I see where you're coming from. What always made the KB cool was the fact so many people didn't care for it, but we appreciated the niche it fill. One fully engineered it was the perfect mission runner for PVE play and could surprise you in PVP in the right hands and loadout.
The downside of the Krait is that it so good that everyone will want it. There's nothing to appreciate that others can't also see. No sense of "she might not look like much but she's got it where it counts" because everyone can see she's got it where it counts.
If we get space legs, I just hope the KBs interior is full of character. I have to admit, right now the Krait even has the edge there. I mean... it has a goddamn TEA maker in the back (anyone familiar with my stories knows how important that is )
I've come back to the game after a long break (not the first, won't be the last!) and while I'm trying out the Krait Mk 2, I'm keeping my Keelback and never going to let it go. The Krait looks like it might fit in as the Keelback's bigger cousin; able to do all the same stuff with the same clunky grace. I know eventually I'll return home to my baby, though!
Well, there's basically nothing clunky about the Krait at all.
I suppose I meant clunky in reference to the aesthetics. I like the beat-up Millennium Falcon vibes over the smooth iPhone ships, for example.
Yes the Krait is really fun so far.
OH NOES!! Keelback is being seduced by the Keelback's more voluptuous, sexy sister! Resist the temptation!!
OH NOES!! Keelback is being seduced by the Keelback's more voluptuous, sexy sister! Resist the temptation!!
I took a leaf out of ozram's book and took a cold running keelie to the last CG. Great fun, leaving the stone cold KB about 15 km away and romping around in the SLF.
Nice! Also that profile looks kickin! Funny thing is it’s surprisingly safe once parked up somewhere in the Haz.
I know what you mean, once I got the SLF shot down in a Haz Res quite near to my Keely, the opponent came up quite close but just hung there not shooting or anything. Ok I had shut off everything but the life support and the temperature was about 8deg with frost on the windows.
Safe as houses pve-wise.
Pretty safe in pvp as well. Mine has yet to be caught out once at a Haz. In supercruise that’s another matter, but hey.
Well I never, I've got another facet of the game to explore; current CG and I thought I'd try the cold keelie against some cmdrs (wanted ones of course) and bloody hell it's good. It's nerve racking as hell but not once did they notice me. This was after they'd already toasted my taipan and they were still red targets on the scope. I really need to learn how to use reverb torps, but hey ho it's another part of the game to investigate.
As to getting to the Res site I cheated and flew there in solo and logged back in open. Purely for research purposes so I could experiment with the cold KB.