So I've just recently gotten back into the game after a very extended hiatus. When I left engineers weren't a thing, and I was in for a rather nasty surprise the first time I took my Vulture out into a more dangerous hazres/powerplay zone. Before I stopped playing, my ship felt like it could take on the world and emerge unscathed. Now it was getting torn to shreds by effects I'd never heard of. As a result I looked into some builds and decided to unlock all the engineers I needed to get it back into fighting form.
The build I was looking at is https://s.orbis.zone/4yso , which is a modified version of the 'Ultimate Bounty Hunting Vulture' from a video by CMDR Exigeous, changing out the long range for short range (as I've heard the jitter makes the weapons nigh unusable at longer range).
However, as I've been flying around the galaxy in a ship that is not my Vulture unlocking engineers, I've begun to wonder if the effort to get my old ship up to snuff wouldn't be better spent getting a medium combat ship and I've been trying to figure out which one. Money isn't of particular concern because I'm pretty confident I can wrangle up the cash for just about anything at the moment.
That said, I've been sort of spoiled by the way the Vulture flies, and I understand any replacement in a bigger size is going to take some getting used to. Something that isn't paper once the shields go down would be nice (though I prefer to have something where I never have to worry about the shields going down in the first place). I've been looking at pretty much all the medium 'combat-capable' vessels: Fer-de-Lance, Mamba, Python, Federal Assault Ship, and the Alliance Chieftain seem to be the main contenders. I will say that the FdL is probably out just from the start due to the cockpit layout (I know the off-center chair and strut will bug the snot out of me).
I only PvE, so it doesn't need to contend with PvPers. And if folks think I should just stick with my Vulture, that's fair as well. I may be suffering from 'newship-itis' a little given all the options.
TL;DR Indecisive CMDR can't decide on new combat ship, wants something that flies as close to the old one as possible.
I look forward to seeing the comments!
The build I was looking at is https://s.orbis.zone/4yso , which is a modified version of the 'Ultimate Bounty Hunting Vulture' from a video by CMDR Exigeous, changing out the long range for short range (as I've heard the jitter makes the weapons nigh unusable at longer range).
However, as I've been flying around the galaxy in a ship that is not my Vulture unlocking engineers, I've begun to wonder if the effort to get my old ship up to snuff wouldn't be better spent getting a medium combat ship and I've been trying to figure out which one. Money isn't of particular concern because I'm pretty confident I can wrangle up the cash for just about anything at the moment.
That said, I've been sort of spoiled by the way the Vulture flies, and I understand any replacement in a bigger size is going to take some getting used to. Something that isn't paper once the shields go down would be nice (though I prefer to have something where I never have to worry about the shields going down in the first place). I've been looking at pretty much all the medium 'combat-capable' vessels: Fer-de-Lance, Mamba, Python, Federal Assault Ship, and the Alliance Chieftain seem to be the main contenders. I will say that the FdL is probably out just from the start due to the cockpit layout (I know the off-center chair and strut will bug the snot out of me).
I only PvE, so it doesn't need to contend with PvPers. And if folks think I should just stick with my Vulture, that's fair as well. I may be suffering from 'newship-itis' a little given all the options.
TL;DR Indecisive CMDR can't decide on new combat ship, wants something that flies as close to the old one as possible.
I look forward to seeing the comments!
(remember plasma accs do absolute damage ignoring resistances so the DPS is higher than it would appear)
