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Erm... *thinks hard* ...depends what you are building your ship for.
Dirty drives offer big benefits (more thrust, better pitch/yaw/roll) but come with big downsides (more heat, more mass).....so kind of good for combat ships/ships with poor handling e.g. T9
Clean drives have smaller benefits but come with beneficial side effects (more heat efficient, better optimal mass)....so good for explorers.
My conda has G5 clean drive upgrade which gave it a little more FSD range, little improvement in handling, excellent heat efficiency (fuel scooping is no problem
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I voted clean
Dirty drives offer big benefits (more thrust, better pitch/yaw/roll) but come with big downsides (more heat, more mass).....so kind of good for combat ships/ships with poor handling e.g. T9
Clean drives have smaller benefits but come with beneficial side effects (more heat efficient, better optimal mass)....so good for explorers.
My conda has G5 clean drive upgrade which gave it a little more FSD range, little improvement in handling, excellent heat efficiency (fuel scooping is no problem
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Erm... *thinks hard* ...depends what you are building your ship for.
Dirty drives offer big benefits (more thrust, better pitch/yaw/roll) but come with big downsides (more heat, more mass).....so good for combat ships
Clean drives have smaller benefits but come with beneficial side effects (more heat efficient, better optimal mass)....so good for explorers.
My conda has G5 clean drive upgrade which gave it a little more FSD range, little improvement in handling, excellent heat efficiency (fuel scooping is no problem
I agree, and this poll will likely for the most part, show what people do in Elite Dangerous.
I'm a Clean Drive man. I fly a Cobra Mk III mainly, and I rely on thermal weapons in combat. So, speed is a non issue for me, as Cobra is fast anyway, and Cleans give a nice agility buff anyway. And, because my Cobra is a true multirole, the benefits are multiplied by how long I can float in space for.
I would always go for dirty drives unless your ship suffers from heat issues. The benefits of the dirty drives are quite good for some ships, my vette can now go over 300m/s and my clipper could get to 501m/s and that was only with relatively good G3 rolls.
Im not sure about clean drives but with G3 dirty drive D thrusters on a cutter it was more maneuverable and faster than the 160m A rated thrusters.
Im not sure about clean drives but with G3 dirty drive D thrusters on a cutter it was more maneuverable and faster than the 160m A rated thrusters.
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Clean drives for me. Give it enough tries and you eventually get better than dirty drives while staying cool.
Also has anyone else noticed the one of the secondary effects to the low emission powerplant could give you even more power.
My federal corvette have 38 power and runs at 22% and boosts at 310 with grade 3 clean drives. Its good to be cold.
Also has anyone else noticed the one of the secondary effects to the low emission powerplant could give you even more power.
My federal corvette have 38 power and runs at 22% and boosts at 310 with grade 3 clean drives. Its good to be cold.
I had the Dirty drives Grade 3 from Farseer on the Clipper. No real issues bar heat from time to time. Got up to 500mps on the boost.
Now i have the same 3 Clean Drives, no heat issues and 480mps. Once i have the materials i will go for a Grade 5 and see what happens.
Clean Drives for me pls.......
Now i have the same 3 Clean Drives, no heat issues and 480mps. Once i have the materials i will go for a Grade 5 and see what happens.
Clean Drives for me pls.......
I'm modding a combat python and using clean drives I don't feel the need for that much extra speed I don't like to chase in combat I let faster enemy's come to me
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I have dirty on all my ships and haven't overheat issues at all with pulses and multicannons. So i am cold and very maneuverable.
Only my asp explorer for exploration has clean drives.
Too situation dependent me be afraid. My iClipper? My FDL? My conda? My DBS? Dirty drives. I don't care about the heat because them ships practically ignore it, especially given I don't tend to use loadouts that are power heavy.
But my iCourier? It's fast enough with performance enhanced thrusters to be doing stupid speeds unmodded anyway, but has a poor heat profile. Without any mods I will receive the heat warning message fairly regularly. Using an SCB will put in enough heat to start cooking modules, and after burning through the set I generally have enough damage that any more strain will cause malfunctions.
Dirty drives would give it an awesome speed. But SCBs would be out of the question, thermal shock weaponry would liquidise it, I'd need to consume at least one utility slot for a heat sink and I would never be able to scoop for more than five seconds at a time. But clean drives? I can then use SCBs without worrying about the damage, I don't have to worry about installing heat sinks and I still get a strong boost on top of the ridiculous performance enhanced thruster speed.
But my iCourier? It's fast enough with performance enhanced thrusters to be doing stupid speeds unmodded anyway, but has a poor heat profile. Without any mods I will receive the heat warning message fairly regularly. Using an SCB will put in enough heat to start cooking modules, and after burning through the set I generally have enough damage that any more strain will cause malfunctions.
Dirty drives would give it an awesome speed. But SCBs would be out of the question, thermal shock weaponry would liquidise it, I'd need to consume at least one utility slot for a heat sink and I would never be able to scoop for more than five seconds at a time. But clean drives? I can then use SCBs without worrying about the damage, I don't have to worry about installing heat sinks and I still get a strong boost on top of the ridiculous performance enhanced thruster speed.
I will always go for Dirty Drives unless my ship had massive overheating issues. Love the huge performanceboost that give DD grade 5 to your ship. Cannot see the usefulness of Clean Drives.
In combat I go for an all-multicannon-build, so no heat issues here. For exploration I always try to take the biggest Scoop as possible, so no need to get too close to a star.
Why should I just take the energydrink? There are steroids available!
In combat I go for an all-multicannon-build, so no heat issues here. For exploration I always try to take the biggest Scoop as possible, so no need to get too close to a star.
Why should I just take the energydrink? There are steroids available!
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Nice analogy.
I think the weight of your ship should be taken into account dirty drives lowers the optimal hull which in my heavy python it pretty much counter the optimal multiply since my optimal hull is lower. The better my optimal hull the better my ship handles dirty just gives me a big speed boost only. My current clean let's be boost at 360 combat build and let's me maneuver on par with an fdl with clean drives
I actually think weight is more important than heat when it comes to choosing between this 2
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Depends on one's needs. As I plan on using my Cobra Mk III for many things, mostly things that are helped by lower heat. Smuggling, exploring... And as the Cobra is already very fast, I feel the reduction in heat, is much more beneficial to my needs.
Now I'm nit disputing the value of Dirty Drives... I very much respect them. But, in my case, Clean Drives make a lot more sense.