Citation needed for the "constant" screaming about it pre-Trailblazers. Again, I've been here and hardly ever heard of the thing. There was no "constant screaming" for it.
New ship: Panther Clipper
- Thread starter Rubbernuke
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Citation needed for the "constant" screaming about it pre-Trailblazers. Again, I've been here and hardly ever heard of the thing. There was no "constant screaming" for it.
See any post by @Bigmaec
Not sure how you could miss it...
Yep, all is good, I am on vacation driving my Dolphin equivalent on the steets of eastern Germany. Can't wait for the Panther, finally all my posts about it are avenged.@Bigmaec , Sir are you ok? i dont know you much , but if you need a hug or some water or a fire extinguisher just not to burn spontaneously, tell us we will gladly help you
Yes, mostly by me
Not any, but many Thanks FD, it is amazing you finally insert that ship into the game.
As far as hardpoints go, it needs a couple of huge slots, and a couple of large hardpoints top and bottom.
Why? Because the F:E/FFE Panther could carry the largest weapons in the game, and it had turrets. Maybe a few smaller hardpoints for other stuff... so people can mine with it.
It needs a heap of utility slots for shield boosters, so players can more or less ignore small and medium hostiles just like the old days.
Why? Because the F:E/FFE Panther could carry the largest weapons in the game, and it had turrets. Maybe a few smaller hardpoints for other stuff... so people can mine with it.
It needs a heap of utility slots for shield boosters, so players can more or less ignore small and medium hostiles just like the old days.
With the way the slots are placed its likey that the first two are 8s and the ones after that are 7s
Yeah honestly Im fine with this, with the amounts most wing missions give this would let me get most fone in 2-3 trips as opposed to 3-5
I imagine FD will release some offial ones at some point.
I'd have to see it in the flesh but the most important aspect is the ZP heritage cues. I can see some, but its not as clear as previous concept art made it.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
Looking at my "not in the next system" trade Cutter build, it can shift 688t of cargo c.200 LY without refuelling (five jumps); 40.35LY fully laden, with the return (no cargo) taking only 4 jumps. Put differently it's c.76t of cargo delivered "per jump" in the round trip.
If the cargo / (jumps per round trip) metric for the Panther Clipper Mk II is below that then it would be a less attractive option for middle distance trade. In the completely speculative estimate I posted earlier the 2000t of cargo would take 8 jumps out and 5 jumps back, so the metric would be 154t per jump. Also noting that the fully laden example would be able to do 13 jumps without refuelling, a total of c.340LY.
Which leads me to suspect that my 2,000t cargo capacity guess is a bit on the high side.
If the cargo / (jumps per round trip) metric for the Panther Clipper Mk II is below that then it would be a less attractive option for middle distance trade. In the completely speculative estimate I posted earlier the 2000t of cargo would take 8 jumps out and 5 jumps back, so the metric would be 154t per jump. Also noting that the fully laden example would be able to do 13 jumps without refuelling, a total of c.340LY.
Which leads me to suspect that my 2,000t cargo capacity guess is a bit on the high side.
I guess it will be more the option for fleet carrier unloading aka fast SCO but Low jumprange. The jumprange will propably be less than a Cutter and the survivability in CGs might be less too. I hope not, I hope it has a shield factor making it virtually immune to ganking as the Cutter is, but the Corsair tought me to keep my expectations limited.
Daddy Brabus wants his coinSad thing is now I have to give FD all the ARX they ask for, because I have to stay true to my words
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
Exactly: main + an indeterminate number of altCMDRs would dock fully laden on the main's Carrier then jump the Carrier to within one short jump of the destination.
Basically the Panther Clipper Mk II will significantly increase the quantity of "weightless" cargo on Carriers (for each CMDR docked on it with a full cargo hold) - another effect of this will be to increase the Carrier total tritium availability and range of the player with a number of altCMDRs.
Great, I just realized His Brabeness will get more Arx from my Alt, too
Original has payload of 2100tons i expect no less from MkII