I was wrong about FDL. Of a samurai who resisted using a katana and fought with a kanabo mace instead.

[Just Paul]

Thanks, however with that Prismatic shield, I don't suppose it is built to fight in a CZ or taking on successive elite NPC Anaconda pirates who are interdicting you right? That shield takes ages to regenerate.

I use it as a run-about and having a go if I meet somebody. My optionals looks a little different as jump range isn't that important in Colonia (https://is.gd/MoK1cA).
You should make it through a med CZ and multiple interdictions with the Prismo. Main issue with a high CZ would be not enough ammo. You could change the shield for a reinforced/fast-charge bi-weave if you want to stay for a long time. It gives around 2k shields and can regen between missions or interdictions. I used something similar to this (https://is.gd/H8SBo5) before carriers in CZs 13k away from the nearest station. Could run 3 highs before I needed to refuel. Now I use for PvE a Conda with srb fuel rails.

 

[S~P]

Nah the FDL is pants. Any Coredynamics ship will run rings around it.

I have a hard time seeing a FDS running rings around a FDL, a FAS may be. I would rather fly the Chieftain.

 

[Slange Lands]

Thanks, however with that Prismatic shield, I don't suppose it is built to fight in a CZ or taking on successive elite NPC Anaconda pirates who are interdicting you right? That shield takes ages to regenerate.

If one is a skilled pilot in a properly fully engineered FDL, one can use either prismatic or biweave shields in Czs because one can kill a npc target very quickly, or out-maneuver them. Same with the elite Anacondas.

On my very first try of a CZ, I died instantly. I am not talented when it comes to video games. However, because I practiced and practiced maneuvering and range control, I can now solo low and medium Czs in my FDL with hardly a ring taken off of prismatic shields. I never suffer any hull damage.

Builds do matter more in organized PvP and AX PvE. However, ultimately, success is about internalizing the flight model into muscle memory.
o7

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

I never actually used one in ED. Was in my budget range but I found other options more interesting. I don't member it being rank locked. Chose Python and FAS over it. It kinda has still that poser chariot connotation to me from 84's Elite.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

I can never get past the asymmetric pilot chair ...so I do not fly my FDL, or Python or Cobra, or any of the other ships with asymetric placement of the pilot chair

How do you drive cars?

 

[efoo]

I have a hard time seeing a FDS running rings around a FDL, a FAS may be. I would rather fly the Chieftain.

Can happen, like when an ace pilot flying a FDS against a crappy pilot flying a FDL

 

[efoo]

How do you drive cars?

Maybe he drives this car...

 

[Achtung-Goomba]

How do you drive cars?

As a personal preference when I’m piloting a spaceship that is essentially a very big fighter I prefer to sit centrally; I passed through the Adder in my early game and didn’t get along with it but that’s purely preferential.

If I am driving a car, then something has gone horribly wrong because I haven’t a clue how to do it. So I suppose it doesn’t matter where I sit then...