Pretty cool skin, I would buy that
I didn't make it, but I'd buy a T9 just to fly around in that skin. LOL
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I didn't make it, but I'd buy a T9 just to fly around in that skin. LOL
Gentlemen, gentlemen, please.
A little more respect for the massive coolness known affectionately as the "9".
Besides it is going to be my first Engineering project. Hopefully I'll be racing Cobras for pink slips eventually.
A little more respect for the massive coolness known affectionately as the "9".
Besides it is going to be my first Engineering project. Hopefully I'll be racing Cobras for pink slips eventually.
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Is there any fuel per jump bonus or cargo capacity per jump bonuss for T9?
I own Cutter, FDL, Cobra, had all other ships in game but never bought/flied on T9! Never!
I would like to buy this ship because i can afford but really... there should be some bonuses from that big tanky mass!
No bonuses besides being awesome as you fly it.
Nothing says "I'm here for business" like pulling into port in the T9.
And women love T9 jockeys! It's really a win-win.
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btw,
something i had already noticed at the first trailer of the game,
and then again, when got the capture for the cargo canister in that t9 cargo picture:
Vespine Gas - is that an Elite Easteregg reffering to that popular blizzard game,
or is that something real? (its written on the canister)
something i had already noticed at the first trailer of the game,
and then again, when got the capture for the cargo canister in that t9 cargo picture:
Vespine Gas - is that an Elite Easteregg reffering to that popular blizzard game,
or is that something real? (its written on the canister)
Just more proof that the senior designers at Frontier do not have any clue what they are doing.
It's good to have lots of ships, esp if each ship is individually the best at something, but the more expensive and rare ships are better at more things, but like you said, there should never be an overall best at everything ship, unless it was the corvette or cutter.
I would want a corvette / cutter to have huge hard points, lots of utility slots, manoeuvrable and high jump range, with huge cargo space, massive shields and room for two fighters (plus a vulture you can dock), but then these ships shouldn't be able to land at any internal station or planet. That's what the docked vulture / sidewinder / cobra should be for.
But until you can afford these mammoth 'best in game' ships, every other ship should be a geared towards a primary role, and moderately good second role and a weak third role.
So you could have a great trader, with impressive defences, but weak offence. Or a trader with high jump range and weak defences, and that way you can pick for your particular play style,
But these 'developers' don't seem to get that.
And it's a weaker game for it.
for me, the T9 would be even worth more if it would be a unique ship to have two npc crews enabled.
would start to feel like the pet-class ship
would start to feel like the pet-class ship
Personally, I think it wouldn't hurt if the T-9 had increased cargo capacity, like a couple of hundreds tons, just to give it an edge as a freighter.
easiest buff would have been giving them special internal slots like the cutter or or courvette has but instead fo military make them like 2x class 8 cargos to make the T9 exceed the other ships in hauling. Given the huge sacrifoce in hardpoints it has, that exceeding amount of cargo possibilities with the class 8 internal for shields it would make a proper shielded cargo vessel.
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Ok, general question.
Why would you use a T9 when another ship is better?
T9 is a cheap way to move a large amount of cargo.
Anaconda moves less and is significantly more expensive.
that IS the T9's role.
I love my T9, even though it is totally redundant as I can do everything I do it in, in my Cutter, much better, and still be able to sit in a war zone, with my hauler fit and laugh at everything.
Unfortunately the T9 is a stepping stone ship. One you eventually move on from. And I suppose it's price reflects that. I still use it out in the frontier worlds as it just feels right, as opposed to the swanky Cutter.
I would like to see it being changed to be one of the 'big 4' by making it have the largest cargo hold and perhaps some of the Conda's laws of physics defying mass physics, and a bit less cargo space on the Cutter, but I can hear the shouts of outrage already.
Also I agree that this needs to be a thing:
EDIT: also, hull tank it, get two friends, have one on three medium turreted guns, one in a fighter and an NPC fighter, and you with the small guns. Hours of co-op fun right there.
Unfortunately the T9 is a stepping stone ship. One you eventually move on from. And I suppose it's price reflects that. I still use it out in the frontier worlds as it just feels right, as opposed to the swanky Cutter.
I would like to see it being changed to be one of the 'big 4' by making it have the largest cargo hold and perhaps some of the Conda's laws of physics defying mass physics, and a bit less cargo space on the Cutter, but I can hear the shouts of outrage already.
Also I agree that this needs to be a thing:
EDIT: also, hull tank it, get two friends, have one on three medium turreted guns, one in a fighter and an NPC fighter, and you with the small guns. Hours of co-op fun right there.
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T9 to cutter is a very very large stone.
My T-9 is more masculine than the standard space cow and can carry more biowaste than a Cutter, or that could just be Bulls**t
Well there is the Anaconda, which is also not behind a rank wall.
But this also sounds like a great reason for the Boa to make a comeback.
The reason of transfering cargo is not how much you can transfer in one run, it is how much you can transfer in a sepcific time. And the Conda even with lower cargo can simpy do that better. while ontop having more combat ability and whatever. so the T6 is just a nonsense buy, because you spent quite a lot money you repalce way too fast. doing some simple good paid missions and jumping to the conda is basically the better thing to do.
T9 beats conda over a short trade route though. So I think that it's viable to own both ships.
It is quite simple really, on a single jump route (15LY or under before engineers) The T9 will always be the higher earner. My Fleet has always consisted of T9's for short range hauling, Anaconda's for long haul or CG's. The Cutter obviously trumps both (Because capacity is key as a trader)
There are literally thousands of high profit 1 jump routes out there.
I prefer flying my T9 to my Conda. It would be great if it had a couple of extra internal slots. Even a couple of 6s would give some extra cargo space in full trader layout or options for bigger shields or modules while keeping a decent amount of cargo.
Yes indeed.
When you have a TradaConda (especially A-rated) and a T9 even I, Lakon fanboi extraordinaire, sometimes has to pause and consider overall ship efficiency/trade credits per hour with the T9 stats the way they are now.
But I like my TradaConda too plus after the long and painful money saving grind to buy it I don't dare sell it.
So I use the 9 for short range (and when I feel like it) and the Conda for long range.
That makes me feel better about my ship gluttony at least until the T9 gets its promised "we're looking at it" buff from FD.
When you have a TradaConda (especially A-rated) and a T9 even I, Lakon fanboi extraordinaire, sometimes has to pause and consider overall ship efficiency/trade credits per hour with the T9 stats the way they are now.
But I like my TradaConda too plus after the long and painful money saving grind to buy it I don't dare sell it.
So I use the 9 for short range (and when I feel like it) and the Conda for long range.
That makes me feel better about my ship gluttony at least until the T9 gets its promised "we're looking at it" buff from FD.
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Yup, definitely and conda jumps longer, but again, it is significantly more expensive then T9, the T9 is cheap and good at its role, nothing more.