What is the very best combat ship and loadout?
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This is my medium build for killing pirates in Hotspots.
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I swap out the 1E Module Reinforcement Package for a Detailed Surface Scanner for locating hotspots.
If I'm hunting in HiRes, then I use the MRP.
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I swap out the 1E Module Reinforcement Package for a Detailed Surface Scanner for locating hotspots.
If I'm hunting in HiRes, then I use the MRP.
For what? In PVE you can engineer Hauler and turn it into an ultimate death machine. In PVP you get FDL with PA's and that's it.
For me, Federal Corvette with Prismatics, Huge Beams, Large and Mid MultiCannons. I'm old and tired from long combats, so I search for easiest way, and this is Corvette.
Everything engineered to highest level. Sometimes I use Rail Guns for wing assasination missions in solo, when I'm in good mood.
But there's no simple answer to your question, it all depends from your skills, style, scenarios etc.
Everything engineered to highest level. Sometimes I use Rail Guns for wing assasination missions in solo, when I'm in good mood.
But there's no simple answer to your question, it all depends from your skills, style, scenarios etc.
Now that is pretty wild !!
I have been thinking about that ship !!
You will then know that you MUST build a Cobra MK3 combat build
.. I have one and it is just so much fun to play with. Then if you want to kill NPCs like flies, FDL with 5x MultiCannon (2x incendiary - one of those on the 4th class, 1x corrosive, 2x autoloader) does the job.
I remember a similar thread a few years ago, making the Eagle a very fun ship;
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/eliteoutfitters/comments/789k4p/eagle_knives/
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/eliteoutfitters/comments/789k4p/eagle_knives/
I really thought you were trolling but I have to admit that actually really is a viable build. Do you happen to know that guys previous vulture build he talks about?
Ha! Ask ten people and you'll get twenty opinions.
Impossible to answer without knowing what for?
PvP, and you can fly well - FDL
PvP, and you’re not very good, well it won’t really matter but maybe a tank - Corvette probably
PvE - whatever suits your style. If you like to bob and weave, duck in and out, then the FDL, Mamba, Chieftan, Krait, Vulture - they’re all viable. If you want a tank, Corvette again, Conda, even a Python can clear a Haz Res.
But, really, PvE is so easy, take your pick. For PvP, it’s the FDL (or Corvette and hope your opponent isn’t great)
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The one you find most effective and enjoyable.
Sounds like a non-answer, but it's really the only correct one. Everything else is going to be a matter of someone else's opinion. A good place to start for ideas, but don't hesitate to adjust for your own strengths and preferences.
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https://s.orbis.zone/bepz Is my current PvE Eagle (colonia-build). Currently on his way back to the bubble to meet The Dweller...
Originally used three G5 lightweight Rails with SP, but I found it only viable against large ships as I'd miss too often on anything smaller than a Krait/Python and ended up running out of ammo regardless.
Burst Lasers run practically just as well, just cooler. Though I personally find three beams to look cooler.
Shock Cannons (two plus one burst/beam laser) might be something I'll try once I get them unlocked. Will depend on how bad the heat build up on those is though (doesn't look too promising, but that DMG!
)As for the effectiveness: save for a cutter, I've taken out dangerous to elite ranked ships of all kinds in this build (which is to say: wings of elite small ships, deadly anacondas/corvettes, and deadly FDLs, Pythons, FASs, etc...) Not lost once yet.
Question is: how patient of a hunter are you?
This is an interesting question for sure. The FDl is purely a combat ship and does well at it. This does not remove the fact that many ships can be made to combat well. I have had fun even in a Courier. A Krait is also quite able to fight and a Python makes a very good heavy combat ship. It is best imho to take a ship that you like and beef it to within an inch of its life and see how it does. If it does not do well for you, well go build another ship till you are happy.
I really like your comments !! Im 67 years old and I want a HARD POWER HITTER Ship. Been playing for many years.
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