FDev has buffed the T-7 in the current Beta. Making it a really nice ship.
Some players complained about it. FDev will change it back to complete uselessness when 3.0 gets released.
Would like a new, different exploration ship from FD:
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FDev has buffed the T-7 in the current Beta. Making it a really nice ship.
Some players complained about it. FDev will change it back to complete uselessness when 3.0 gets released.
Seriously?????? Why do people complain about buffs that in no way affect them? It's not like Frontier gave the Type-7 a huge hardpoint making it a griefing machine..... Frontier, don't listen to these Luddites!
I guess they want "their" "exploration" ship to be the best and don't want "trading" ships to be able to have long jump ranges. Apparently trading ships have to be slow and only capable to jump 10 ly (close to 20 ly is apparently obscene) or otherwise the reality will case to exist.
Don't know.
Humans.
MORE range than the Anaconda? But, but the Anaconda already has the highest jump range in the game.
Why would ydidn’t u want to jump further than a 500 year old freighter can jump?
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I do think the Type 7 needs a buff but not the OP buff it had in the beta.
I'll concede that specialty ships should outperform ships in other classes, which ironically isn't the case. I currently use my Type-7 for bulk passenger missions because it can carry more economy passengers than the Orca. In the same vein, I think anything with "Explorer" in the name should out jump ships that aren't explorers. On the flip-side, this idea that cargo ships should have terrible jump range makes no sense to me at all. That's like saying a tractor trailer (you folk call them "lories", yes?) should only be able to drive to the next town before refueling, instead of being able to drive the long distances they actually do.
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Yep, the orders should be explorers>traders>multirole>combat. The type 7 and most freighters don't fit in the series.
Just look at Vlarr's posts in this very thread. There are some very vocal people who don't think explorers need nor deserve jump range for exploring, and they actively protest it at every chance they get. Why? Because they don't want us to have nice things I guess? I don't understand it either.
I hate being pigeonholed into either the Asp X or the DBX to play the way I want to, and I desperately wish there were more high range ships in the game which were great for exploration. For a brief moment the T7 became a great option for me, and yeah I got super excited because a T7 with a jump range rivaling the Anaconda meets every single one of my four criteria and would instantly become my preferred ship for exploration. It's not going to happen though, and I see a lot of people sad about that, while the only people who are happy about it are the posters like Vlarr who dont' want explorers to have high jump range ships. For reasons, because they think an Adder is perfectly fine to explore the galaxy in or something.
Sigh.
Frankly, I'd much rather we had a decent competitor for the Python than another exploration capable ship.
As noted the Type 6, Dolphin, DBX, Asp X and Conda, are all ships explorers can use effectively.
Whereas, imho, what we badly need is a multi-role medium-pad ship that competes with the Python. The T7 seemed like it might compete for traders, until it was made too tall to fit on a medium pad.
As noted the Type 6, Dolphin, DBX, Asp X and Conda, are all ships explorers can use effectively.
Whereas, imho, what we badly need is a multi-role medium-pad ship that competes with the Python. The T7 seemed like it might compete for traders, until it was made too tall to fit on a medium pad.
Nothing to say here, planet scanner. yes, scan accessible planets/systems to your hearts content. Don't look elsewhere. Don't recognize other possibilities. be of pure bad faith (nothing more, nothing less). We don't say that the only thing worth exploring is on the rim. We say that an exploration ship must be able to reach far away stars in any nebulae, any spot, anywhere you might want to go - beyond what other short jumpers can do.
But yeah, stellar forge's on your side after all - it's all procedurally generated, it all repeats, so what's the point looking elsewhere. Scan planets, gain ranks. No doubt you got that part.
I got your point - don't think you're that cryptic.
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T7 was never a serious option for exploration. It looks hideous, so no nice screenshots, it over heated on every jump ( in beta with exploration style build ) and it's 'large' so no good for small outposts.
I flew it in the beta for a about an hour and decided I'd rather stick with my AspX and 52ly jump range. ( I took module damage from over heating after only a couple of jumps! )
Yes, I'd love a slightly better exploration ship with great range and preferable able to house a SLF, just for fun on long trips.
I flew it in the beta for a about an hour and decided I'd rather stick with my AspX and 52ly jump range. ( I took module damage from over heating after only a couple of jumps! )
Yes, I'd love a slightly better exploration ship with great range and preferable able to house a SLF, just for fun on long trips.
Don't you know? The "True Explorers(tm)" according to the non-explorers is the player who uses a non-engineered, stock sidewinders with 8 LY jump range, and not using any jumponium, because anything above that is somehow "cheating". They don't understand there are different kinds of exploration. It's not just jonking on the way to a tourist beacon for credits and back. There's a lot more to it, but it doesn't sink in unless you do it.
I would've loved to have the T7 for exploring the rim. It's not the cutest ship, but... just the feeling of maybe reach even a bit further out where no one has gone before is a trilling prospect. I think I saw a star once that was too far out for any ship today, even with boost.
Because when you're exploring in deep space with a long range jump ship, you're not in Open in the bubble for them to shoot at.
Yeah. It's sad really. We're getting three new combat ships this year... and still no new exploring ship after 3 years. There are a couple more weapons, weapons mods, and more, but... exploration? Combat, combat, combat... (exploration)
Just see how hard we had to argue to get the FSD boost recipe fixed for 3.0. Gosh. It was the end of the world as we know it for asking a small tweak. There's a lot of hate towards explorers.
There's so much missing from the exploration career. There are more trading ship than exploration ships. Yet, there's this mysterious rank for exploration, i.e. a career, which you can rank up by doing passenger jobs.
With that said, I'm happy exploring even if I have to have a modified railgun to help me dump fuel, and hunting elements by shooting them, and having a shield on the SRV that only works to protect from weapons but not bumps in the road. Still, I'm a happy explorer.
Snorted tea through my nose at this. Funny, thanks for the laugh.
I'll add my vote for a luxurious Gutamaya exploration ship. Imperial Explorer is a ship destined to 'be'.... (pretty please) [yesnod]
That's blasphemy right there.
We have those who enjoy the rim, others enjoy statistical analysis of the galaxy, others like to scan whole sectors, some only take passenger missions, some only participate in expeditions, other like to scan stars, etc.
Objectively it is, it can go to places no other ship can and it is the only high jump range ship with SLF capability.
Roald Amundsen
First man to reach the South Pole.
Here's his route:
https://i1.wp.com/tomcreandiscovery..._of_Amundsens_South_Pole_Expedition.jpg?w=800
Clearly fast travel and not exploration
You have heard of HP Lovecraft, have you not?
AIEEEE!That's it, this guy is KOS.