Type-10 or Cutter as Armored Vehicle?

Midian Cabal · May 23, 2019

I want to safely transport my opals to the best buyer. Which ship would better fit the role?

Edit: forgot to mention it's for open. I want to give those pesky kitten-drowning gankers and nasty pirates run for their money.

Jaggid Edje · May 23, 2019

How far away is the buyer?

Midian Cabal · May 23, 2019

Jaggid Edje said:
How far away is the buyer?

I don't know. Sometimes I have to visit 2-3 stations to get the best price.
Edit: you can assume that I have to travel across the Bubble.

Speedcuffs · May 23, 2019

How many?
In open?

GreyAreaUK · May 23, 2019

Never flown a T-10, but the Cutter can be shielded to a degree that makes it effectively immune to NPCs that interdict you.

Midian Cabal · May 23, 2019

Speedcuffs said:
How many?
In open?

In open ofc, NPCs aren't problematic.

Speedcuffs · May 23, 2019

Midian Cabal said:
In open ofc, NPCs aren't problematic.

Yeh, I'd go Cutter for that.

CMDR Karrde Sun · May 23, 2019

Was going to speak but then you said the o word.

Its one of those two that cant get mass locked? Pick that one?

Bigmaec · May 23, 2019

Cutter. 6A prismatic and 7 Boosters should make your 700+ tons of cargo ungankable.

Midian Cabal · May 23, 2019

CMDR Karrde Sun said:
Was going to speak but then you said the o word.

Its one of those two that cant get mass locked? Pick that one?

Both are strong contenders in that regard. Type-10 has a mass lock factor of 26 and Cutter 27, 2 highest in the game.

Northpin · May 23, 2019

Cutter for Bigmaec's reasons plus 500 boost speed

Midian Cabal · May 23, 2019

Bigmaec said:
Cutter. 6A prismatic and 7 Boosters should make your 700+ tons of cargo ungankable.

Tnx for the advice! Speaking of which, how many prismatics should I buy before defecting? 2 of each, without class 8?

Northpin · May 23, 2019

I actually got 2 of each size, 8 included... but i found out that the most useful are size 3-4 for medium ships and 5-6 for big ones
Ananconda is counted as a medium ship

Lightspeed · May 23, 2019

T-10 is relatively inexpensive to kit out properly. However, the boost speed of the T-10 is insufficient to escape attacks. You would be hi-waking all the time.

Whereas the Cutter ... see above comments.

Bigmaec · May 23, 2019

Midian Cabal said:
Tnx for the advice! Speaking of which, how many prismatics should I buy before defecting? 2 of each, without class 8?

I got 2 of each and one c8, and pledged half a year later again, to get more c6 and c5s.
Nowadays I use more bi-weaves but for some ships prismatics are very useful.
If you equip one Mamba and one FdL each you already have used up two c5.
I'd say get 4 c5 and c6, and perhaps 3 or 4 c4. (I use a c4 prismatic in my Explorer Phantom - DG2 certified gank free

)

Cmdr Nemo LXXI · May 23, 2019

Regardless of mode your playing in. Which ever ship you can load the most wins every time, providing you are ready in a instant to high wake when not if your interdicted.

domingo · May 23, 2019

No way for T10 to survive half-decent gankers.

Cutter has everything you need better than T10. More cargo, stronger shields, it's much faster, jumps further and only other Cutters can masslock it.

I hope you don't try to stay and fight ... although even in that case Cutter will survive longer than T10 ...

Midian Cabal · May 23, 2019

Cmdr Nemo LXXI said:
Regardless of mode your playing in. Which ever ship you can load the most wins every time, providing you are ready in a instant to high wake when not if your interdicted.

If I just want to run away, Cutter is a clear winner. But I don't want to run away.

CMDR Cknarf · May 23, 2019

If you wanna fight NPCs, half- guns and defenses are fine.

For players, you generally wanna focus solely on combat, every advantage is needed against some people.

But hey, not everyone you’re gonna run into is gonna be on the highest level of piloting, and pirate builds aren’t 100% optimized for combat, because of the gear required for plunderin’, so maybe you’ll have a chance against people.

My advice would be to just escape and deliver your cargo. It’s not hard to get away, but staying and fighting is another story.

When I’m hauling goods, getting to my destination is priority one. I’ve got other ships to fight in if I wanna come back and shoot stuff.

Aashenfox · May 23, 2019

I hate the cutter, love the t10, but those saying the cutter is the better choice are probably right. The Cutter can fight and dance if you're an exceptional pip fiddler, and it's 9k shield (with resistances, more if you aren't bothered) makes the t10s 4k-ish max, look rather anaemic...but the Cutter is so...kitsch.

I still enjoyed doing this build though...might even build it myself one day...

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