Shall I upgrade?

Galafrey

Galafrey
I currently have an A/B class Asp, but do I sell up and buy a T7 and get some real creds coming in or wait? I don't want the clipper as I'm a Fed :D
 

Ari Ben Zayn

Ari Ben Zayn
If I were you I'd just sell the A components and put D in there and not the entire ship - so in a severe case of "I got blown up and had no insurance" you'll still have that D-Asp.

This happened to me and I was lucky I still had the Asp. :)
 

Shude

S
You need to pre-plan a route to effectively trade with a T7 as it's slow and can only land on large pads. If you are successful you will make ~2.5M per hour so after only a few hours you can have a well specified Asp back in the hangar.
 

AstroZak

A
Galafrey said:
I currently have an A/B class Asp, but do I sell up and buy a T7 and get some real creds coming in or wait? I don't want the clipper as I'm a Fed :D
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Put it like this... I Haz

Freewinder, Hauler, Viper, Cobra, T-6, Asp, T-7 and some credits that i'm building up to get a T-9.

I don't sell my "older" ships. My Viper and cobra are good fun for combat. My Asp makes for fun times exploring stuff. My Hauler is just funny, I want a white van pain job for it! My T-6 will let me go to the smaller stations. My T-7 is good for trading large amounts. The T-9 when I get it will be great for moving large amounts of stuff.

However, there is a gotcha - the Jump ranges of all these ships are different. So for trading that's a good reason to keep them. the T-9 jump range seems to suck against the T-7. So it's either huge cargo or big jumps.

As others have said, keeping the old ship also means you have a fall back plan - just imagine if you sell your Asp, get a T-7 and as you are leaving the Dock an idiot in a Cobra flys into you and takes out your ship (yes, it happened to me) I was lucky, and managed to keep my ship and make enough credits to cover the pirate incident that happened the next day. BOTH could have lost me the T-7. It's not worth flying without Plan B.
 

Pete

Pete
Keep saving, and eventually upgrade to the Python, that's what I did, and I'm glad I did...lovely ship.

Now I have a Python for trading and bringing in the credits, an Asp for exploration, and an Eagle for fun... :)
I guess when I come back from my current big exploration trip I will probably trade a whack to save up for a pimped out Vulture. :)

-- Pete.
 
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