Elite:Dangerous. NPC Farming Python - 3 Overcharged Multi-Cannons and 2 Rail Guns with Plasma Slug

I didn't see efficient weapon and overcharged weapon mods for Beam laser or Rail Guns, but they have short range mod that slightly increase damage at expense of range, thermal load and power draw.
Python loadout: 3 Large multi-cannons, one with incendiary rounds and 2 with corrosive shell to rip hull and 2 Medium Rail Guns with Plasma Slug for almost unlimited ammo, quite great combo.
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[@GhostGiraffe]

Nice bounty haul:) I need to really weigh the options of having fun with Python or being efficient with clipper in Res zones... This video makes me want to lean Python:)

[@Ueberdoziz]

neeeh. orca.

[@KalenTomlinson]

I think I will try Imperial hammers instead of rail guns.. I might put short-range super penetrator on it for damage. I'm using an incendiary double shot frag Cannon.... might replace that for all multi cannons. I think one corrosive is enough so I might do 2 incendiary multicannons up top.. Also definitely don't need weapons focused distributors if you're mostly using multicannons..i think i know what i should do.. great video, helped a lot.

[@mrragnarokk7415]

No no.. you've gotten me wrong not talking about just your video.. everyone has show combat with the python.. i haven't seen any other combat in any other ships that are modded.. I'm very interested to see like Corvette combat.. No just mod it. I want to see the mods in action :).. Great video tho.. Thanks for the video.. your vids have help me understand this expansion a lot better.. Due to RL work it's hard for me to research everything. :)

[@Mr.Cheeseburger24]

They will probably lower the damage of the L class MultiCannons. They'd be insane to keep that damage. It's beyond OP.

[@KR4K40]

OK, I know how I'm gonna outfit my python when Engineers hits release.

[@JB-fk3bt]

Selling the FDL and going back to Python, class 3 multi-cannons :D

[@torkair72torino]

c2g multicannon x4 and c4g beam... think about it!

[@highlightshadow]

So happy the python is BACK.... i missed that ship.... Might sell the FAS, and maybe one of the big ships and get FdL and Python :)

[@SaHaRaSquad]

+Jamie Wallis Especially thanks to the thruster upgrades...that thing now is a bit less sluggish and can reach ~390km/s with boosts.

[@SocratesWasRight]

+Jamie Wallis i completely share that same feeling. Improved handling AND improved shields is what I am really looking forwards. Improved firepower will also be nice, but python has been a powerful shooter before also. I just keep on losing my shields on fighting with my python and that makes even PvE a bit too tiresome. For whatever reason it also seems that NPCs like to ram python a lot. Perhaps I am just so slow that I cannot avoid the hits currently. So, in the end: shields and maneuverability for my favorite ship :-)

[@highlightshadow]

Yeah.... i have a good fleet of ships with a sub-set in 'active duty' the rest being stripped out and parked.... Right now my conda is the go-to combat ship and the corvette is parked and cutter is mining/trade... I have a FAS for CZ's but i think once i start getting engineering upgrade opening up (might be a while though) then the Python/FdL will step-up and conda might step down

[@SocratesWasRight]

+Jamie Wallis Its really hard to know. I would love to enjoy Python again. Currently I mostly fight with Corvette and put trading setup on my Conda (haven't used it much lately though). The vette is not really using the C4s though as I just have large burst lasers on them). I hope python will be my main ship with engineers, but the handling and shields would really have to improve for that to happen....

[@CarrowMind]

If railguns came with gimbled versions at the cost of more power, more heat and slightly reduced range I would love to use them in conjunction with the plasma slug mod, but I can't use fixed weapons with my setup, my throttle is too stiff for precise aiming, especially if I have to wait a second for the charge. :(

[@jupkees650]

You mean your Joystick? Which one are you using?

[@CarrowMind]

Jupkees Thrustmaster t-flight HOTAS X

[@jupkees650]

***** if you ever want to upgrade, cant recommend the thrustmaster warthog enough

[@KrulzRash]

Awesome vid!What mod did you use on your cell banks?=)

[@MrShadowofthewind]

So how exactly do the shields work now ? How is it possibl for assault ship and vulture to get 1200/1600 shield strengh but clipper and python isn't ?! (atleast, that's what i have understood)

[@KorneliusBriedis]

+MrShadowofthewind you understood wrong, why would you even think that!? shield boosters can be fitted on any ship and they boost up to +70% shields (now 20%), shield optimal strength also can be increased by 20-25%.

[@MrShadowofthewind]

Kornelius Briedis Like i said, i was told so, and i had my doubts, that's why i asked.Good to hear, the clipper should be able to get higher shield strengh then.

[@stanislavcoros]

For what i understand, it is not possible to harvest materials right now as they will ne required in engineers update. So until this update will be live, i can sit and wait. Correct ?

[@KorneliusBriedis]

+Stanislav Coros if you know what you need you an harvest them now.

