After nearly a year of playing I have the anaconda and python. I got these through trade and bulletin boards. It was only a couple weeks ago that I was introduced to haz res sights. I loved it but I'm really not very good at combat in the bigger ships. I decided to try a fighter and bought a vulture. My god what a ship, I can sit for an hour in there taking on anything and I even look like I know what I'm doing. Should have tried this month's ago.
Vulture
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It is a beast of ship...and I loved it for a while. Eventually it turned out to be too good, for my tastes. Nothing big can shake it from their six and small ships fall to it on the first pass.
Get some good practice in though. Life for the Vulture is going to be getting more difficult in 1.6. I plan to re-purchase a Vulture now that the challenge returns.
With its mediocre speed, a lot of small ships are going to give the Vulture trouble...though it should still do well at harming the bigger ships.
Get some good practice in though. Life for the Vulture is going to be getting more difficult in 1.6. I plan to re-purchase a Vulture now that the challenge returns.
With its mediocre speed, a lot of small ships are going to give the Vulture trouble...though it should still do well at harming the bigger ships.
The combat side apart from npc interdiction is all new too me. I plan on enjoying it for a bit but come 1.6/2.1 ill be back doing bb misions and probably exploring
They are nerfing the ship that I have been working for before I even get it??? Not cool FDev, not cool
I don't think they're nerfing the ship, I think it's more due to the heavy weaponry that larger ships will get.
Adds to the fun ☺
No, not nerfed...just the AI are getting buffed. Small ships won't be the easy targets they are currently.
AFAIK no nerf of the Vulture has been discussed yet. But
- bigger ships will be able to use their large and huge hardpoints with a bigger variety of guns (I'm eagerly waiting for large gimballed MCs for my FAS)
- missiles (and similar) should actually do some damage
- smaller ships will get the opportunity to get faster engines
So combat in a Vulture will become a bit more demanding, but not through changes of the ship itself.
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Of course, and there'll be that. But that will affect all CMDRs, no matter which ship they fly.
A more manoeuvrable ship versus bigger weapons. Thanks to engineers. I think it'll add to the game.
You'll also be able to upgrade shields, one of my wing managed to get their corvette up to a little over 8000mj thanks to the engineers.(please no one tell Error, it may be nerfed and I don't want him rampaging without cause)
It is still beta and there obviously needs to be some serious balancing, from what I've heard I looks like engineers will completely changed many aspects of the game. Let's hope for the better.
It's by far my favorite ship. I haven't flown the anaconda but I've tried the python, FDL, FGS, FAS, Imperial Clipper.
The Vulture speaks for itself. Handles itself beautifully in a HazRes; maneuverable, powerful, and quick. (I've gotten it up to 391 during boost)
I put a C5 Bi-weave and 3 shield boosters on it so my current PvE tactic is: while charging my ENG capacitor for them to approach and start their scan, once I see they're wanted I put 4 pips to SYS, 2 to WEP and boost, shooting as I ram them their shields go down a ring or two. While mine didn't get a dent.
Definitely my favorite ship to kill things in
The Vulture speaks for itself. Handles itself beautifully in a HazRes; maneuverable, powerful, and quick. (I've gotten it up to 391 during boost)
I put a C5 Bi-weave and 3 shield boosters on it so my current PvE tactic is: while charging my ENG capacitor for them to approach and start their scan, once I see they're wanted I put 4 pips to SYS, 2 to WEP and boost, shooting as I ram them their shields go down a ring or two. While mine didn't get a dent.
Definitely my favorite ship to kill things in