It's pretty much what the Type-7 should have been. Extra capacity, medium hardpoint for a seismic launcher, and fits on a medium pad. I'm definitely going to be getting one of these. My poor Type-7 may never see the light of space again.
So . . . . Type 8 eh?
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In fact, we have not been shown neither the utility slots nor its speed. Since the inscriptions on the screen during the flight over the planet (left inscription deep space) cast doubt on the whole picture.
What was the response ? On Stream Arf only said August, no mention of early access.
Ah well, no T8 in August for me then.
That means Cobra mk2 with performance as per lore in December as a special treat for everyone who has upset FDev enough
I got into the game too late for fuel and repair costs, to me the top feature of the T7 was that it was almost impossible to accidentally lose the interdiction battle against an NPC.
The Type-7, that does not fit a Medium pad just because of being very slightly too tall, has been, for years now, crying for:
- A shrink and/or remodel of the 3D mesh to fit a Medium pad;
- A proper increase in cargo space, like 3 additional size 4 slots ( 310 ---> 358 ).
And that would still just make it almost reasonable...
I was a beta back well back in the day but I’ve only really played on and off over the last 10 years. Way back then the T7 was a game changer in terms of making money when you jumped to that. Like someone said it’s amazing in Supercruise - it’s literally impossible to be interdicted unless you want to be.
This was before the mining boom when credits were harder work and trading was the main money spinner.
I haven’t played as a trader in years but I’m quite tempted to give it another go as a change of pace. I recently came back after a 3 year break a few weeks ago and I’ve been playing odyssey missions solely since then
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As others have said above, the Type-7 is a medium-sized medium pad ship that is slightly too tall to enter a medium-sized bay. The Type-8 seems to be both wider and longer than the Type-7, meaning it better utilizes the all the volume of a medium-size bay, rather than wasting most of the volume of a Large-Sized bay.
Same here. Way back at the start of “Premium” Beta, Frontier had two choices to fix the problem of large-ship profitability:
- Scaling ship prices and modules to better reflect how their overall capabilities scaled
- Removing operational costs and increasing rewards
Oh, i'm well aware of that (and the same goes for T6 which is a small ship a bit too tall to fit into a small hangar)
The space took by the T8 prongs seem a bit too much (like 40% of the total ship length) to allow the T8 to fit 406t of cargo along with the size 5 PP/FSD/Thrusters - not that i'm complaining
I've put a T7 on a settlement's large pad and while it is narrower, it's also a bit taller and a bit longer than the T8 (without prongs of-course, which i dont expect to hold anything usable in terms of capacity, only thrusters, heat radiators and a pair of small hardpoints maybe)
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The general impression I've gotten about the Type-8 is that while it may be shorter than the type-7, it's wider and longer without the prongs. It's difficult to tell without decent plan views, but a quick analysis of the the closest thing we got to the bottom plan view, which allows the use the 5mx5m cargo hatch to measure the ship, gives me a "useful" cross section (aka without wings, greebles, and prongs) of about 100mx40m, vs the Type-7's 81mx32m.
I'lll have to search for the exact quote, but I also remember hearing that the engine nacelles are retractable so that the ship can fit onto a medium pad... and I found it easily enough:
Which pretty much confirms my impression on its size. The Type-7 has plenty of room to fit onto a medium pad (aside from its hight), stubby wings and all.
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Do we really need two threads for the same topic?
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The Type-8
I’m surprised nobody’s posted something yet, or maybe they did somewhere else and I didn’t see it. What do you all think of her? Looks nice, has a Star Wars-y smuggling adventure vibe for sure.
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Noting the date of the OP in each thread, if one were to be closed then it would be that one - as it was started later....Do we really need two threads for the same topic?
The Type-8
I’m surprised nobody’s posted something yet, or maybe they did somewhere else and I didn’t see it. What do you all think of her? Looks nice, has a Star Wars-y smuggling adventure vibe for sure.
upon release the Type 10 had around 54 threads, per day !.Do we really need two threads for the same topic?
The Type-8
I’m surprised nobody’s posted something yet, or maybe they did somewhere else and I didn’t see it. What do you all think of her? Looks nice, has a Star Wars-y smuggling adventure vibe for sure.
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Decided to do some trading, dug out my Anaconda which I thought was stripped to the bare minimum for max jump range from when I came back from colonia and found I had put full A rated thrusters and power distributor on it and completely forgotten - result! That saves me about 70 million!
Had a spare 7A power gen unit which is just enough to use it as a trader even though the slot is class 8. Popped a 6D SCO FSD in it and it should have plenty of jump range for now and added some weapons for pew-pew if I get interdicted.
Had a spare 7A power gen unit which is just enough to use it as a trader even though the slot is class 8. Popped a 6D SCO FSD in it and it should have plenty of jump range for now and added some weapons for pew-pew if I get interdicted.
The other thread is for the regular Type-8.
This thread is for the Canadian version. The Type-8-Eh?
This thread is for the Canadian version. The Type-8-Eh?
Yes but the Type 10 was a much bigger ship.
Type 7 will be pretty much useless ship. Why would I need a ship with a good range, but with a small cargo hold and the inability to land on L-sized pads, makes no sense at all. Fdev do not update ships, so I'm not even asking for an update - look at Asp Scout, years ago they have said something about buffing AspS yearshave passed and nothing happened. Pity.