Is it fully functional - albeit possibly hard to manage - with one person, just like the Scarab? I too can't wait to have a gunner riding with me, but want to make sure I can operate all the weapons solo if need be.
The Scorpion, first impressions.
- Thread starter Drexia Kali
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Not all. Peters Base (coriolis station) in Facece has them.
I think you probably get to still use it. Like some ships were introduced only for Horizons owners but i think you could still use them in the base game. Correct me if i'm wrong.
So it appears that, if one unequips the SRV bay that has one's scorpion in it, that the scorpion is gone and replaced with a scarab when one re-equips it and one can't get the scorpion back. One is forced to find a military economy port with outfitting and buy a new one. Anyone else seeing this?
Edit: Would be nice if purchased SRVs were managed like modules or if SRV bays would retain the purchased SRV when storing (and indicate which SRV is loaded in outfitting). Or, at the very least, allow new ones to be purchased/equipped in fleet carriers without stocking them in the carrier like we can with the scarab. This is still not optimal since one would still be forced to buy a new scorpion any time they decide to unequip their SRV bay for whatever reason.
Edit: Would be nice if purchased SRVs were managed like modules or if SRV bays would retain the purchased SRV when storing (and indicate which SRV is loaded in outfitting). Or, at the very least, allow new ones to be purchased/equipped in fleet carriers without stocking them in the carrier like we can with the scarab. This is still not optimal since one would still be forced to buy a new scorpion any time they decide to unequip their SRV bay for whatever reason.
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No, but was going to try that later. That sounds a bit naughty!
1. Yup!
2. I don't actually know, but the weight-difference makes a lot of sense considering the difference in handling alone. Adding the beefy turret as well and yeah, I can fully understand that difference.
3. Scorpions are great, give them love.
It can. Tried and tested, worked perfectly fine.
It is, yeah. You can operate it solo just fine.
The main gun is a lot of fun, kind of spools up at the start, then a bit of an accuracy through volume situation, but I I was taking out guards between 1-200 m with it easy enough from the turret. Missile ammo goes fast, but getting a target lock on a ground troop is pretty satisfying. Very fun to drive as well. I like the handling.
As posted above, works just like scarab solo. You can drive and have some gimbals on locked target, shoot both rocket and autocannon, and to get finite turret control you go into turret mode, but lose ability to turn
I just booted to Horizons whilst sat in a Scorpion and it said it couldn't load due to incompatible features ( I was on a Horizon friendly planet) and was given the option to recover to orbit. Loading to Horizons whilst in your ship and you have a Scorpion aboard just greys out the deploy button for the SRV.
I cant figure out how to get more rockets for the Scrab
You can't locate material sources with Scorpy, no material radar but regular only.
Agreed, Scorpy's accuracy is a real joke.
Works only in very CQC. Point blank.
If you want to shoot some NPCs - use Scarab - it much-much better.
Point 4 isn't entirely accurate. I have hit a couple of military economy outposts with outfitting who only had the old SRV.
Oh? That is very strange. Can you give any further information? Was there any clear, noteworthy differences between the ones where you could and could not make purchases? I will update accordingly.
Got mine at Jameson Memorial, presumably also with a 10% discount.
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A few other observations:
- it's about 50%ish slower (max speed about 20m/s)
- while it has vertical thrusters, they don't last long at all (though I didn't pay attention to the gravity, duh)
- it has no scanner so useless for scavenging
- you can man the gunner's seat while solo, but it won't let you operate the turret. Not sure if that's by design or not.
- I'm not 100% sure but I'm getting some Alpha-driving model vibes off this one. Stable in a somewhat arcadey way. I don't mind it per se though
- I tried it in a low CZ and it was... okay. I would've been more productive on foot, and shooting enemies wasn't as much fun as it would seem on paper.
- there doesn't seem to be any specific gameplay around it, it's just a new toy and probably more fun when playing in multicrew. It gets horribly janky trying to navigate a settlement in it, just like with the regular SRV.
- definitely more sturdy compared to the Scarab, but I don't really like the turret. Missile is alright though but damage output against NPC ships isn't all that, and taking out settlement defenses would take a while. I guess this is balanced to not make it too trivial which is fair enough.
It's... ok. More options are always welcome - actually a better use case for it might be the Horizons "legacy" settlements as those can get pretty hectic at higher security levels.