Ships The Best Ship of 2018

[Alieri]

IMHO i thought Chieftain will be the best ship in 2018 and I'm very disappointed.

1st... small fuel tank, so fuel scoop is must have in this case
2nd why the hek it must have 3 military slots...? ok 9 internals would be great, but where is freedom of choice?

What this ship is? Piece of wreck that looks cool and have very nice engine sound... nothing more.

 

[Azreh Helas]

I am in love with this ship but i will try to give a balanced "review" of it here.

Let me just start of with one thing. This is not a multi-purpose ship. as a matter of fact it is horrible as one. This is not a cheap version of The Python or a much more expensive version of the Cobra. This is Type 10's little combat brother.

The three forced military compartments should not have come as a suprise given that it was advertized as a combat ship to face the Thargoid threat. I dont think it was meant to have a lot of freedom of choice to be honest. The jumprange kind of sucks and after engineering the FSD the small amount of fuel in the ship is really noticable but the jumprange gets tolarable. Personally, i don't mind having the ship transported but sometimes that is just not an option so travel for anything other than missions can be a bit of a pain.

As for flying and fighting, well the ship excels at that, even without engineering it is quite nimble. It does however have a drift problem...or drifty fun depending on how you see it. That problem was more noticeable once i engineered my thrusters. Still though it's one of the better ships i have flown although i have got to admit i have not flown Core Dynamics ships, Python, Anaconda or FDL. The ship i have owned are as following: Imperial Eagle, Sidewinder (duh), Viper MK III and MK IV, Cobra MK III, Dolphin, Beluga Liner, AspX, DiamondbackX and of course the Chief and out of those i definatly prefer the Chief and the Asp X.

Im gonna say that the design is okay, it's certainly better than most Lakon ships, i love the engine sound but to be honest the ship looks like a damn toad, and that's why mine is called Battletoad.

Now if you are looking at this thread wondering if you should get the Chief here is what i think.
If you plan on using it for combat, then yeah get it.
Plan on using it for exploration the three forced military compartments may put a dent in you exploration build. I would not recommend it. Even if you can forgive the low jump range...the compartments will be a problem.
Mining, maybe that works i guess you could use cargo racks instead of hull or module reinforcements. But for 18 mil you could probably get a much better ship suited for just that.
Trading? Once again the same thing as with mining, however jumprange will be an issue i believe.

Score: Will keep flying, engineering and having fun with and i dont see a reason to sell it in the near future even if i get an Annie or Vette/10

 

[viper666]

Well my Chieftain has the following stats. Jump range 29.81Ly. Boost Speed 556Km/s. Shields 708Mj using one heavy duty booster and one thermal. Large Beam/Large Pulse/medium pulse and 3 rail guns. Cargo capacity 16 Tons, SRV hanger, 6A fuel scoop.
This is obviously a pure fighter build, and at fighting it is one hell of a ship. It only drifts if you try to hard turn with the throttle out of the blue zone. It can sit behind a FAS or FDL all day long with 3 pips to weps and 3 to sys it can fire forever with no heat problems.
I went for heavy duty standard light weight bulkheads as there is no weight penalty, one HRP one MRP. Shields are standard reinforced, and everything is engineered to G5.

My only gripe is the canopy frame, which looks like typical cheap Lakon tat. That centre crossbar blocks visual when flying lag pursuit. Other than that, I love this ship. If this ship was capable of fitting a size A6 shield like the ASPx it would be a monster. They give it one class 6 internal but it cannot be used for shields. Hmmm.

 

[Mogdatix]

The Chieftain can fit class 6 shields - I have 6C BiWeave with Thermal resist that gives 615 MJ.

I am a huge fan of the Clipper and the Chieftain feels very much like the Clipper in its handling, with a better weapon loadout. I love flying the Chieftain; in my eyes it is a great ship.

 

[Gobo]

Well my Chieftain has the following stats. Jump range 29.81Ly. Boost Speed 556Km/s. Shields 708Mj using one heavy duty booster and one thermal. Large Beam/Large Pulse/medium pulse and 3 rail guns. Cargo capacity 16 Tons, SRV hanger, 6A fuel scoop.
This is obviously a pure fighter build, and at fighting it is one hell of a ship. It only drifts if you try to hard turn with the throttle out of the blue zone. It can sit behind a FAS or FDL all day long with 3 pips to weps and 3 to sys it can fire forever with no heat problems.
I went for heavy duty standard light weight bulkheads as there is no weight penalty, one HRP one MRP. Shields are standard reinforced, and everything is engineered to G5.

