Ships Decking out the explorer... for not exploring purposes.

[StarChief]

So I bought the DB Explorer pretty much for looks.

The way I play the game currently is fly from station to station looking for a decent hauling gig for slaves, drugs w/e anything 100k plus payday. In between stations I take out anything that has a red "wanted" label and pirates.

Currently my DBX is kitted out with almost maxed cargo for hauling random crap across the galaxy. Weapon loadout is; C3 G. Cannon, 2 C2 Beam lasers. It is impossible to hit anything with the cannon outside of humping range even with tracking and the twin beams only fire for about 7-8 seconds. So I was thinking of mounting a single large beam laser and two missile pods? How are the missiles in Elite? I've literally never seen anyone using them. Maybe 1 C3 Beam and 2 Multicannons?

While nowhere near "a grade" by any means, I love this ship. It's one of the few ships that doesn't look like a triangle or a box. Post your DBX loadouts for hauling/hunting!

Any suggestions are welcome.

 

[Nerdicus]

Like you, I love the Diamondback line for it's rugged appeal, but the DBX is a tough ship to play when it comes to a true multirole mission-set in that her maneuverability is limited for her shield class (which is why I fly the DBS). That said, I know of a couple of players that have had success with her utilizing a turreted main beam and twin missile packs, thus negating her limited turning ability, but I haven't tried it personally.

I use the DBX for all of my exploration needs, and when I played PP, she was fantastic for hauling small loads to anywhere extremely quick, but that's about it for her in my fleet. If someone gives you a good load-out, and it works for you, please post it and I give it a spin myself, as would love to find another use for this great ship.

 

[StarChief]

I'm having great success with c3 gimballed burst laser and two c2 missile racks. This setup shreds smaller craft, both npc and player alike. Going against pythons and condas with point defense isn't vert fun though, unless I fly directly at them and fire missiles point blank. Right now I switched the missile racks for two c2 turreted mini guns. Seems to be working pretty nice as well. No trouble against smaller craft and novice conda npcs go down real quick when targeting power core.

 

[Flimsey]

If i dont remember wrong i kitted the DBE with beem class 2, multi cannon class 2 and a large cannon.

Small ships;laser and warent then switch to laser and multi
Large ships; laser and warent then switch to laser and multi, when close multi and cannon

Had two cannons and a laser before but took to long time to kill vipers, now its done fast