My Challeger does that to me as well. I nearly ping-pong off the walls with it if I've been driving the Annie for a while.
Is the Corvette worth buying at discount for the future? What is it good for?
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My Challeger does that to me as well. I nearly ping-pong off the walls with it if I've been driving the Annie for a while.
It's like repeating a page of replies but in as negative a way as possible.
Quite the opposite. I love getting back in my Vulture or Krait after flying my corvette.
I do like my corvette, but it's not my favourite ship in ED.
I love my Cutter. It has been my primary work horse and combat ship since I bought her. I just recently bought and outfitted my Corvette. That is in it's travel clothes. I went back to Sothis and Ceos and started running missions with her to get to Admiral. She handles like a Python. She laughs at NPCs. I tuned her build in HI CZs.
The best ship for any job is the one that you love flying the most. I'm going to have a tough choice between the two ships.
The best ship for any job is the one that you love flying the most. I'm going to have a tough choice between the two ships.
I just blew 101M on my third Corvette this morning, as well as getting my first ever Fed Gunship. I was slightly disappointed not to find the usual holo-ads outside the station replaced with those ‘wacky wavy inflatable arm man’ things that seem to sit outside any self respecting independent second hand car sales centre....but that’s another matter.
They’re both going to sit in Ray Gateway whilst I slowly engineer them, two full on grinds for ‘Vette mats is enough so this one can wait.
I just need to start a thread asking what exactly I should use a Gunship for. It’s just as well I don’t have 5.5billion in Sterling like I have in credits or my driveway would be full of cars I rarely drive
The Gunship is (for me anyway) one of the most fun combat ships to fly. Let fhe Federal Gunship be a real Gunship - put all guns on all 7 hardpoints, go out, and kill everything. Add corrosive guns and a fighter bay for extra fun, plus some engineering to get the speed up.
She's a fun ship - enjoy.
A properly fitted Corvette is huge, a little slow but nimble, and absolutely devastating (like me in my rugby days).
The 2 huge hard points give it a really fast time to kill. Its a beast in the CZs. It is great to have a robust ship with enough module space to make it capable of any mission, with enough firepower for the able CMDR to take out wings of NPC Anacondas.
The 2 huge hard points give it a really fast time to kill. Its a beast in the CZs. It is great to have a robust ship with enough module space to make it capable of any mission, with enough firepower for the able CMDR to take out wings of NPC Anacondas.
I use my Cutters for mining and hauling, the Vette for combat grinding
yes... combatI have a Cutter, and that has a special purpose as a fast hauler. Very good at its job.
But my question is, assuming I reach the required rank (I would have to grind from Ensign to Rear Admiral, that's 6 levels of Federal rank !), is it worth my time and credits with the FD discount to buy a Corvette, even to store it for future use?
What is it good for .... apart from basking?
I class the Gunship as a mini-me Corvette, it`s the Tie Interceptor MK II that Darth Vader always wanted to fly on his holidays touring the outer world's.
what big ship handles better then?. Hop in a vette and fly it like you stole it, you'll die plenty often to have a reason to still earn a bit of cash. Stick it to our alien overlords, they owe me about a billion in rebuys.
Not with me at the controls
How could this possibly not be worth it?
#RollinWithStyle #NoPoors #KissMySpaceSpoilers
More serious though:
I quite like the first impression. She handles like a charm in SC and combat, packs good punch (even poorly engineered) and can take a beating (again, with only mediocre engineering so far). My current jump range with Guardian FSD Boost and engineering is ~30ly. Not good, but not cripplingly bad either.
So, is she worth the rank grind? Depending on where you start and what you want to do in Elite: Yes, she is. I've always wanted to own "The Big Three" and now I've finally accomplished that goal. But I only had to grind through the three or four remaining ranks, so even with the boost it could be a tiresome and "unfun" experience if you're not into shuffeling Biowaste from Station A to B for a pad on the back and some reputation points.
In the end I would suggest to you (or anyone else interested in the Fed Corvette): Just use this opportunity to grind as much rank as you like or can tolerate. The financial discount is nice (I only paid some 108 Mio Cr.), but due to the current income with mining Credits are (luckily) not the crippling limiting factor anymore.
#RollinWithStyle #NoPoors #KissMySpaceSpoilers
More serious though:
I quite like the first impression. She handles like a charm in SC and combat, packs good punch (even poorly engineered) and can take a beating (again, with only mediocre engineering so far). My current jump range with Guardian FSD Boost and engineering is ~30ly. Not good, but not cripplingly bad either.
So, is she worth the rank grind? Depending on where you start and what you want to do in Elite: Yes, she is. I've always wanted to own "The Big Three" and now I've finally accomplished that goal. But I only had to grind through the three or four remaining ranks, so even with the boost it could be a tiresome and "unfun" experience if you're not into shuffeling Biowaste from Station A to B for a pad on the back and some reputation points.
In the end I would suggest to you (or anyone else interested in the Fed Corvette): Just use this opportunity to grind as much rank as you like or can tolerate. The financial discount is nice (I only paid some 108 Mio Cr.), but due to the current income with mining Credits are (luckily) not the crippling limiting factor anymore.
The Cutter deserves to be considered as a unique and irreplaceable craft in it's own right. You have hit the nail on the head in calling it a fast hauler - role fit wise you can essentially consider it a larger but more combat capable Clipper.I have a Cutter, and that has a special purpose as a fast hauler. Very good at its job.
But my question is, assuming I reach the required rank (I would have to grind from Ensign to Rear Admiral, that's 6 levels of Federal rank !), is it worth my time and credits with the FD discount to buy a Corvette, even to store it for future use?
What is it good for .... apart from basking?
IMO the Corvette is a better designed Anaconda without being a true 1:1 replacement for the Anaconda. The Anaconda's main Achilles's heel is it's overall geometry and weapon placement/load-out, in that regard the Corvette is by far superior but where the Anaconda wins is in optional internals (in terms of potential diversity). Of the 3 big ships the Corvette is probably the easiest to slot at Coriolis/Orbis/Asteroid stations, but it's main unique selling point is the availability of 2 Huge hard-points which serve it well in a combat setting - 2 Huge weapons on their own can dish out a lot of hull damage very quickly to (at least) other human ships.
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The Corvette is the worst of "the big three".
It's not as fast as a Cutter and doesn't have comparable shields.
It doesn't have the same jump-range as an Annie or a Cutter.
It's outgunned by the Cutter and the Annie too.
In fact, the only thing the Corvette has going for it is agility and it's only slightly more agile than an Annie.
Apparently.
My own advice would be to buy one, A-rate it, engineer it and see for yourself.
Let's face it, it's not like there's anything more interesting you could be doing instead.
It's not as fast as a Cutter and doesn't have comparable shields.
It doesn't have the same jump-range as an Annie or a Cutter.
It's outgunned by the Cutter and the Annie too.
In fact, the only thing the Corvette has going for it is agility and it's only slightly more agile than an Annie.
Apparently.
My own advice would be to buy one, A-rate it, engineer it and see for yourself.
Let's face it, it's not like there's anything more interesting you could be doing instead.