[@stanislavcoros]

+Kornelius Briedis iron, nickel etc is possible now, but there are lot of exotic materials or new as I see in your videos and those will be available to get only after new game Deploy , so I think fair play for everyone from Engineer start

[@KorneliusBriedis]

true, many materials can be found now in space/missions/mined, also they changed slightly blueprints so it's hard to tell, but still you can go down and drive for 1 hour to hit the limit ;p

[@martinfuchs3983]

You say you have 2 corrosive and 1 ince. Isn't 1 corrosive enough to support all weapons fireing at the hull? Do 2 corrosive weapons stack?

[@Matthew.1994]

what is better, overcharge or sturdy for a multi cannon? i have 2 burst laser overcharge and 2 burst laser efficent, they take the shield down very very fast. Now i want to upgrade my multicannon (Large hardpoiunt). but i dont know if i should take overcharge for damage or sturdy for armour piercing

[@kzu8976]

how the hell did you turn so fast in a python! my python is like having a worse pitching rate than my conda

[@BlueGodPrime]

i was saying the same thing. he wasnt even using flight assist on/off.

[@KalenTomlinson]

Pip control. 4 Pips into engines when you use them. also get dirty Drive engineering on your thrusters, with drag Drive experimental effects makes you faster and drift easier. A grade is better. D grade for explorer ships.. also he is mostly going after anacondas slowest NPCs in the game besides type 10's. You don't even really need Pips into engines with a python. With my setup I use all multicannons 4 pips into systems for maximum Shield strength and 2 pips into weapons. Definitely upgrading the rail guns to Imperial hammers and you only need one corrosive shell multicannon. Two incendiaries is enough for Shields and hull damage. This build is definitely a good start.. I also definitely wouldn't use weapon Focus power Distributors with mostly multicannons on a build... they don't use enough power to justify using it over enhance charge power distributor that would be better for boosting and shields aswell... wasted potential there.. I'd also get Prismatic shields on a medium class ship as fast as possible over the bi-weave with fast charge shield, even though python is an amazing hull tank.. Its really good with shield tanking too and has the 7A power to use it. High capacity prismatics still charge fairly quick on a medium class ship, even without shield cell Banks.. I feel like this is so close to perfect.

[@achimhanischdorfer3403]

It sucks you can't get sturdy mount on railguns. I would. This will be a fun combo in live. I *love* the railgun sound. Now I don't have to restrain myself so much.

[@achimhanischdorfer3403]

Ok. As far as I remember sturdy mount increases AP and damage per hit slightly.

[@KorneliusBriedis]

+Achim Hanischdörfer well, you wouldn't need to remember if you just checked but well. for grade 3 damage is not increased, maybe there is grade 5 with that.

[@achimhanischdorfer3403]

Anyhow. I dislike the shortrange and long range mod. So it's either lightweight or sturdy.

[@KorneliusBriedis]

and you dislike why? short range can give you higher damage and less thermal load.

[@achimhanischdorfer3403]

I like flexibility. Beyond ~1km the short range blasters damage is lower due to damage dropoff. And longrange blaster only comes in after ~ 2000m distance. If anything I will go for shortrange lv1, sturdy lv1 or lightweight.

[@neilsed5680]

I thought corrosive were not cummulative? ie: It doesn't help to have two multi-cannons with "corrosive"? Just one will have the desired effect?

[@KrulzRash]

Seems they are not, I'm using 2xIncendiary Rounds

[@tipsytako3633]

In order to mod your weapons you need dlc right? Or does it come from base game?

[@JB-fk3bt]

+Bad84552364 I believe you need Horizons to do it.

[@Lieentz]

+Bad84552364 you need Horizons in order to mod your weapons since every engineer is located on a planet

[@ShermanStrike]

+Dr4gonFlyy Incorrect, there will be engineers in non-planetary bases.

[@tipsytako3633]

+ShermanStrike I hope so

[@KorneliusBriedis]

+ShermanStrike well, technically he was correct because there are no engineers at stations and there is big IF they come, devs said that there will be but judging that they can't even give us module storage i wouldn't expect it soon, so for time being only horizon owners can mod their modules.

[@lt3xget-rekt331]

how is possible 126% DPS ? Boost rate of fire it's not possible with overcharged Possible on beta test only ?

[@Droogie128]

Can you do a decked out Imperial Courier? Maximum speed in a full combat outfit.

[@Droogie128]

***** I personally stick to all lasers just because I hate running out of ammo. Mostly interested in its speed and maneuverability fully decked out. The distributor is weak, which is the Achilles Heel of it. Perhaps trying to overcome that?

[@Droogie128]

***** curious to see what you can do with it :) that and the clipper are my favorite ships. The courier just doesnt do anything particularly well (except for canyon running), and I want to see if the engineers can change that.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

+Kornelius Briedis Back when I used Courier I always went with 1 beam and 2 multi-cannons. Worked pretty well except against heavily armored targets.

