Best or worst it doesn't matter so much if you get blacklistedHelps being better in PVP, I suppose.
New ship: Gutamaya Corsair
- Thread starter Rubbernuke
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There's a crucial difference between them, though: The Corsair is optimized for SCO drives. Perhaps this optimization requires something that limits how fast thrusters can be allowed to move it in normal space?
It’s not the size of the plant that matters. It’s the amount of power that you’re using (in MW, not the percentage) at any given time, multiplied by the thermal coefficient.
If your build fits under a 5a, 6a and 7a power plant, all with the same thermal coefficient, then your ship will be at the exact same heat. The only difference is that the ships with the bigger plants will be heavier.
Who cares about logic, or consistency within the game? Profits its all what matters. (Fdevs be like)
600 m/s... If it would be less than this, the ship would not sale as much.. I guess?
Lately, preformance of all new ships is being mostly dictated by how much of profit it brings to Fdevs, so no wonder they are better than old gen ships.
Yes and no.
Higher sized plants if provide more than enough MW, to run a bulid, it can and should be used to LE, as LE plants have penalty to MW output, and LE at G5 is about equal in MW output, to size less of the plant with armoured with monstered, but with like 2x or 3x as good thermal handling.
Corsair, gonna struggle to use sized 6 LE plant (especially in higher grades), to run a combat bulid, where size 7 is about enough MW, for many of possible bulids.
So given this, size of plant kinda matters, but its down to what kind of bulid is used.
People seem to forget Frontier still run a business and not a charity, and ED is a live game without subscription. You can't fault them for releasing new ships that their customers actually want to buy. Also, what's the alternative? The same old ships in a different box with a new coat of paint? That wouldn't sit well with the community either. There are no new roles to fill, so it should have been clear that new ships would either be derivative and obsolete before release, or surpass the old ships and make them redundant. You can't have both.
Just because you don't want to roleplay a bit that doesn't mean you have to sour the experience for those who do.
Surely they do. Of course it isnt an charity. Thats why every now and then, even I support Frontier by buying ship or skin for it. Or weapon skin.
I didnt meant to fault them. I have personally almost no issues with new ships as whole, only thing I would really want is to change, is MLF of Corsair, to something that is above of 13.... and if properly sized npcs would come after it, not small ships... thats all issue I got currently with any of new ships.
Some cmdrs been askin for this for years... before P2 came out and rest of new ships.
"Give us more ship variants" ... wasnt that song of many years, from quite many users on these very forums?
Everything that Fdves do, it always an someone who complain. Over 10 years on this forums alone, proved as much, and even this very thread, is full of it.
See, I am all in for new ships, being way they are. As for older ships, I do simply accept those way they are. I think every ship in game - have its own place.
See, you quoted my "sacrasm" post. Again, it didnt meant to "sour" anyones experience. And you hardly find anyone who is more into "roleplay", than I do. (in game of course)
I only posted this, because I found it quite amusing, that a lot cmdrs actually wants even more from new ships, while simultaneously complaing about other things realted with new ships, by either poorly understooding how mechanics of game works, or by simple ignorance or entitlement ("I pay, I demand" - mindset)
Note that I mean those cmdrs (not you specifically) who mainly complain about speed of this ship. Especially all those, that "demand" that it should be faster, or why isnt being affected by weight as much... and so on.
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I think I remember the song was more like
- "Give us new ships! New ships when!!!! We wants new ships now!"
- "But what roles should new ships fill? How could new ships be any different?"
- "...well... they should.... we want them to... eh. GIVE US NEW SHIPS!"
BTW, about people complaining about the placement of the 2x C2 hardpoints (that may not fire when using gimballs), I believe that changing the design for a snout (instead of a beak), and sticking them in the nostrils, would have solved that while retaining a perfect convergence.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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P-38, B-25.
New ships will always be better than old ones tech wise, its natural progression.
And as far as Fdev go why shouldn't they make a profit? wasn't aware they were part of some space socialist workers party.
More cash = more investment into more content and more ARX ships = more cash etc etc
O7
Yeah, I noticed that yesterday, although this seemed to happen only while boosting at 600m/s, and only for a few of the Hounds on my C2 hardpoints.
Still so much better than my previous build based on the fat and slow Gunship
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I’m having surprisingly good results with multiple Advanced Plasma Accelerators.
3 of them on a Corsair seems to be a doable thing. Short Range, even...none of that weaksauce Efficient stuff. Gotta manage the heat like crazy (or don’t and go Thermal Conduit) but the damage, the convergence, and the 7a distributor to keep them going all seem to make it worthwhile.
Long Range would also work. The ship is very stable and would do well hitting ships from extreme range.
3 of them on a Corsair seems to be a doable thing. Short Range, even...none of that weaksauce Efficient stuff. Gotta manage the heat like crazy (or don’t and go Thermal Conduit) but the damage, the convergence, and the 7a distributor to keep them going all seem to make it worthwhile.
Long Range would also work. The ship is very stable and would do well hitting ships from extreme range.
I bought it a few days ago, the upgraded version. Also the Cobra MK5 and other ships I haven't even flown yet. After coming for SC this is a cheap game to support. I'm happy to support a game I bought on Steam for $8. I'm 600+ hours in and still having fun, well and truly worth the money.
Just an observation. But why haven't we had a large ship yet? Perhaps that's coming later in the year, perhaps not. Just seems odd we've had small & medium by the half dozen yet nothing large.
I mean i get it, Cutters & type 9s would be rendered obsolete. Assuming the cargo is huge.
What with colonisation the timing does seem a tad coincidental.
I mean i get it, Cutters & type 9s would be rendered obsolete. Assuming the cargo is huge.
What with colonisation the timing does seem a tad coincidental.
Had the same thought myself.
All of the SCO ships we've had so far have been better than existing ships in various ways.
I wonder if FDev have struggled to come up with spec's for a new large ship that isn't either crazy OP or, conversely, hobbled to the point where it wouldn't be worth flying?
If you put all EDs ships on a linear scale with, for example, things like the Sidey and Hauler at the bottom end and ships like the Anaconda and Cutter at the top end, all the new ships fit somewhere in the middle of that scale - often very near the top end but never actually increasing the range of the scale.
I wonder if FDev have made a conscious decision to not actually extend the scale further and a new large ship would, inevitablty, do that?
They have another use. In super fast twitch builds where it is impossible to self target, it makes ships like the imperial courier running at 800+ ms an absolute nightmare to kill. Great for upsetting those in FdL whose boost is 200ms slower....
How is the lower hardpoint rearwards? That is, can mines be pooped out say, when zipping infront of things?
Yes, and you can scoop up any mines you happen to misfire.