Newcomer / Intro Which part should we prioritize in upgrading

maxsami278 · Mar 4, 2015

Hi fellow commanders,

Im a person who likes bounty hunting and dog fighting in conflict area's , Now, Im having tough decisions on which part of my ship i should upgrade first (aside from the hard points). Should i start with thrusters? shield cells? shield generators? i really am confused. your inputs would be much appreciated.

note: currently im using a viper because of its epic maneuverability and access to 4 hard points.

thanks!

KulKulcan · Mar 4, 2015

In general FSD and Power Distributor first. You are going to need it for all the rest of the stuff.
The Viper is a power hungry little ship.

I am a young Viper pilot, I really enjoy good life support!

Things I learned with beginner skills about the Viper.

Set up your power settings, When you open your weapons you want to shut down the FSD at the very least.

If you have a 3A shield, no need for shield cell... power savings!

A good hull really saved my skin and won me victory a number of times against much larger NPC prey. The Viper with a good hull can take a surprising amount of punishment.

I started with gimbal type weapons. They do great especially after you learn the angles. I tried and failed miserably with fixed, that will take practice and probably nice input device.

Be the aggressor!

TYK · Mar 4, 2015

PDS because it's important, Life Support because it's crazy cheap and very useful!

the100thmonkey · Mar 4, 2015

On a Viper:

Power distributor
Power plant
Shields

After that, go for A-rated thrusters as soon as you can. The limiting factor in the Viper is its available power against what it needs to run. This is why I recommend you make the power plant the highest priority, as it unlocks the rest of the ship. You can't run A3 thrusters and an A3 shield without an A3 power plant.

Hellhawk666 · Mar 4, 2015

In general the power plant is a good option - not too expensive (comparatively) and required by everything else.

cmdr lowest · Mar 4, 2015

For bounty hunting definitely Power Distributor. It will keep your lasers firing for longer without overheating and give you max. boosting potential.

maxsami278 · Mar 4, 2015

Thanks for the inputs guys. i hope other new commanders see this thread as well for reference. going back, i believe this should be the upgrade pattern for a viper then:

Power plant -> power distributor -> shields -> thrusters. Ill do that today and check how well it'll do.

thanks again!

vmk · Mar 4, 2015

maxsami278 said:
Thanks for the inputs guys. i hope other new commanders see this thread as well for reference. going back, i believe this should be the upgrade pattern for a viper then:

Power plant -> power distributor -> shields -> thrusters. Ill do that today and check how well it'll do.

thanks again!

I would upgrade power distributor first, because it is very cheap and brings immediate benefit. Power plant is important, but you need to upgrade it only if you seem to lack power (you can see your estimated power usage on outfitting screen) or if your ship seems to overheat easily.