I'd just like to know what the best weapons to put on the Vulture are. Thanks!
What Are The Best Weapons For The Vulture
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2x Pulse or 1 Pulse and 1 Cannon.
I have this loadout and am pretty happy with it.
It takes down everything with power plant sniping and going against most NPCs doesn't even need the shield cell banks.
Fighting in a Conflict Zone nets me around 1.5 Mio Cr/h and in HIRESs it can go up even further.
With the additional fuel tank it actually makes for a decent bounty hunter while hopping systems ^^
It takes down everything with power plant sniping and going against most NPCs doesn't even need the shield cell banks.
Fighting in a Conflict Zone nets me around 1.5 Mio Cr/h and in HIRESs it can go up even further.
With the additional fuel tank it actually makes for a decent bounty hunter while hopping systems ^^
Put 2x class 1 pulse lasers on it to make PvE an actual challenge in that ship.
I'm sad to see you're abandoning the viper for a vulture. Double up the large pulse.
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Use fixed. Not gimbaled. Seriously folks, I'm all for 'play it your way', but gimbaled in a vulture? Really? That's just insulting.
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Use fixed. Not gimbaled. Seriously folks, I'm all for 'play it your way', but gimbaled in a vulture? Really? That's just insulting.
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This.
Stick with fixed- they are cheaper, pack more punch, and make you feel as if you are earning your kills. Forget beams, I have med beams on my Cobra and love them but they take way too much power in a Vulture.
Double pack hound missiles! no effect on shields but looks great!
I'd just like to know what the best weapons to put on the Vulture are. Thanks!
Based on my research with the Vulture it comes down to one simple question. Do you want to run an active Shield Bank in combat? If yes you are pretty limited in weapon choices. If you don't mind stowing weapons and dumping a chaff to deploy a charge then you will be able to increase the selection. I don't want to knock the Vulture but the Courier can run two active SCBs and has more shields and a lower rebuy. I like the Vulture, it looks great, it sounds great and I always want to buy one again but whenever I go to build it... I just kinda look at the rebuy/power and decide against it. The last time I checked it looked like you could pull off a reasonable set up with two B Boosters, 2 Chaff and an Active 4B SCB, you take a hit in the thruster department but you can pull it off.
The more I analyzed the design of the Vulture the more I realized its purpose. It's supposed to be used in a Wing and that's where it will really shine. It's agile and it dishes damage if it can stay out of fire. When it does get targetted it has the speed and the chaff to buy time for wingmates to regain control of the situation. If it gets rammed in a hot zone with larger ships it's in serious trouble. I think it's one of the best looking ships in Elite too.
On a side note I've had a good time in the Cobra with 4x Burst. I was wondering how that would run on a Viper?
I don't currently have that loadout for my viper, I have 1 pulse, and 3 multi cannons. It works well.
Burst and Plasma eats big ships quick by PP sniping.
If you train your aim a bit it will also come in handy to toast small vessels quickly.
However i recommend going "trailing" gunsight mode, to keep your focus on the piloting and
take plasma shots only when ships decelerate to change their vector.
If you train your aim a bit it will also come in handy to toast small vessels quickly.
However i recommend going "trailing" gunsight mode, to keep your focus on the piloting and
take plasma shots only when ships decelerate to change their vector.
What a good idea.
InMemoriamSirocco
Banned
Pulse lasers are the best power/heat/dps-balanced weapons in the game, so if you have only two hardpoints, give them the biggest pulse lasers possible.
Indeed. Given they're also the cheapest, it strikes me the weapon balance in the game is utterly shot.
InMemoriamSirocco
Banned
I always go with two pulse lasers on every ship. Even the ones that have more than 2 hardpoints. I just leave the other hardpoints blank. No point filling them with unnecessary equipment.
I had two small pulse lasers on my Sidewinder, and they served me well. I had two small pulse lasers on my Freagle, and they performed flawlessly. I had two medium pulse lasers on my Viper, and they rocked. I had two medium pulse lasers on my Cobra, and I never needed anything else to defend myself. Two medium pulse lasers were all I needed on my Asp, and when I finally got my Vulture and my Courier, I knew exactly how I would equip them.
Twin frakking pulse lasers.
They never let you down. *cue commercial music*
I had two small pulse lasers on my Sidewinder, and they served me well. I had two small pulse lasers on my Freagle, and they performed flawlessly. I had two medium pulse lasers on my Viper, and they rocked. I had two medium pulse lasers on my Cobra, and I never needed anything else to defend myself. Two medium pulse lasers were all I needed on my Asp, and when I finally got my Vulture and my Courier, I knew exactly how I would equip them.
Twin frakking pulse lasers.
They never let you down. *cue commercial music*