My only gripe is the canopy frame, which looks like typical cheap Lakon tat. That centre crossbar blocks visual when flying lag pursuit. Other than that, I love this ship. If this ship was capable of fitting a size A6 shield like the ASPx it would be a monster. They give it one class 6 internal but it cannot be used for shields. Hmmm.

Don't understand why you think you cant fit a class 6 shield , mine are currently at 1255mj.
I'm also extremely pleased with this ship as its a superb fighter once fully engineered.

 

[viper666]

Don't understand why you think you cant fit a class 6 shield , mine are currently at 1255mj.
I'm also extremely pleased with this ship as its a superb fighter once fully engineered.

I was going by INARA but their stats are wrong. They must have failed to include the size six internal that was added by the devs. So now I've gone with size six bi-weaves and the regen rate is insane
I mean the Vette has 4300Mj of shields but the recharge rate is glacial. I think the Chieftain is now my all time favourite combat ship.

 

[Gobo]

I was going by INARA but their stats are wrong. They must have failed to include the size six internal that was added by the devs. So now I've gone with size six bi-weaves and the regen rate is insane
I mean the Vette has 4300Mj of shields but the recharge rate is glacial. I think the Chieftain is now my all time favourite combat ship.

The Chieftain is a dream to fly especially after lugging around in my anaconda or Vette. What load out are you running ?
I'm using 2 x small oversized efficient beams , 1 x medium oversized efficient beam , 1 x small corrosive high capacity multi cannon & 2 x large auto loader overcharged multi cannons.
All weapons are maxed out engineered grade 5 which is working well for me.

 

[viper666]

The Chieftain is a dream to fly especially after lugging around in my anaconda or Vette. What load out are you running ?
I'm using 2 x small oversized efficient beams , 1 x medium oversized efficient beam , 1 x small corrosive high capacity multi cannon & 2 x large auto loader overcharged multi cannons.
All weapons are maxed out engineered grade 5 which is working well for me.

Loadout as follows. One large efficient beam, one large efficient pulse, one efficient medium beam (All these have the oversize effect). 3x small railguns G3 long range all rapid fire. Not the highest DPS loadout for sure, but sustained fire is awesome (Wep cap never falls with 3 pips) and off course no ammo drain on the main weapons, just the three rails. It eats everything pretty quickly, nice to be able to dance around an FDL or FAS. Had my best fight in ages tonight. An elite conda with a chieftain wingman (deadly).
I took down the chieftain first, but it was pretty tough with the conda giving me hell, boosted away from the conda as his wingman blew up, popped a couple of shield cell banks, turned back and got the conda. 490k for two kills, happy days.

 

[gothik]

its just a 19million ship.what you tought you get for that????
most people here own endgameships;and then,theres a cool designed new ship in game;they downgrade to test it out,and they are disapointed..shure!!
you donwgraded from a conda/vette,maybe all grade a,maybe complete engineered to a 19million worth ship!what you expectation you had about this??
there is a progression of ships in the game,and there is one big problem of the game here to see for all;
theres no use für small ships,or medium ships if you had allready the big ones or high end medium ones like python....
so;why new small ships?most people got allready a conda,python,corvette,even a fer de lance is better as chieftain...
why that chieftain thing?
frontier got to do something again the uselessness of small ships,with lucrative special missions for those ships,or new ships in the smaller segment like 19 mill chieftain are pure nonsens,
why should i downgrade from a bigger ship most poeple have to such a tiny new vessel?only because its new and it hat a beautyfull design???
chieftain for itselfs as a 19million ship is okay;but it comes to late for most old players..
i own a fully engineeres a grade corvette;what the hell should i now with that chieftain do?

 

[Captain Willard]

Cuz the big ships really suk to fly? My a grade fully engied vette sits in the barn cuz it suks to fly or do combat.
If you can't fly or do combat, get the biggest. SNORE

 

[znôrt]

Cuz the big ships really suk to fly?

that's why the best ship in 2018 is still the eagle, by a long shot.
and in 2017.
and in 2016.
and in 2015.
and in 2014.

but we don't really want to upset the chieftain's fanbase in their therapy thread, right?

