What do you need to get the heat down to for stealth?
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- Thread starter Tyres O'Flaherty
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Whilst I'm not the most capable combat pilot out there, I thought the Mamba did quite well against 'goid scouts.
Interesting, I've had one parked up forever, no idea what to do with it.
First common sense thing you've ever said. Do it.
My problem isn't that the Mamba is "bad", but rather that much cheaper ships are just as good. I can destroy 'goid scouts all day long in a Vulture, for example. I've been in the top 50% of the last two combat zone CGs using a DOLPHIN. The one time I take my Mamba out, it gets toasted (a CMDR sniped my FSD), and the rebuy cost more than the reward I earned from the CG.
And then there's the fun factor. I have way more fun flying non-conventional builds like stealth ships or my nippy little Eagle, especially in VR. Combat in a Mamba is mostly just the same dance over and over and over again. I find it gets boring pretty quick, but that's just me.
You must be new around here.
If you are talking in general, a G5 efficient class A power plant is the most important component, followed by class D or even E clean drives. Efficient engineering is a good choice when using lasers, though as soon as you start firing weapons, you lose the element of stealth for a period of time (there are ways to compensate for this, but this is a trade secret). And of course heat sinks, lots and lots of heat sinks.
Stealth ships are the one build where class E modules offer an advantage, assuming you can handle the nerf in performance. The key to staying cool is keeping power utilization low. In fact, I manage modules (on or off) the way most pilots manage pips.
Now a good pilot will have a few counters to stealth (one is really lame and I wish Frontier would fix it), but I'm not sharing my weaknesses!
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By the way, if you do make a nice stealth build, hit me up in messages and give me some tips. My ship's pretty solid but there's always room for improvement.
@Speedcuffs - Oh, and I forgot to mention - a good stealth ship also has to be a good hull tank, because you'll be flying shieldless. This is also why I prefer smaller, faster ships, as they are harder to hit without target lock.
Well now I suspect cowardice might be among them.
Unfortunately I've had more than one noob combat log on me once they realized their gimbaled weapons were useless (this happened a lot when I was pirating Borann). However, there are other counters that will force me to either jump out or negotiate a truce. I can neither confirm nor deny what any of these counters may be.
Make him tell me the secrets, Tyres.
And I will fight to the death before I let anyone take my pixelated ship.
The fact I'm thinking of selling my Mamba because the rebuy is too much is proof I don't clog
That's partly why I prefer to keep my ships small and cheap.The fact I'm thinking of selling my Mamba because the rebuy is too much is proof I don't clog
Although I will buy a White Star class vessel one day. If only to show it off and look like the big man about town.
Long range emissive turret.Night vision is a thing.
An interesting video on size of ships. Amazing how far down on the list the 'conda appears:
Source: https://youtu.be/aTPwbVqU6lc
I think anything running below 40 deg satisfies the requirements, or at least makes you very difficult to pick up on radar.
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