Thought I'd get a Lakon 7 to try out some trading, it wasn't 30 minutes before I was interdicted and destroyed, there was no fight and I had no chance to run, I thought a lakon 7 would be able to outlast a single cobra long enough to jump away. I don't see what I could have done differently and I know how often interdictions happen. How can I possibly make a profit with a a ship like that? I'm certain to get interdicted at least once a day, am I just supposed to make more than I expect to lose in insurance?
Unfortunately you are right. The T7 is a death trap waiting to happen. I know this from personal experience. I think I got blown up 3 or 4 times while I was in one. The much better option is to grind out our rank with the empire and purchase a Clipper. Much better trade ship and faster than almost anything that will pull you over. Better shields to boot.
And when the Clipper is described as having "better shields" in comparison, you know the T7 is in trouble.
Couple of turrets ? You have one class 1 on top and one class 1 at the bottom. Its like you throw flowers at your enemy... they do no real harm to a cobra or greater ship.
The Type-7 is teethless in all ways. Not fast enough to escape, not armed enough to fight, not shielded enough to tank and flee. Its only for a sunny sunday ride in safe waters.
No offence mate, but I think it is your flying that must be useless
Against NPC's - Submit,FA OFF, boost and hold upwards thrust,dump chaff, cooldown and jump. I do it in shieldless freighters.Against cmdrs - Lock another system into the nav computer, submit,FA OFF, boost 'Towards your attacker' (Don't try to run) dump chaff and prey during the cooldown, Jump.
Method against NPC's works 100% of time against wings or solo ships. Method two against humans, you have a good survival rate.
1.3 really needs to fix method 1, we shouldn't be able to have a 100% successful escape method in the game
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For Comparisons Sake
Clipper - marginally better shields, more cargo, way faster, comparable jump range
T7 - marginally worse shields, less cargo, slower, marginally better jump range
alternative build (edit: Better build.)
Clipper - way better shields, still a good size cargo capacity, still faster, good jump range
T7 - shields still garbage despite upgrade, horrible cargo capacity, still slow, good jump range
Clipper wins either way.
Clipper - marginally better shields, more cargo, way faster, comparable jump range
T7 - marginally worse shields, less cargo, slower, marginally better jump range
alternative build (edit: Better build.)
Clipper - way better shields, still a good size cargo capacity, still faster, good jump range
T7 - shields still garbage despite upgrade, horrible cargo capacity, still slow, good jump range
Clipper wins either way.
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Also:
T7 looks like a brick with engines strapped to it.
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Clipper still wins.
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No offence mate, but I think it is your flying that must be useless
Against cmdrs - Lock another system into the nav computer, submit,FA OFF, boost 'Towards your attacker' (Don't try to run) dump chaff and prey during the cooldown, Jump.
Method against NPC's works 100% of time against wings or solo ships. Method two against humans, you have a good survival rate.
1.3 really needs to fix method 1, we shouldn't be able to have a 100% successful escape method in the game
Why with FA OFF?
You are not disproving my assertion.
Nice reference, though - I re-watched it on Netflix the other day. Still good fun - did most of the decent Star Wars parody jokes decades before Robot Chicken and Family Guy got in on the act.
With FA ON you can't hold boost speed. FA needs to be off while holding upwards thrust, you remain at max boost speed.. + it confuses the AI
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Obviously combat is not your thing. I've taken out ships up to Asp in T7 and only run from Clipper, Python and conda. Also with a grade A thruster should be able to run from practically everything.
Top tip. Good fella. +Rep
