Elite Dangerous Combat Vulture Build | Bounty Hunting & Combat Zones

[@velocita84]

Moving thermal res from the bulkheads to a reinforcement package instead (preferably the smallest one) and having heavy duty on the bulkheads actually gives higher hp across the board, this is because heavy duty has a greater effect on bulkheads and thermal res will have the same effect whether it's on bulkheads or a small reinforcement package

[@Slamscape-X]

@velocita84 good to know, I'll have to work that into my next build

[@CaptainBrash]

Awesome, looking to get back into elite and love the Vulture so it's probably a good low cost and fun ship to get back into the groove. I think I was half way through engineering one before I quit as I was getting bored of the sluggish handling with the krait etc Also I was devastated that the Vulture wasn't one of the new variants. It's literally perfect for it

[@Slamscape-X]

@CaptainBrash Yeah, the Vulture is an amazing ship, definitely an outlier for the smalls. It's a great way to learn combat and improve your flying skills.

[@oryctolaguscuniculus]

The Vulture is the ship that let me enjoy combat in Elite: Dangerous. Prior to getting it combat just never clicked for me...it always felt like a tedious chore. Flying the Vulture reminded me of the A-Wing in the original X-Wing game; that was by far my favourite ship, the speed and manoeuvrability were awesome. I run the twin frag setup, with two G5 Overcharged, one with Corrosive ammo the other Incendiary. It * tears* through NPC ships in HazRes and CZs. Never tried it in PvP as I tend to play solo, but I imagine it would have much more difficulty there. That said, there's plenty of videos of players in the inevitable FdL getting their comeuppance for underestimating a Vulture. EDIT: I also have the 4C fuel tank as an optional. For me it's absolutely essential. Without it the Vulture's range is appalling, I mean something like 50 or 60ly per tank even with an A-rated SCO drive.

[@TheSingingSailo]

You did a great job explaining everything in your video. Excellent on the Vulture.

[@Slamscape-X]

Glad you liked it, thank you.

[@timogreen6209]

Awesome video!

[@Slamscape-X]

@timogreen6209 thank you, I hope it was helpful.

[@theactualslapmaster2466]

I can't aim plasmas very well but I absolutely love my frag vulture

[@rybuds47]

Is your build pretty similar? I always felt that frags would be fun on something thats fast.

[@Slamscape-X]

It took me a while to get comfortable with plasma

[@BarbarisII]

I'm a big fan of my dual pacifier build

[@Slamscape-X]

@BarbarisII That is a fun build too

[@rocket2739]

My Vulture has short range inertial impact burst lasers. Doesn't waste fuel so I can equip a 4A hull reinforcement. And it's still effective enough against small targets because lasers are hitscan.

[@Slamscape-X]

@rocket2739 That's definitely a viable loadout too

[@MrTimjm009]

I used the power play plasma accelerators from Denton Patreus . Same build , effecient with power slug Did anyone compare them to the regular ones ? what did you think ?

[@Slamscape-X]

I unfortunately don't have access to them yet, I believe on paper the advanced PAs have a slightly higher sustained dps. I think the normal PAs favor a more jousting/alpha strike style, and the advanced are more for dogfighting. Also you might run out of weapon power more often with the advanced PAs.