 

[gothik]

cuz the big ships really suk to fly?

no,they dont;a good engineered corvette flys like a python...in case of cutter you are righte,but this is a very special ship,i have on,but dont want to fly it...
and even a python eats your fly-so-good chieftain whole and alive..even a fer de lance can do this,and a ferdie flys like a good...
theres still no reason for a litte hopper like the chieftain,and so impressive it looks,its a tiny ship compared to other ships longer on market...
its sad,but true.
so,even if you right;the smallships fly so wonderfull..you had to run from every conda,corvette and most pythons out there...whats the fun here,
to fire 2days on a conda and it loses barely one shildring??
is saw for a few days vid of a guy that attacked with his assaultship a conda;he was good,lived very long,but could´nd do anything,he shooted and shooted
and was not able to scratch the conda...is that fun?makes that sense,if you have enoug money to buy a ship you could kill that conda???

 

[gothik]

that's why the best ship in 2018 is still the eagle, by a long shot.

eagle is cool!but got its special purpose;fast and maneuverable ship!!!nice for sightseeing and fast trips...like asp,so cool cockpit,flying planetarium...so,eagle is one of the ships that got still a use.like asp.
but chieftain...pure battleship.....if you allready a billionare,why downgrade to this??because its so fun to run away from elite piratelords in a python??big game dude...
i hope krait will make more sense;i like that kraitmodell they showed up...i like that realy.it would be beautyfull it will be a bigship,condaclass,it looks so big with that thrusters and bridge..but i fear,
it will be pythonclass..

 

[gothik]

i would love the chieftain as a explorership;alternative to the asp....it even looks so in my opinion..just needs more glassy cockpit,aspstyle,bigger version of asp..what a beautyfull explorership this would be..but this chance is gone.
it looks so much like a sciencevessel,explorervessel...
now that poor dog has to fight against targoids,while so many players own a corvette[haha][haha][haha]
poor little chieftain;no wonder this thing looks like a dog taking a dump when its parked on a planetsurface[haha][haha]
it fears its purpose;fighting targoids

 

[Hooplah]

I have an engineered Fer de Lance but having more fun taking out the opponents in the Chieftain. My FAS is parked. Probably all about a new ship and having fun with it.

 

[Captain Willard]

no,they dont;a good engineered corvette flys like a python...in case of cutter you are righte,but this is a very special ship,i have on,but dont want to fly it...
and even a python eats your fly-so-good chieftain whole and alive..even a fer de lance can do this,and a ferdie flys like a good...
theres still no reason for a litte hopper like the chieftain,and so impressive it looks,its a tiny ship compared to other ships longer on market...
its sad,but true.
so,even if you right;the smallships fly so wonderfull..you had to run from every conda,corvette and most pythons out there...whats the fun here,
to fire 2days on a conda and it loses barely one shildring??
is saw for a few days vid of a guy that attacked with his assaultship a conda;he was good,lived very long,but could´nd do anything,he shooted and shooted
and was not able to scratch the conda...is that fun?makes that sense,if you have enoug money to buy a ship you could kill that conda???

The annie flies like a pig, go for it.

 

[gothik]

The annie flies like a pig, go for it.

i got a anaconda in my garage,one day i will tune it out.i bought that goldpaintshop in the store for it,
in my opinion,anaconda with that paintshop looks awesome.python looked somehow cheap in gold,
but the golden conda looks like a legend.
if i got the time,i will gather the mats and engineer it out.after days of hard work my vette is fully engineered,all grade5,all experimental effects,its a hell of time
to do that,but unengineered bigships are no option.so,after that lot of time for corvette this has to wait.
but my golden conda will have its time

@hooplah;you use that chieftain because its new.but not because its better!!i mean,a HUGE hardpoint on the fer de lance..this cant beat the chieftain!maneuverablity and boosting is a dream in a ferdi,
and one thing in your exchange i could never take;dont you miss the ferdelance sounds????it sounds like a musclecar,and it has such engines...sure,chieftain is cool in this things,
but no chance against fer de lance.ferdies weapon loadout also beats chieftain.
congratulations,you downgrade your standard only for something new.
only good thing i see in your deal is higher jumprange and some more internals.but ferdie still got enoug internals for his job,which is the same the chieftain claims to do.
i miss my fer de lance;realy.one of the coolest ships.
but my corvette makes his job 100times better,and ferdie makes no more sense.sad but true.
gameprogression brings this things while you play...

 

[Gobo]

If solely using the Chieftain as a fighter remember to use a size five shield & size six shield cell bank which equates to more shields than using a size 6 shield & size five cell bank.

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[Frank]

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