PvP I'd like to fly a Vulture : will this make me a bad pilot?

[Moineau]

Hello everyone,

I am getting back into ED. I am still in the PvE side of things, but ultimately I'd like to get into PvP.

I like flying small, nimble ships with strong lateral thrusters. I like dogfighting, trying to stick to the 6 of my opponent. I don't enjoy jousting and flying a ship so tanky you can reversky you way out of everything, especially in PvE.

Thus, I was thinking of flying a Vulture for PvE and later, for PvP (possibly among other ships).
I was thinking of first equipping it with gimballed lasers to first focus on my distance control and lateral thrusters, then move on to fixed lasers for PvE and plasmas for PvP.

I really like the ship, but some comment I read on Reddit a while ago stupidly stuck with me and I can't shake it off. It basically said that because the Vulture is such a tanky and nimble ship, you develop bad habits and it ultimately makes you a worse pilot.
Is this even remotely true?

 

[Morbad]

This was one of the questions you asked in a PM to me, but which I could not reply to because your inbox is full. Delete some messages and I'll send you the whole reply.

Anyway, no, flying the Vulture won't make you a bad pilot. Indeed, to be the best pilot you can be, you must have first hand experience with as many vessels, loadouts, and flying/fighting styles as possible.

Becoming too reliant on the exceptional rotationals of the Vulture can make some people overlook it's other merits or neglect thruster use, but a bit of presence of mind, as well as switching to other ships with different flight models, will mitigate that tendency.

 

[Moineau]

I had the same error on my end when I was trying to send you another reply to fix the formatting, as I had forgotten a "

". This is strange, as the only message I have in my inbox is your first reply. Maybe it's some sort of protection against spam, I'll have to ask the mods.

Anyways, thanks a lot for your insight!

 

[EUS]

If you love flying the ship, and it remains your go to battle barge, how would flying it make you a bad pilot?
I went from vulture to FAS, and the FAS felt natural as it handles very much like the vulture.

 

[TheMegaTurnip]

Personally, though i really do love my hull tank vulture, i notice that it makes me soft very quickly. It's a beautiful ship to fly, but it is almost too easy.

I'd say learn all FA off and buy a ViperIV.. Seldom do i even take shots in PvP and can typically outlast most of my wingmates (Until i run out of ammo).

Plasma/Cannon/x2 rails. It's a en beast.