Ok, so I have been buzzing around in my Vulture for basically the past 8 months. I am now ready to change and it looks like the FAS is getting good pub. My question is how do I go about getting the rank to be able to buy one? Any suggestions are appreciated. Is there a way to tell how close I am to getting that rank?
Getting a Federal Assault Ship?
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Just doing missions in your local federation station is pretty much all, i turned my anaconda from combat to a fuel rat and bought a FAS, its pretty much A rated( which doesn't cost that much to do) it acts almost like a vulture but the only thing i don't like about it was the hardpoint placement. And as far as i know there's no way of telling how close you are to the next federation or empire rank.
Yep, this. Though always take any 'Charity' type missions because you can instantly complete them and they're worth a fair amount of faction reputation.
They may at some point drop the rank requirements as a reward for a CG, but it's not something on which you can rely.
Charity missions are the quickest and easiest: give a few credits while sitting there in the dock. They used to ask for 4 million credits - now it's just 20 thousand or so. Possibly avoid the assassination missions as they can be time-consuming, difficult - depending on your ship - and have a rep hit. Personally I'd advise just playing your game - staying around Fed space where possible - and taking Fed-aligned minor faction missions as you move about.
Charity missions are the quickest and easiest: give a few credits while sitting there in the dock. They used to ask for 4 million credits - now it's just 20 thousand or so. Possibly avoid the assassination missions as they can be time-consuming, difficult - depending on your ship - and have a rep hit. Personally I'd advise just playing your game - staying around Fed space where possible - and taking Fed-aligned minor faction missions as you move about.
Is the FAS really worth the hassle?
go to TUN and only eccept donation missions for fed's
never leave the station just keep refreshing and donating
you'l rank up quite fast
never leave the station just keep refreshing and donating
you'l rank up quite fast
Very subjective obviously - but for me, hell yes. Faster than the Vulture, more firepower, much better powerplant, more internal space, better jump range (I think), better armour. The only relative downsides are it's less agile (though I rarely notice the difference) and weaker shields (which can be boosted, and recharge pretty quickly in 1.4 never mind in 1.5).
Ok so how does it compared to the FDL, is it worth the rep grind? As im planning on getting the FDL due to the 1.5 buff.
Well i worked out that an A rated FAS will cost me around 70 mill, but the current FDL build will cost me around 80mil, so really its not much more and i don't have the pain in the ass rep grind, but ill give the fas a look into, but is it one of those combat ships it sucks till A rated?
Yes, .... yes it is.
Well i guess ill finally try out Fed ships as they seem a lot better now they have more then the awful dropship.
The FdL in 1.5 is sublime. It's a LOT more expensive than the FAS though, especially to fully kit out, so we're not comparing like-for-like here.
Useful ranking info, thanks!
Or apparently not. What are you fitting to the FAS to get it to that price? :/
What about the gunship? Seems pretty useless too. I'd bet it's very undersold.
It took 10 months after live, but we at least have one good ship.
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http://coriolis.io/outfit/federal_a...v1o1l1l000m04044a2d5e580127.Iw18cQ==.Aw18cQ==
I tend to go cheap and fit pulse lasers, plus i prefer to hull tank when BH as well SCB normally take to much power and i hate having to go back to refill to much.
http://coriolis.io/outfit/federal_a...04044a2d2b292724.AwRj4yqA.AwiMIyo0g===?bn=FAS
I change the guns depending on my liking or how i feel the PD handles my loadout, ill try the 1 beam 3 cannon build but might just go pulse.
Yes. Yes it is.
But if it's hassle, then perhaps not. The Vulture is capable enough. But I love my FAS. It's just more fun