You Are Going To Need A Materials Collection Ship.

Ralph Vargr

Ralph Vargr
You will need a frame wake scanner, a collector limpet controller, cargo hold for limpets, and maybe an SRV.

This means ships with lots of slots, and lots of utility mounts.

Cobra 4 and Python are obvious choices. What's yours?
 

GreyAreaUK

GreyAreaUK
Should be doable in a Cobra III I’d have thought. That’s what I’ll probably end up using, although a general purpose mat-gatherer Python is tempting.
 

CMDR Brax

CMDR Brax
Just finished engineering a type 7 for this exact purpose. Reading the notes from some guys in beta, I saw that material drops have gone from three per pickup to one. Figured the writing was on the wall. On the plus side, I'll finally have a reason to take the ship out of dock every now and again.
 

Vardaugas

Vardaugas
I'll probably stick with my Viper IV explorer. Good maneuverability means I don't need limpets to collect material. Also the its footprint is tiny, meaning I can have it land almost anywhere.
 

biohazard15

B
I use DBX for this role. Can land anywhere and with 50+ Ly jump can bring you anywhere in mere minutes. If I need to go on DWE hunt, I mount long-range wake scanner (otherwise, I leave it at home). It does not need collector limpets - HGEs can be cleaned manually, and there's Dav's Hope for other materials.
 

[Diplomacy] Carnegie

[Diplomacy] Carnegie
I'll use whatever I happen to be flying at the time (with the possible exception of the T7).
I never had a problem collecting mats just by playing the game before, so nothing much is going to change for me.
 

CMDR Endincite

CMDR Endincite
I have an Adder for this.
Performance drives let it zip around wake-scanning and it's quick enough to cargo scoop the few materials you actually want.
In 3.0 terms I suppose I'd just be focusing on the rare mats to trade down; there's no way I'm wasting the (enormous when added up) time to pick up everything.
 

jmp470

J
I’m using a light weight Cutter, combat fitted weapons, 2,100 mj shields, 28.75 LY jump range unladen, and 473 m/s boost speed. I’ve been doing CZ’s and launching limpets after I get 3-5 kills.

I have to shield tank and use SCB’s in my military slots.

I just finished doing the FSD and Thrusters in Beta, and this ship rocks.
 

Goblin949

G
Why do you need everything at once? Just put the modules you need at the moment, and sell them (for the buying price after all) afterwards. Most materials don't need a wake scanner, for example. And hangar and limpet controller could be swapped as needed (I'm fine without the latter).
 

Winter Jasra

Winter Jasra
I use an Asp X, I don't ever use collector limpets though for gathering mats - all manual, although just going out in my Clipper for a change after pharmaceutical isolators.
 
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