At first I hated it but now I love it, fast and the weapons are perfect for my fly style.

I just got the Mamba and fully engineered it . I chose it over the FDL because I tend to fly straight and shoot , then turn and make another pass rather than do acrobatics and follow ships . I can do that however in a Vulture which I have fully engineered. So fast fly bys and lots of fire power

Excellent tips! Thanks!

I just started playing less than a month ago. Didn't understand the ship differences and/or what to look for next. This had been the best video in helping me understand the combat ships abilities level by level. Thank you so much!!

Very clear and useful. Will have to start using thrusters with my Chieftan.

Gatling railgun firing would be crazy on hammers

Do you do all the motion graphics for these? They're top notch!

This video is so good. This basically matches my entire ship progression (vulture -> chieftain -> FDL) and I loved how each felt. I'm very interested in the Mamba though. I want to make a speedy "hit-and-run" barrage build and just run passes at enemy ships.

He's cactus 🌵 😂 YTB 🇦🇺

But the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field are 3,720 to 1!

I feel like I need an extra joystick on my gamepad to manage thrusters entirely. Having instant access to left, right, top and down at the same time (instead of just up and down thrusters) looks like a game-changer.

Oooh boy, I feel like my gamepad needs a third control stick. All my options are taken up by Pitch, Roll, Yaw, Vertical thrusters, and Pip Management. x_x So I don't have access to my horizontal thrusters in a fight.

This is a great game, I really hope more people realize what they have and what they can do in this realm.. It's really outstanding, and also devs don't give up and improve relation and community as it's quite toxic the people that are unfortunately allowed in it.

Wait, people actually like their NPCs? I have one, probably gonna sack him soon. He’s got a name, dunno what it is as I just call him “The Idiot” (because he deserves it believe me that nickname was earned). The Idiot is stuck on Deadly and while I could probably submit a ticket I just don’t really care. His voice annoys me when he complains about me clipping him with my laser because he flew in front of my ship (using the same “friendly fire isn’t… commander” joke thats just as painfully unfunny as the first time he said it, nevermind that it was a regen beam he was clipped with). If I could I would absolutely deck him but ship interiors aren’t a thing.

my most commonly used tactic is running away

The best part about my FDL is learning how to fly her. I still have a long way to go.

Wondeful 1-2 video there, maybe the 2 must know to play.

i wonder what the white circles are when you approach a planet, thanks for this! 1000+ hours and i didnt know

Where did this guy go?

I just got purchased my Federal Corvette and might need that large ship combat video cause this right here is quality content!

Still love the Krait MK2, Got me my Guardian booster, and grade 5 engineered FSD and am almost to Colonia. Gotta say, thats a killer HUD color you have.

you should do gaurdian modules vulture vs engineered vulture

There are three type's of thruster's, one of which is one which propel's you forward, another which only work's in witch space only, are those that allow the movement of the entire ship in ahorizonal and or verical motion. Basically move the entire ship, left, right, up, down. YAW is a different thruster which work's in both witch space and supercrusie. It allow's when moving forward or at full stop's to rotate the entire ship to the left or to the right; Not up and down. A player can engineer the Forward thruster's but the horizonal, verical and yaw thruster's are not available to either upgrade or engineer.

And 8 years later. Only starting combat eight months in and this is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Wow!

I really like your attention to detail and how well you were able to explain the progression on combate oriented ships. Ive been searching for this specific information for days, you're the only person so far thats covered the topic of ship progression from noob to mid to late game. I have about 140 hours into the game, and i am still lost. I've been running an asp explorer and ive got about 23 million credits from bounty hunting. I've started the engineering process, but it's a little difficult to tussle with atm. But i was wondering if you had an undated video covering this same topic. Are things still the same in your opinion? Is there a community i could join that might not mind helping a noob nobody like me? Love the video this was excellent and gave me some much needed insight.

Looks like Rails are easier to maintain thermal dynamics over Hammers, Hammers fire like flak cannons in sequence / timing. A bit of upgrades you could dial those hammers in for thermal on the ship paired for some 3 shot, thermal clip release, repeat sequencing with easy maintain by repetition. Have fun o7 looks cool. I'll have to see what I need to get the hammers to try them out and see how it fits my flight parameters.

I recommend upgrading and buying a chieftain at your earliest convenience

Awesome mate

I assumed thrusters were a lot less powerful than engines, but if that maneuver works (where you're making a 'T' with your opponent's ship) then thrusters must be equally powerful. Actually more powerful, I suppose, if you're using both vertical thrusters to maintain position. That's crazy.

Wow! How do you have what I assume is an HCS pack reacting to regular button inputs? That is awesome.

Do you have a video on the urgent kill order missions? I tried one and just as I got landed on the planet, I was jumped by a Python, made it out with 11% hull.

First I would say I never even thought of attacking a planetary base and secondly, why? What do you get out of it? Other than notoriety and bounties?

Could you post the json for the plasma accel build because edsy has been closed?

I’ve tried the FAS and the Fer de Lance, but surprisingly I found the best combat ship is a Clipper. I really didn’t expect that but its agility is off the charts, even Vultures are easy. I also loved the Chieftain.

I try that on the Competent challenge training opponent and... he must be doing the same thing, 'cause he keeps in front of me and always ends up facing me as far as I end up facing him. Sometimes I suspect these guys fly backwards.

2:14 I don't get it. You're fighting against a "Deadly" and you just manage to outmaneuver him from a head to head position to where you're on his tail. I'm trying to do the same against a mere "Competent" in the training challenge, and they always end up facing me again. I use pips, I use thrusters. Help?

I know it's been 4 years, but i'm seeing this video and I need to know. How do yo make your game look so good? Mi game has all graphic config on the maximum possible and in don't have those reflections on the ships

just give me an upgraded sidewinder

man im here for the goddamn padless settlements. people say it's possible to trade with them using SRVs, but no one actually says how the frick

Down 2 earth astronomy is in trouble after this vid

When i was brand new i was in a stock explorer and got killed by what i think was an engineered corvette, since then i combat log every time im interdicted. If theyre gonna ruin my experience ill ruin theirs

You're a real pro! I just bought the game, I am practicing in training mode. It's really hard to execute it like you do. But you are fantastic! Amazing video!

Awesome video! Sadly, the links for the builds are currently blocked by bitly :/

Any thoughts on whether I should get one of these? Currently I have on my anaconda two small beam turrets (to transfer heat to enemies), four class 2 railguns, one class 3 Plasma accelerator, and a Class 4 multicannon. I would need to lose the multicannon to use this.

and here I am feeling like the chieftain is still "the new ship" lol

Fixed weapons Are good, unless you're on a controller that has stick drift

Insane movement. Here is me flying in circles trying to find the sidewinder that's destroying my ship...