that rebuy if I prang it in the slot.... gulp
Perhaps I best sell the 'vette
Bill
Named it "The Credit sink" because thats all its been so far
Ok , I've spent 280 million on it so far and it still is'nt spaceworthy.... so its back to my python for some more derring do..... or the Asp.... maybe take the viper 3 out one more time.
Corvette?? oh yeah.. left it parked at gawd knows where... maybe I'll get to fly it sometime........ but that rebuy if I prang it in the slot.... gulp
Perhaps I best sell the 'vette
Bill
Named it "The Credit sink" because thats all its been so far
But compare that to the power of the Anaconda... It is no comparison really...
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Different ships really. The Orca goes 570, the Anaconda maybe 360. But no one is claiming in a head to head PvP vs Anaconda that an Orca would have great odds, but for being fun to fly while still carrying a good amount of cargo, jump far, and smoke the pirates that interdict you when you get fed up the Orca wins vs the Anaconda hands down.
Its a lot more fun (flight characteristically) to fly than the Python too actually, which for some reason doesn't feel like its going 430ish even though that is what the dash says.
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Nope, in terms of raw firepower, it's tough to beat the Anaconda - unless you're using long-ranged cannons with force shell mods and keep screwing up their aim and staying out of their range ;-)
But they are very different ships with very different intents. But who really uses ships for what they were intended for around here?
If only type 7's would fit in a medium hanger, seems like lakon missed a rather obvious gap in the market.
This^^
So much so I am thinking of taking one of my careers down to just two ships: Anaconda and a Python.
Really. Is there anything you can't do with these two ships and do well?
This is why I'm a ship hipster. I've never flown a Python or AspX, so I can't get attached to their versatility
Wha...?
What in the world are you flying?
I had parked my Python for a while since getting my Anaconda and Corvette but I recently took the Python out of storage and started using it again to run some missions. I decided to try some new loadouts so I Engineered some efficient large beam lasers and corrosive mulitcannon turrets and installed a larger class 5 fuel scoop as well. Now I find my Python is actually even more useful and versatile than I remember it being which I didn't think was possible. I've now gone back to using it as my main ship again and I've actually parked my larger ships for the time being because I'm enjoying my Python so much.
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You're right, those two ships can win all of elite, though flying an anaconda and a slightly faster/less firepower anaconda (or a python and a slightly slower/more heavily armed python if you prefer) for a few hundred hours doesn't necessarily sound like much FUN to me. That's ultimately it. They are both extremely stark in design and flight characteristic.
I'll bet he flies a combat Courier or FAS/FGS to fight in, and orca for mining, maybe a Keelback for a multi-mission?
Like I said, I don't own a Python anymore and am mostly over it, but can't shake the Asp. At least I kept my build a little weird
Let me open with an analogy....
I'm currently playing through Skyrim (yet again).
I've got different outfits for different things and I deliberately DON'T upgrade them as much as I could.
For example, I've got an assassin's outfit which is only enchanted with muffle, sneak, one-handed and backstab and the armor hasn't been upgraded at all.
Equally, I've got a thief's outfit which is enchanted with muffle, sneak, lockpicking and pickpocket and, again, the armor isn't upgraded.
I've also got a set of battle armor which is enchanted with stamina buffs, one-handed and archery and which IS upgraded.
Point is, if I wanted to I could create outfits and then upgrade them so they've all got more than 1,000 armor points (when the average of a standard outfit is about 60) and then enchant various components so I move like a ninja, fight like Conan, cast spells like Gandalf and am a better thief than Catwoman.
But I don't.
Cos I want to deliberately limit myself.
I don't want to be able to slaughter ancient dragons with a single swing of a (crazy-powerful) sword when I'm in the middle of breaking into somebody's house.
I don't want to be able to creep around silently when I'm wearing a full set of Daedric armor in the middle of a big battle.
All of which, kinda brings us to the Python in ED.
I like restricting myself to pokey cargo missions and small passenger missions in my Keelback, all the time knowing that running away is going to be my best defence.
I like heading out in my Asp and knowing that if I stumble across an interesting passenger mission I'll have to ignore it.
No matter what you're doing, in ED, you will usually find yourself thinking "I could be doing this better in a Python"
I think that actually creates a bit of a problem for the Python because all us ship-junkies deliberately ignore it just for the sake of diversity, even though we know we'd be better off in a Python.
If Faulcon DeLacey ever produced an advertising campaign for the Python, that'd probably be the slogan: "You're better off in a Python".
I'm currently playing through Skyrim (yet again).
I've got different outfits for different things and I deliberately DON'T upgrade them as much as I could.
For example, I've got an assassin's outfit which is only enchanted with muffle, sneak, one-handed and backstab and the armor hasn't been upgraded at all.
Equally, I've got a thief's outfit which is enchanted with muffle, sneak, lockpicking and pickpocket and, again, the armor isn't upgraded.
I've also got a set of battle armor which is enchanted with stamina buffs, one-handed and archery and which IS upgraded.
Point is, if I wanted to I could create outfits and then upgrade them so they've all got more than 1,000 armor points (when the average of a standard outfit is about 60) and then enchant various components so I move like a ninja, fight like Conan, cast spells like Gandalf and am a better thief than Catwoman.
But I don't.
Cos I want to deliberately limit myself.
I don't want to be able to slaughter ancient dragons with a single swing of a (crazy-powerful) sword when I'm in the middle of breaking into somebody's house.
I don't want to be able to creep around silently when I'm wearing a full set of Daedric armor in the middle of a big battle.
All of which, kinda brings us to the Python in ED.
I like restricting myself to pokey cargo missions and small passenger missions in my Keelback, all the time knowing that running away is going to be my best defence.
I like heading out in my Asp and knowing that if I stumble across an interesting passenger mission I'll have to ignore it.
No matter what you're doing, in ED, you will usually find yourself thinking "I could be doing this better in a Python"
I think that actually creates a bit of a problem for the Python because all us ship-junkies deliberately ignore it just for the sake of diversity, even though we know we'd be better off in a Python.
If Faulcon DeLacey ever produced an advertising campaign for the Python, that'd probably be the slogan: "You're better off in a Python".
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These days I mostly stick to the Cutter. But back when I spent most of my time in medium multi role ships, the T6 and Clipper were roughly equivalent to the AspX and Python for me.
I dunno man, if outfitted to handle every mission type at once you come up short for the SCBs and the refinery and the jump range isn't getting you to Sag A faster than a brisk walk
https://eddp.co/u/Q838y8SY
That's actually a pretty interesting build. Terrible jump range, but if you can put up with it, then it's not half bad at all.
That's why you buy three pythons. A miner, a mission/trader, and mid size gunship.
I'm betting it'd still be superior to any attempt to configure any other medium-pad ship in a similar manner.
I'm betting it'd still be superior to any attempt to configure any other medium-pad ship in a similar manner.
No doubt about that at all, it's a Python after all!