I am looking to rig out an AspE for this and probably go farm a res sight in high security.
Not particulary looking forward to having to farm for materials with the randomness of it all. If specific ships dropped specific items it may be a bit easier but I don't expect this to ever happen, grind time.
Not particulary looking forward to having to farm for materials with the randomness of it all. If specific ships dropped specific items it may be a bit easier but I don't expect this to ever happen, grind time.
Until I see mandatory outpost visits, I'm using my Anaconda. Easily armed, well defended, lots of utility & optional slots.
Jumped into a threat 4 USS; 3 Anaconda's immediately opened fire. Chaffs and high wake out, only half a ring gone. Destroying wanted ships (low ranks) at the Nav Beacon is very easy. Collector limpets for easy pickup.
Jumped into a threat 4 USS; 3 Anaconda's immediately opened fire. Chaffs and high wake out, only half a ring gone. Destroying wanted ships (low ranks) at the Nav Beacon is very easy. Collector limpets for easy pickup.
outfitted a courier with enhanced thrusters "combat ready" for this, including collector limpet. and - after giving an adder a try - a second courier with enhanced thrusters more lightweight for jumprange, outfitted for surface misions, salvage and transport.
set up an AspE with pointdefence, collector, scanners etc. for the longer hauls.
set up an AspE with pointdefence, collector, scanners etc. for the longer hauls.
Currently using my FAS decent cargo, good armour and weapons and it's good planetary lander for SRV material collection, I'd been using a D spec Viper 4 but it lacks the firepower of the FAS although the extra range is handy, I'll swop to an Asp for meta-alloy collection no way I'm trucking 400+ LY in a FAS! 
My two load outs for separate commanders. Could see not bringing the ship I wanted to upgrade.
Imp. Cutter. Doesn't show the 4A gimballed Pulse laser. I like lots of fuel with this ship, I hate fuel scooping with this monster!
http://coriolis.io/outfit/imperial_...0404040g-07074ff60504C4v62f.Iw18ZZA=.Aw18ZZA=
Asp Exp.
http://coriolis.io/outfit/asp/05A5A5A4D4A5D5C7f281313131304030g-3c4a0202v62i2f.Iw18WQ==.Aw18WQ==
So far both have worked fine for me. I really like the new turrets. They make me feel like I'm almost good a combat!
S1E
Imp. Cutter. Doesn't show the 4A gimballed Pulse laser. I like lots of fuel with this ship, I hate fuel scooping with this monster!
http://coriolis.io/outfit/imperial_...0404040g-07074ff60504C4v62f.Iw18ZZA=.Aw18ZZA=
Asp Exp.
http://coriolis.io/outfit/asp/05A5A5A4D4A5D5C7f281313131304030g-3c4a0202v62i2f.Iw18WQ==.Aw18WQ==
So far both have worked fine for me. I really like the new turrets. They make me feel like I'm almost good a combat!
S1E
Courier.
Enhanced thrusters, but otherwise quite combat-heavy, so she doesn't even go over 500m/s
Two bursts and a missile rack can repel anything up to wing of three DBX/Vipers mk.IV
12tons of cargo for limpets
Smaller ships are imho better for this activity. You don't need a cargo space for mats and big ships are too clumsy.
Though I am now talking about USS and missions. If I want to go to the RES or CZ, I take a Cutter.
Enhanced thrusters, but otherwise quite combat-heavy, so she doesn't even go over 500m/s
Two bursts and a missile rack can repel anything up to wing of three DBX/Vipers mk.IV
12tons of cargo for limpets
Smaller ships are imho better for this activity. You don't need a cargo space for mats and big ships are too clumsy.
Though I am now talking about USS and missions. If I want to go to the RES or CZ, I take a Cutter.
I am not sure, if one ship is enough.
So far, I tried Felicita Farseer, so I used my Asp Exp to travel to Maia, where I bought the meta-alloy for her and travelled to the Deciat system, where she is living. After that, I returned to my base at Andhrimi, switched for Vulture to do some wake scanning (for data materials) and fighting (for components). And I already had some Arsenic and couple of other elements which I surface mined with my Cobra which is equiped with vehicle hangar.