[@KorneliusBriedis]

+SaHaRaSquad yeap, on small ships i prefer beam/multi combo as well, just tried it - works even better now ;) just need to play with it to get used (i tried same fire-group for fixed beam and multi which was silly but i wanted to see it ).

[@jay300m04]

Great video. Please answer this question. Is there any way to charge my FSD drives faster? Please help, thank you.

[@KorneliusBriedis]

no. not at the moment. BUT if you refer to mass lock then hyperjump IS NOT affected by mass lock, so if you are under fire from larger ship do not super-cruise but hyperjump instead. always.

[@marcus2132]

Did you ever get a chance to try Sturdy mount for 45% armor penetration?? Really curious as to how they perform

[@KorneliusBriedis]

not really, it might be good against silent runners if correct special abilities can be rolled, this armor penetration is confusing for me and very hard to test.

[@ObiWanCannabi]

I use 3 short range enhanced with corrosive rounds, it melts every ship i have come across

[@acejustone2429]

Obi Wan Cannabi corrosive dont stack each other

[@DavidHanniganJr]

How about telling me what NPC farming is. I mean I know what material farming is because I need materials and for engineering and stuff, but I haven't met any reason to have NPCs in my cargo hold, or some shit. Which I don't even think you can do.

[@KorneliusBriedis]

NPC farming = killing NPCs for bounties

[@DavidHanniganJr]

@@KorneliusBriedis I figured that's got to be the only legitimate explanation. But I didn't want to assume that that was the case.

[@ricomorgado]

Pardon, but I don't see any sense in using Plasma Slug guns AND multicannons. 'Cause you'll have to dock and rearm now and then anyway. So what is the point?

[@Mabrjjcj]

Synthesize your multi-cannon ammo.

[@epicpinecone4593]

Insteead of railguns would medium beams work aswell ?

[@Veldrade]

I think it would take too much energy from the energy capacitor

[@epicpinecone4593]

bleh :P

[@mrragnarokk7415]

Why do so many people use a python in their videos? I'd think an Anaconda would be better or the Corvette.

[@mrragnarokk7415]

+Kornelius Briedis I don't know if this is true or not.. but can you give it a try.. you know how to can click and it will auto finish the RNG. Well if you wait for it to get the Experimental part of the game and wait for the dial to spin then you click it seems like you make it land on one of the blue spots.. Give it a try plz let me know if seems like a mini game if you click at the right moment you could get it to stop on one of the blue tics.

[@KorneliusBriedis]

+Mr Ragnarokk no, it's not mini game, you can click to see the result but you cannot influence it.

[@mrragnarokk7415]

Yeah.. Just figured it out.. Must of been really good luck.. because i got like 4 special abilities in a row.. but then my luck ran out.. that little arrow was stopping at the same point I was clicking..

[@XAshRichOakX]

how do you have 3 large multi-cannons thought biggest was medium size?

[@KorneliusBriedis]

it's live now

[@XAshRichOakX]

i know the patch is live its been live for me ive been playing i found some large multi cannons though despite google not helping whatsoever but which engineer overcharges and im assuming you add 2 mods? because overcharge and incendary / corrosive ammo are both on

[@KorneliusBriedis]

engineer with weapon mods i assume, i have videos what engineers offers but not many were interested in those, the required materials might be now slightly different from beta but blueprints should be same, check those videos and see who has what you need, i am not planing on visiting engineers until i hit 600 limit

[@XAshRichOakX]

Kornelius Briedis 1. whats 600 limit? and 2 i meant like in the video even though it was beta you said you had 3 gimballed OVERCHARGED multicannons with the ammuniton mod how is it overcharged?

[@KorneliusBriedis]

limit to material, engineer mod called overcharged

[@Droogie128]

Do you like the rails in 2.1?

[@KorneliusBriedis]

+Droogie128 hmmm, funny thing is that even with unlimited ammo they are not as effective as overcharged medium multis with some nice ability, and they tend to over heat a lot, i tried fdl with 2 rails and 3 multis and 5 multis and with 5 i got better results..

[@Droogie128]

Kornelius Briedis I was thinking that rails wouldn't be good on a courier anyway. That thing has terrible heat management.

[@KorneliusBriedis]

especially when you upgrade thrusters and other stuff it is even less heat efficient. i actually will try my beloved 1 fixed beam and gimbaled multi later, it can handle that pretty nicely, now i want to see how it handles in combat.

[@Droogie128]

Kornelius Briedis I really love my pulse lasers, too. They seem to be the perfect weapon for me. Easy on the distributor, and hard on shields with good hull penetration. Maybe 2 pulse 1 multi?

[@KorneliusBriedis]

engineers shifted pretty much weapon balance, if you can't handle lasers you don't need them anymore - mod your multis and you will have insane loadout.