That last point 100%. It would be cool if each ship or each manufacturer had a different UI/ HUD, even if it was just the side menus or something.
When ships turn bad :D
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That last point 100%. It would be cool if each ship or each manufacturer had a different UI/ HUD, even if it was just the side menus or something.
I am reminded of the difference between a SEAT Leon, a Skoda Octavia, a VW Golf and an Audi A3.
Same thing, different colour.
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Asp Explorer. I could not wait to get out of the Cobra. Was plotting how to get the money + 2x rebuy for the Asp because it had much more room and utility. Then I finally got it. Kitted it out decently and headed out as a miner. I hated it. I hate the sound. I hate the front panel. I hate the second seat under you. I hate the shape of it. I hate the boost sound. God what an unlovable ship. Dumped it quickly to get into a Krait MkII. I love them. They sound good. They look okay. They make me feel like Im in something that wasn't purchased from Bob's Ship Rentals after it was clapped out. I'll have a small fleet of Kraits soon.
I didn't fall in love with the DBX right away either, but it's ease of getting high jump ranges in even with non-paper equipment makes it one that I like having around. It's easier to park on hilly planets than the Kraits too. It and the Keelback are my ugly ducklings. I keep'em around as handy utility ships. Keelback does pretty good for me being a short-range taxi ship.
The Asp-X is about to be parted out and sold. Can't imagine I'll ever climb into that cockpit again.
I didn't fall in love with the DBX right away either, but it's ease of getting high jump ranges in even with non-paper equipment makes it one that I like having around. It's easier to park on hilly planets than the Kraits too. It and the Keelback are my ugly ducklings. I keep'em around as handy utility ships. Keelback does pretty good for me being a short-range taxi ship.
The Asp-X is about to be parted out and sold. Can't imagine I'll ever climb into that cockpit again.
the engine noises are mostly to blame for this, nothing worse than the DBX which sounds like 2 dustbin lids being banged together, compared to the farting ASP, puts me off both ships.
I will never, at any point, buy anything from Gutamaya or Saud Kruger. That design aesthetic is just really ugly.
The Courier looks like a banana with weird thruster pods, the Clipper has a humpback tumor, and the Cutter, well, ok, it looks acceptable up until you look a dozen meters or so behind the cockpit and see the weird holes that remind me of the exposed tendons from a xenomorph.
And the Saud Kruger ships are all dildos.
As for something I actually bought, the ‘Conda. I just have no idea what to use it for. My Python does cargo just fine, and can land at medium pads. My Krait MKII works fine for combat. My two Krait Phantoms are better than the ‘Conda at core mining and exploring. While it is interesting to fly, I just have no use for Thicc Snek.
The Courier looks like a banana with weird thruster pods, the Clipper has a humpback tumor, and the Cutter, well, ok, it looks acceptable up until you look a dozen meters or so behind the cockpit and see the weird holes that remind me of the exposed tendons from a xenomorph.
And the Saud Kruger ships are all dildos.
As for something I actually bought, the ‘Conda. I just have no idea what to use it for. My Python does cargo just fine, and can land at medium pads. My Krait MKII works fine for combat. My two Krait Phantoms are better than the ‘Conda at core mining and exploring. While it is interesting to fly, I just have no use for Thicc Snek.
The Challenger and Chieftan. If we ever get spacelegs I want to land one on the edge of a cliff on a 0.07G world and push it off.
Its actually a pretty fun idea.You made me laugh
Push it off then jump on it and ride it down.to the bottom.
You should either get you math straight or start training immediately.
You should either get you math straight or start training immediately.
I wonder if the SRV would do the trick as a pusher... also, we do not know how the human physics are in the future. we might all be like bionic enhanced people... consider the forces we must endure when we do boost turns...
For me it's the cockpit view that tends to let me down. For example, the FDL looks like an amazing ship from the outside, but I just can't stand the offset cockpit view. Not all offset (two-seater) cockpits bug me, in fact most don't. I'm cool with the Cobra and even the Adder, and the Orca is amazing, but the FDL and Python just don't cut it for me.
Similarly, I don't like the Mamba because of the weird catamaran hull that sticks out in front of my view. Like the Anaconda, I have a hard time visualizing the scale (I feel like I'm in a small boat in the Mamba) on my 2D monitor.
And perhaps that's part of the problem; maybe if I was playing ED in VR, all these offset and off-scale cockpits would look amazing and wouldn't bother me like they do on a 2D screen. Until then, I'll stick with ships like the Type-7 (amazing cockpit IMO), Vulture, Dropship, and even the humble Hauler.
ps - ALL of the Imperial ships annoy me due to their J.J. Abrams flaring cockpits, which is okay, because I like roleplaying the loyal Federation pilot who wouldn't be caught dead in an Imperial ship.
Yeah, considering the pilot survives a dead stop from 300 meters per second, being able to lift a 40t ship seems pretty comprehensible in comparison.
Remember there is hardly any gravity. So it really depends where Red parked the ship, how close the ships CoG (Centre of Gravity) is to the edge. If he did it right, all that would be needed is a gentle push to tip the ship over the edge
Lol this whole concept reminds me of being able to punch warthogs in halo to flip them. Good fun!Remember there is hardly any gravity. So it really depends where Red parked the ship, how close the ships CoG (Centre of Gravity) is to the edge. If he did it right, all that would be needed is a gentle push to tip the ship over the edge
I found the Chieftan trio underwhelming. The Python too, until I engineered one for mining - then I loved it.
Planted my first Cutter into a Coriolis first time out, and only had enough money afterwards to buy a Type 6, so that connotation makes my eye twitch when I see a T6.
Planted my first Cutter into a Coriolis first time out, and only had enough money afterwards to buy a Type 6, so that connotation makes my eye twitch when I see a T6.
I imagine there is a weight room in my corvette and my CMDR just does deadlifts and overhead press while Im logged out. He is only so skinny due to that low-G body frame