Been busy with the bounty hunting CG this weekend. Bought an Courier (Fixed beam on centreline, plus two gimballed multicannons). Does pretty well as a fighter, looks really pretty, the handling and thrusters are magnificent. Jump range and fuel supply aren't so great, you really have to outfit it very lightly, and it tends to overheat incredibly fast when scooping.
Then I bought a Vulture with two fixed large pulse lasers. Well, that definitely is easy mode for fighting! Little finesse, just raw power, but it's clearly superior to the Courier for rapid Anaconda serial killing. Not good for anything else though, and abysmal jump range. Not sure if it even has overheating problems on scooping, I don't feel like flying that brick on any long distance routes anyway.
I'm thinking the Vulture is just a transitional ship. Use it to make a few millions, or tens of millions, clubbing NPC Pythons and Anacondas as if they were baby seals, then dump it for something that's more fun to fly. If I ever need this kind of ship again elsewhere, rebuying it near the destination might be faster than trying to fly it out there. Probably going to sell it soon.
The Courier, I'm not so sure about. I like how it handles, but it just doesn't seem all that useful for many tasks. For most purposes except fighting, a Cobra Mk III would be superior for a fraction of the price. Sure looks good though... Maybe sell it after I get enough rep for a Clipper.
Then I bought a Vulture with two fixed large pulse lasers. Well, that definitely is easy mode for fighting! Little finesse, just raw power, but it's clearly superior to the Courier for rapid Anaconda serial killing. Not good for anything else though, and abysmal jump range. Not sure if it even has overheating problems on scooping, I don't feel like flying that brick on any long distance routes anyway.
I'm thinking the Vulture is just a transitional ship. Use it to make a few millions, or tens of millions, clubbing NPC Pythons and Anacondas as if they were baby seals, then dump it for something that's more fun to fly. If I ever need this kind of ship again elsewhere, rebuying it near the destination might be faster than trying to fly it out there. Probably going to sell it soon.
The Courier, I'm not so sure about. I like how it handles, but it just doesn't seem all that useful for many tasks. For most purposes except fighting, a Cobra Mk III would be superior for a fraction of the price. Sure looks good though... Maybe sell it after I get enough rep for a Clipper.