Panther Clipper as an exploration vessel.
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Haha! That’s fantastic!
You should be able to get it to nearly 50 Ly. Something like this as a base with a bit of tweaking. Default tank is 128t, it makes sense to downsize it instead of installing additional one.
But whatever floats your boat. I used to have T10 as combat explorer at some point. With glorious 40 lightyears of range.
Took the Scorpion for a spin
First bit of Advice... play your game the way you want to play it. I think it's cool... If I was not into wings do much I would have made that my do it all ship. Back in the day my Chieftain was my do it all ship.
You don't win or lose in Elite. So enjoy you way. Don't pay any mind to the nay sayers... they spend all their time complaining and finding ways not to have fun.
That is an awesome screen shot! How did you get it to blur the background... it really adds something nice to the picture!
I hear ya! My first explorer was a Python that couldn't even crack 30 lys, and I had a whale of a time!
I did a ton of Distant Worlds 2 in a Krait Phantom, because it was then brand new IIRC, and looked cooler than the AspX I was flying up to that point, and had loads of fun with it. Looking back, it wasn't a particularly amazing build (I'm pretty sure there was barely any engineering I did to it at the time, just a bunch of A- and D-rated internals), but I gave it a neat green paint job, and took pictures at the major stops with my friends (one of whom did the same journey in a much better engineered Beluga), all parking our SRVs in a row in front of our ships, watching someone else come in and absolutely beans trying to land their Anaconda on that early 4g+ planet... 
What a sight, watching them panic and nose up at the last moment, only to slam their engines into the ground, bounce, and pop a moment later.
(If you're out there, we salute your sacrifice. o7)
It's a game. Games are supposed to be fun. Sometimes the gentle ribbing from your friends about your choices is part of that fun, and you can have the tenacity to Make It Work Anyway. Our friend in the Beluga was, and is, still legendary for it. If you want to min/max everything, sure, you can argue for exactly whatever EDSY build gives you the absolute maximum jump range, or the highest DPS, etc. etc., and maybe there's a place for those kinds of builds, if that's what makes you happy in a game like this. (Not gonna lie, seeing absolutely silly range numbers after a good neutron scoop in an already decently ranged ship does trigger the dopamine sometimes.
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"I use XYZ to do the thing"
"Oh, did you know ABC would be better because reasons?"
"Yeah, but I like XYZ more"
"Okay, you do you! <3"
That's it. That's all we have to say.
You do you.
What a sight, watching them panic and nose up at the last moment, only to slam their engines into the ground, bounce, and pop a moment later.(If you're out there, we salute your sacrifice. o7)
It's a game. Games are supposed to be fun. Sometimes the gentle ribbing from your friends about your choices is part of that fun, and you can have the tenacity to Make It Work Anyway. Our friend in the Beluga was, and is, still legendary for it. If you want to min/max everything, sure, you can argue for exactly whatever EDSY build gives you the absolute maximum jump range, or the highest DPS, etc. etc., and maybe there's a place for those kinds of builds, if that's what makes you happy in a game like this. (Not gonna lie, seeing absolutely silly range numbers after a good neutron scoop in an already decently ranged ship does trigger the dopamine sometimes.
)"I use XYZ to do the thing"
"Oh, did you know ABC would be better because reasons?"
"Yeah, but I like XYZ more"
"Okay, you do you! <3"
That's it. That's all we have to say.
You do you.
Just be certain that you take all these guys who are dissing you out with you for a little exploration and and remember to gently land.... On their ships.
And so the mocking continues.
Latest “insult” is that I’m making the game more difficult…
Latest “insult” is that I’m making the game more difficult…
But where's the fun in that?
Triggering the meta-zombies on FB/Reddit is hilarious!
You're not wrong, though. Good advice.