She's a beauty! (New ship revealed--Mandalay)
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The really experienced explorers know that there are two ways to repair an AFMU in the field, of course.
Since it's a module which works just as well at 1% integrity as 100% integrity, the conditions under which your AFMU needs repairing at all but your ship is still intact are going to be pretty rare to start with, and fitting a single large AFMU rather than two small ones saves an internal slot for some other use.
(And then it might as well be a large AFMU, because they're massless and most other exploration modules are small, so what else is going in that slot?)
Why a B-rated?
Possibly because of less power draw and more ammo?
But you get more total repair from A-rated and I don’t run the AFMU unless I need it and can knock off something else so power draw isn’t an issue.
If there’s genuinely an advantage, I’m happy to hear it and swap mine out.
I guess if you were really worried about the AFMU itself getting disabled, a B-rated one does have a bit over 20% more base integrity, and that stacks with the +300% from a maxed-out Shielded blueprint.
I wouldn't know, the omly B rated module I use is the collector limpet controller, as it has better range.
Same.
Uhuh,
Having done the trip to Beagle Point in an unshielded Sidey with no AFMU I never really worried about them too much.
When we got the extra slot in a bunch of ships, I started to bung an AFMU in just as a precaution.... although I always fit an A-rated AFMU because I'm not a peasant.
Well, pirates explore the cargo holds of other ships.No, it’s definitely an exploration ship Officer…
Depends on the task.
For mining (laser-mining in particular), I find A-rated is better because your limpets last much longer and there's little risk of them expiring.
For combat salvage, B-rated is better due to the extra range and the fact they're likely to get shot before they expire.
Similar thing for mat' gathering, where the extra range is useful and you'll be back in supercruise before they expire.
I’m always dumping extra limpets when mining, even with a B-rated controller.
I blast a rock and immediately move to the next one, having the extra range means I don’t leave anything behind.
I'm taking D to fix my hull.
Explorers seldom carry any cargo except limpets.
It saddens me just how many people want explorers to just accept mediocrity, because who needs all that range, etc etc as though there is a single and only way to approach the game.
I look forward to the Mandalay, all the same. It'll be a great ship that is almost as good as another ship. Good stuff. I'd happily accept more range but I can probably live with what it's got.
I look forward to the Mandalay, all the same. It'll be a great ship that is almost as good as another ship. Good stuff. I'd happily accept more range but I can probably live with what it's got.
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Even if the AFMU for some reason went to 0% health, wouldn't a reboot/repair bring it back to a couple of %, allowing it to be used again?
Thus, I can't think of any reason to have more than one, except if you want the extra ammo.
Yeah, but if you have empty slots you may as well carry extra additional units.
No-one is stopping you stripping out a ship for max range, if that’s what you want.
I would say the discussion has generally been about how there’s so many different approaches and max range isn’t the only option.