Ships Looking for more firepower

PenguinActual

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So... as much as I'm loving my Vulture, I'm looking for something with a bit more... "teeth"... Sure the "God Mode" level shields for its size (I'm sitting on just over half a gigajoule of shielding), a pair of Large hardpoints, and tight turn radius are great, but I don't have much in the way of tactical flexibility. That kinda bothers me... So how I earn a living right now is by acting as a sort of "Moral Merc" by defending systems from other invading systems. I have 17.4 million credits to spend (not nearly enough to purchase anything significant) and I've been thinking of kitting out a ship for Rare trades (like a cobra or T6) to earn more cash relatively quickly.

So here's the builds I'm thinking of if I go Rare trading.
Cobra build: http://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk_iii/04D4D4A3D3D3D4C------030303f201f2.AwRj4yKA.Aw1-kA==
Type-6 build: http://coriolis.io/outfit/type_6_transporter/03D4D4A2D3D2D4C-----04040303f3f2f2.Iw1-kA==.Aw1-kA==


As for returning to my merc duties, I was looking at the Federal Dropship (when I have the credit balance and ranking) but I view those as just a light snack during combat, it makes me wonder if I should even bother with it or move on. Imperial Clippers are a little more feisty with those dual Large Hardpoints and a pair of mediums. Or am I looking at this the wrong way?
 

Stealth Gamer92

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The FDS with a C3 Beam and 4 medium Multi's tear's thing's up, and that 2 rating on manuverabillity is very deceptive as you can flip it fast and be shooting behind you without turning off flight assist. I loved fighting in mine while I had it, and will be getting one again after I get a Python.
 

paganpenguin

paganpenguin
Stealth Gamer92 said:
The FDS with a C3 Beam and 4 medium Multi's tear's thing's up, and that 2 rating on manuverabillity is very deceptive as you can flip it fast and be shooting behind you without turning off flight assist. I loved fighting in mine while I had it, and will be getting one again after I get a Python.
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The FDS is still a ship that is on my radar - once I figure out a decent loadout I might even take the plunge!

Always thought the Vulture was a one trick pony, good at taking down almost anything in 1v1 and as a pack taking down everything! One of the reason I eventually got bored with mine...
 

Alex Brentnall

Alex Brentnall
Assuming your Vulture is worth about 15mil and you said you have 17.4 Im working with a rough estimate of a total worth of 33mil which honestly isn't much for what I had in mind :p

I was going to suggest a Python at D grade for roughly 80mil but thats a bit over the range.
D grade Fer de lance is also too much at 60mil and has so many power/heat problems I don't even want to suggest it :p
There is the much faster and slightly better armed Imperial Clipper which isn't far off if you D grade it thats about 40mil.

Finally as suggested above the dropship is probably the closest. I haven't flown one myself so can't comment on that really but this build is close to your current cash situation..
http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=704,01Q01Q0Wg0_g7u57u54zh7u57u5,2-A0A07_8S9Y6u6k,7Um7iW7iW7gy13q4zM2UI

I'd maybe look at a full laser set-up like this but thats up to you, also depending on what your doing adding KWS or other things may be an idea.
http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=704,01Q01Q0Wg0_g5Rr5Rr4zh5Rr5Rr,2-A0A07_8S9Y6u6k,7Um7iW7iW7gy13q4zM2UI
 

PenguinActual

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Alex Brentnall said:
Assuming your Vulture is worth about 15mil and you said you have 17.4 Im working with a rough estimate of a total worth of 33mil which honestly isn't much for what I had in mind :p

I was going to suggest a Python at D grade for roughly 80mil but thats a bit over the range.
D grade Fer de lance is also too much at 60mil and has so many power/heat problems I don't even want to suggest it :p
There is the much faster and slightly better armed Imperial Clipper which isn't far off if you D grade it thats about 40mil.

Finally as suggested above the dropship is probably the closest. I haven't flown one myself so can't comment on that really but this build is close to your current cash situation..
http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=704,01Q01Q0Wg0_g7u57u54zh7u57u5,2-A0A07_8S9Y6u6k,7Um7iW7iW7gy13q4zM2UI

I'd maybe look at a full laser set-up like this but thats up to you, also depending on what your doing adding KWS or other things may be an idea.
http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=704,01Q01Q0Wg0_g5Rr5Rr4zh5Rr5Rr,2-A0A07_8S9Y6u6k,7Um7iW7iW7gy13q4zM2UI
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Actually... I think my Vulture is worth around 10 mil-12 mill in-game (http://coriolis.io/outfit/vulture/04A5B4B3E5A4C3C1e1e0505050m4b36---.AwRj4zyA.AwiMIywo). I was thinking about some Rare trading to build up my balance and I was thinking that I what ever I left the hanger with I wasn't going to do so without an extra few million for insurance in the new combat ship. So getting the newer ship was going to be something I work towards. Basically, I'm window shopping right now.
 

Alex Brentnall

Alex Brentnall
PenguinActual said:
Actually... I think my Vulture is worth around 10 mil-12 mill in-game (http://coriolis.io/outfit/vulture/04A5B4B3E5A4C3C1e1e0505050m4b36---.AwRj4zyA.AwiMIywo). I was thinking about some Rare trading to build up my balance and I was thinking that I what ever I left the hanger with I wasn't going to do so without an extra few million for insurance in the new combat ship. So getting the newer ship was going to be something I work towards. Basically, I'm window shopping right now.
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For rare trading you'd want an ASP really. Its a bit of a downgrade in combat from the Vulture but can hold its own in a fight. With that jump range the rare goods runs will be a breeze with a fuel scoop.

If you can rare goods trade to about 80mil assets you can quite quickly to jump into a trading Python:
http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=705,mpX0_g0_g0_g0_g,2-6QA07_6uB6A08I,0AA0AA0AA08c08c0727Pc05U03w

Once you have a trading Python the credits roll in. With medium pad access and ~280T of space you can rack up the extra 110mil needed to make it an epic combat ship.
http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=705,4...,2-B69Y7_6QB69Y8I,7UI7k47k47iW50U9tu13q13q2UI

My advice, others would probably say going via the Clipper or Dropship is a good route but personally I find shooting for that trading Python is best way to go. Doing community goals is a pretty amazing way of quickly boosting your cash as an fyi :)
 
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