I understand the cost difference being a small part of it but with mining being so easy and profitable I don't understand why people don't ditch the AspX for the Phantom as soon as possible. Out of curiosity I did a maximum jump range build on both ships and not only does the Phantom have far more optional slots and flexibility but it's ekes out 1ly more jump range than the AspX. So why hasn't everyone made the switch yet?
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My own personal Phantom build is nothing like what I posted in here and put a G5 overcharged PP on both ships to get to their MAXIMUM jump range for an example. We can talk ship builds till the cows come home but I was just making an example because I was curious why everyone still uses the AspX when the Phantom is a far better ship in my opinion.Much better cockpit view, especially when you are using head-/eyetracking or VR. Kraits are like flying with horse blinders on. And seriously: your "max jump range" builds are with overcharged 5 power plants? My priorities in exploring are so very different from achieving max jump range at the cost of everything else and that is why my exploration ships are also different from trying to get the max jump range at the cost of everything else.
My personal choice is my Orca for exploring. Something like this: https://s.orbis.zone/6wig 58 LY jump "only", but perfect heat mechanics, 1k shields, 1k hull, 630 m/s boost or something like this https://s.orbis.zone/6wil if I want to push a bit more jump range (63LY) at the cost of some of the good stuff that makes flying enjoyable without totally crimping the ship. The first link is more or less the ship I last flew to Beagle Point and back so it has been totally tested and its a nice explorer (more geared towards expeditions though with other commanders around: that is why it has more speed and shields. There is nothing more frustrating that flying 100k LY and then getting accidentally or intentionally rammed/shot.
Ok, the cockpit view I 100% understand and the nostalgia I get, but c'mon, the Phantom sounds 10X better than the AspX, which I will even go so far as to say is one the worst sounding ships in the game.because the Asp has awesome engine sound![]()
Because the Asp has MUCH better all around visibility from the cockpit.. iMho
Honestly, I would say it's probably my favorite ship in the game and I would argue that it is the most versatile ship in the game besides the anaconda. I have two of them that I use for PvP, pirating, mat collecting, exploration and I used to use it for mining.Honestly, I haven't even tried the Phantom - but will now ;-)
If you have a Phantom already, I would highly suggest turning it into a HGE mat collector unless you're out in the black with no plans to return any time soon. The Phantom is great for that at least.More agily imo when landing on planets and exploration overall. My phantom, python and other ships just collect space dust in station.... i simply cant get rid of this asp, i had since release of game almost!
There's still a non-technical side.Fair enough
But why though?
And you can't land Anaconda deep in the canyon or in any other tight spot for that matter. Been there before. You travel thousands of light years just to find some really cool place and to realize that your ship can't actually land there because it just too big.Yeah but an Anaconda can't boost to 590mps![]()
Absolutely. I was actually amazed that I was able to land my phantom at one of the crystal shard sites. Been taking my DBX ever since.And you can't land Anaconda deep in the canyon or in any other tight spot for that matter. Been there before. You travel thousands of light years just to find some really cool place and to realize that your ship can't actually land there because it just too big.![]()
For a moment I was skeptical about whether the distro would be able to keep up, and... wow. I was surprised.I can fit 4 cytoscramblers or enforcer cannons on a an AspX without feeling like I've wasted a hard-point. Try doing that in a Phantom.