PvP Help me understand why Corvette is better combat ship than Cutter

[Morbad]

Speaking as primarily a cutter pilot when given the option between the two, I am still pining for the kind of combat that lets a 'vette show its strengths.

All you have to do is fight ships that are faster than the Cutter, or that the Cutter has difficulty pointing at.

There are very few things that a Corvette has near zero time-on-target against, but there are plenty that a Cutter, even one with copious use of gimbals and turrets, will have trouble even engaging.

I am talking content such as defending an area, crowd control...basically any combat with actual context. Something that lets the vette's mighty agility work without its low speed hampering it.

For now, we have to find our own context, but more content that encouraged this from time to time would certainly be welcome.

 

[Jaylem]

in short, Cutter and corvette are pretty much neck on neck. Cutters can be just as deadly (if not more) in combat situations due to Stronger shields, Much faster speed and they out mass-lock corvettes. a good cutter pilot would make a Corvette it's prisoner.

I own both, I liked my corvette, it had fantastic handling and great damage potential, but it's jump range was utterly disappointing. cargo was average (but much better than my previous Anaconda). and for a long while the Corvette was the ship of my heart....

then the cutter came along, instantly I loved it's speed but also hated it's handling, jump range I was proud of and cargo capacity was truly remarkable (with 512t I can still defend the ship perfectly)

So I guess it boils down to preference, the cutter can do everything the corvette can do and more, but the corvette is still a treat to use in combat.