Ship Builds & Load Outs Viper power plant retro-fit.
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That it does. The viper is a very capable dogfighter tho. I chose to focus on Handling Going with the best thrusters, PP, and Distrib i could get my hands on. Small hards got fixed Beams and and Med Hards got gimballed Multicannons.
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with the Fuel scoop tucked away and the cargo hatch offline your at 99%
It doesn't. Just like a Mini doesn't need a V10. It's a very fierce fighter as is anyways.
Yeah, the fighters in Elite Dangerous are always pretty limited to their maximum power output.
But you can tweak it a bit by disabling things like Cargo Hatch and Frame Shift Drive during combat.
But on the other hand, a Eagle or a Viper isn't build to compare with an Anaconda or even a Python.
At least not alone. Maybe in a swarm (wings).
The downside is that later if you got enough credits you tend to fly rather a Vulture then a Viper.
Because it can nail a RES Anaconda alone in no time and so make credits faster.
But i has one in my Arsenal of Ships like a Sports Car next to a Family Van, to ride it once and a while.
I spend a bit of Money in the Skins, and i want to use them.
After finally noticing a ship sell loses me every time 10% of its value, i'm now in on the Pokemon approach: Gotta catch em all!
This way it takes longer to get a Python or an Anaconda but i have a well outfitted ship for every task now.
But back on the Viper. It is not this expensive after all, and so it's limits are somewhat explainable.
And i think in Elite Dangerous it always has something to do with the size of the ships and so the size of the heat radiation on it
what power output it can handle. I think it is not only game balancing but a bit of a simulation aspect on it.
But you can tweak it a bit by disabling things like Cargo Hatch and Frame Shift Drive during combat.
But on the other hand, a Eagle or a Viper isn't build to compare with an Anaconda or even a Python.
At least not alone. Maybe in a swarm (wings).
The downside is that later if you got enough credits you tend to fly rather a Vulture then a Viper.
Because it can nail a RES Anaconda alone in no time and so make credits faster.
But i has one in my Arsenal of Ships like a Sports Car next to a Family Van, to ride it once and a while.
I spend a bit of Money in the Skins, and i want to use them.
After finally noticing a ship sell loses me every time 10% of its value, i'm now in on the Pokemon approach: Gotta catch em all!
This way it takes longer to get a Python or an Anaconda but i have a well outfitted ship for every task now.
But back on the Viper. It is not this expensive after all, and so it's limits are somewhat explainable.
And i think in Elite Dangerous it always has something to do with the size of the ships and so the size of the heat radiation on it
what power output it can handle. I think it is not only game balancing but a bit of a simulation aspect on it.
This guy tried to do this once before.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=137454
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=137454
"I think I run her pretty lean"
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If you got a few tens of millions spare you could make your Viper(s) into system defence fighters (or single system RES hunters) by fitting the smallest FSD and fuel tank you can find you'll have no system jump ability but it'll get you around in system just fine, more importantly it'll save weight and power and with no need for a fuel scoop there's spare slots for whatever you want.