For all-around "trader with teeth" play - stick with Python or move up to Anaconda?

[Yokai]

For the Anaconda pilots who enjoy "jack of all trades with emphasis in trading" gameplay, have you ever regretting losing the versatility of your Python (i.e. landing at outposts)? Have you ever downgraded from your Anaconda back to a Python or even a Clipper?

I ask because that extra cargo and therefore much faster cashflow is tempting, there were things about moving from Asp to Clipper that really bugged me, and those things went away when I finally moved from the Clipper into the Python.

I'm not a pure trader. I'm an all arounder. After a short stint in the T6 I jumped to Asp ASAP and skipped T7 entirely, going to straight to Clipper and then Python. I have zero intention of ever setting foot in a T9. The Anaconda is tempting, but when I was in the Clipper, I disliked not being able to land at outposts to pay off bounties or re-arm etc when I was in bounty hunting mode. And as an exploring trader who loves finding newer, better routes, it's clear that many/most of the routes verging on 16,000 cr/ton/hour or better typically involve an outpost at one of of the route. Of course the small drop in cr/ton/hour by being denied outposts is more than compensated for by the larger cargo capacity of an Anaconda, but I'd hate wondering "what about that outpost just 10 Ls away?".

What's your experience if you've been in an Anaconda for a while now?

 

[HeavyGroovez]

The Anaconda is the supreme long range multi role ship.

Once you have flown it you will fall in love with it.

Its a very immersive aural/visual flight experience and it has a smoothness to its flight model that is awesome.

 

[AJ_Impy]

I've flown a 'conda, but I prefer my Python. I like being able to go anywhere, and get sweet trade routes featuring outposts, then being able to kick back and kill things with ease. The Anaconda is bigger, but this is both a blessing and a curse. My combat-focused associates prefer fighting Anacondas to fighting Pythons.

 

[ChubbyBunneh]

I keep 1 of each. The ability of the Python to land on outposts comes in handy sometimes.

 

[PotatoOverdose]

The Anaconda is the supreme long range multi role ship.

Once you have flown it you will fall in love with it.

Its a very immersive aural/visual flight experience and it has a smoothness to its flight model that is awesome.

This. It makes more money, has more offensive power, better shields, and it is still reasonably nimble in terms of turning/pitch/yaw.

 

[EddyRockSteady]

This. It makes more money, has more offensive power, better shields, and it is still reasonably nimble in terms of turning/pitch/yaw.

Aye, very nimble for its size if you go FA-off. Got interdicted by a Python recently and it was an absolute slaughter......over in seconds. If it's a tough trader you want then the Anaconda is it: Nothing can bother you. If you're into risk, go for the Python.