When I looked at the Engineers spreadsheet, it seems that I will need to mine too. But I do not have any mining ship and I really do not want to put mining laser on Asp. So maybe I will fit it on Cobra too.
I do not want to use my more expensive ships (Python, Anaconda or Imperial Clipper) until they will patch the problems with NPC weapons and spawn rate. I do not have enough money to pay 10x insurance for my 400.000.000 Conda or 200.000.000 Python.
On the other side, sooner or later I will need to use them and travel to Deciat, because I am mainly doing the whole Engineers stuff just to upgrade FSD and thrusters on those two ships for trading purposes. But I will wait until I will be able to get the Level 5 upgrades.
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My Asp Explorer I use for prospecting, my Imperial Courier I use for wake scanning (which is really, really boring - the speed of that thing makes it just bareable enough). Oh, and I use my Vulture to murder folk, indiscriminately, in anarchy systems. For missions and such I just use whatever I happen to be flying at that moment (usually the Asp), and for mining I'll probably end up using either my Python or my Anaconda. Oh, and I forgot about salvaging. I use my Asp for that too, but I was thinking about swapping to the courier for that.
Base assaults are impossible at the moment, saddly. I was trying to use only my SRV, but then the railgun vipers apparently decided they could also hit me. There is absolutely no way of completing a run now, I think. I mean, those beam turrets are way too powerful for anything but a completely modded FDL or better, and even then they still would probably kill you very quickly. And if you focus on those turrets first, the rail vipers will have almost stripped your shields. I am thinking that maybe if I can lure the Vipers away from the ground I maybe can stand a chance, but I don't think it's intended to be like that.
Oh, and why it's a problem: those firmware things are likely only obtainable in a reasonable timeframe through them.
Base assaults are impossible at the moment, saddly. I was trying to use only my SRV, but then the railgun vipers apparently decided they could also hit me. There is absolutely no way of completing a run now, I think. I mean, those beam turrets are way too powerful for anything but a completely modded FDL or better, and even then they still would probably kill you very quickly. And if you focus on those turrets first, the rail vipers will have almost stripped your shields. I am thinking that maybe if I can lure the Vipers away from the ground I maybe can stand a chance, but I don't think it's intended to be like that.
Oh, and why it's a problem: those firmware things are likely only obtainable in a reasonable timeframe through them.
My Python... imho the best falcon like ship
http://coriolis.io/outfit/python/06...5v62f.Iw18eQ==.EwBjYRhYZj9CKIDMwUqA?bn=Phyton
http://coriolis.io/outfit/python/06...5v62f.Iw18eQ==.EwBjYRhYZj9CKIDMwUqA?bn=Phyton
Asp and clipper. Asp when I need to travel around a lot to get the mats, clipper when I am staying around the area I am working since it can defend itself better. Both equipped with appropriate scanners. So when I exit a station I check for some wakes, if they are there I scan them otherwise I head out to whatever I am doing. Both have 60ish carge space for stuff for missions.
Viper MkIV.
So far I have been using my armed Imperial Cutter, with 400 something cargo, extra fuel, collection limpets, and a fuel scoop. I wish the jump range was a bit more, currently doing about 17 LY max, but I usually jump around while doing other things on the computer. The extra fuel lets me go something like 200LY before I need to actually scoop, so it's pretty nice.
I mostly wanted to have plenty of space so I can have a decent amount of random parts I find.
Overall though, I have no idea what I am doing.
I mostly wanted to have plenty of space so I can have a decent amount of random parts I find.
Overall though, I have no idea what I am doing.
Same. Up to 13ly with a grade 2 Farseer FSD improvement. Hasn't been easy or fast but I like making this my dedicated ship as I collect mats to upgrade it.
She's my first stop for this reason.
Might I ask why you'd go to Farseer rather than the other engineer with FSD improvements?