Federal Corvette-Engineered Builds-PvE, PvP, Anti-Xeno, Mining, Trading, Exploration-Elite Dangerous

In this Federal Corvette Ship Build Guide from EDTutorials by Exigeous we look at 6 builds for the Federal Corvette, PvE (bounty hunting & conflict zones), PvP, Anti-Xeno, Mining, Trading and Exploration in Elite Dangerous. While engineering ship builds is a very subjective topic these are tried and true builds that are known to work extremely well for each of their various purposes in Elite Dangerous.
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00:00 Intro
00:48 PvE Build (Bounty Hunting & Conflict Zones)
05:11 PvP Build (Open PvP)
07:50 Anti-Xeno (Anti Thargoid)
09:12 Mining (Deep Core & Laser Mining)
11:38 Trading and Power Play Merits
12:43 Deep Space Exploration
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[@Exigeous]

TYPO IN THE MINING CORVETTE - The Prismatic shield should be class 6 - NOT class 5 as stated in the video.

[@star_reshiram]

You expressing concern for me going in a Deep Space Exploration Corvette just makes me want to go out in a Deep Space Exploration Corvette

[@prisonerofthehighway1059]

Alright, you heard him fellas. All Asp Scout builds from now on lol.

[@Exigeous]

FUCK YES!!

[@Goldmiin]

I want to meet the guy wo made asp scout useful.

[@lovethesabres06]

Lololol I'm dead

[@LordRenegrade]

If you take an Asp Scout to Hutton Orbital, you get a free Asp Scout ! No wait..

[@102728]

@@LordRenegrade by this point lakon will pay you to take an asp scout of their hands.

[@johnterpack3940]

No joke... I found this video because I specifically searched for Corvette exploration builds.

[@redwastaken3363]

but... why?

[@johnterpack3940]

@@redwastaken3363 because I like doing what I'm told not to do.

[@redwastaken3363]

@@johnterpack3940 but do you run a hull tank asp scout with only cannons for hardpoints?

[@johnterpack3940]

@@redwastaken3363 Sounds fun. But I haven't played in months and don't expect to play again.

[@thomassewell9602]

Haha that’s what I came here for too!

[@TheFallinhalo]

Instructions unclear, Sent you 1000 more Corvette builds for critiquing. Instructions Double unclear, ended up with a Comabt Corvette with 7 mining lasers that mine the metals off my target ships, xD Good Video btw

[@CreeperDude-cm1wv]

*mining lasers go brrrr*

[@vampyr2936]

*mines the enemies engines so they can't move and then slowly eats away their vessle avoiding the CMD Deck so they are just stuck there waiting for that laser burst to melt it's way slowly through their canopy that vents them into the inky black to be picked apart by collector limpets and sold off as bio-waste for a tiny profit, never to be seen or heard of again, nothing hinting at where they may have gone except that they were last seen entering the Forbidden Fields *

[@dylanwoodard5378]

@@vampyr2936”picked apart by collector limpets!!” 😂😂

[@jameschristensen662]

The scoops per scooping scoop had me cracking up.

[@ericblanchi5489]

Must say, love how much I'm learning from these.

[@Exigeous]

Good deal, that's the whole point!

[@somedude4805]

Another great and informative video. I've learned a couple more things I'm doing inefficiently, thank you!

[@LexiOrchard]

Missed but never forgotten Exigeous! Happy New Year and Hope you are doing well out in the void!

[@SaltyRocksPew]

I use a docking computer on my vette because I like to watch it land in free cam mode fight me I have no shame

[@kkmardigrce]

Don't worry, to each their own. I haven't owned or used a docking computer so far, but I love supercruise assist (exploration ships) as I can watch movies while the ship travels to a far-away Earthlike. Or whatever. :D

[@emilyhofland8219]

I put it on most my large ships. It's a luxury though. As I can get landed much faster without.

[@MarkRiker]

Even though i am very very good at docking, I do the same... the game is attention whoring enough (and without pause) for me not to have at least that. I've seen how all the elitists (actually pretentious snobs) dock and i can say that am not impressed.

[@ShitKid1337]

Why do people hate on others using the docking computer?

[@arturius9715]

Docking computer is nice...it gives you a chance to plot course on galaxy map etc..

[@_aleventure_1304]

I love those building video, very useful. Congrats Ex

[@nftsasha]

These are great, love it, thanks!

[@OrtexofWill]

Alright, I think I found my next insane exploration ship! Sweet!!

[@DrTarte]

This is just what I needed to get back into the game. Been away for a few months. I wonder if the fleetcarrier is still around, forgot if I kept it stocked for this long... Never would have thought to go with thermal munitions, this could be a fun change of pace

[@LordRenegrade]

Dammit, I didn't know guardian shield boosters went into military slots... good tip, thank you!

[@bikemessenger7]

great video. before Fleet carriers I had the idea of taking something like your Deep space exploration build to colonia. In my mind it would be the only Corvette there.

[@drakko26]

Gotta say I love my pve Corvette and I'm happy to see I got it mostly right. I do need to make one single change, apparently, to my class 3 slot, switch out the beam with another MC. Thanks for the effort CMDR Exigeous

[@Exigeous]

Well that's not necessarily a bad thing, depending on what it's running for engineering and your other weapons. For example in a wing a regen beam isn't a bad idea, long range fixed would be good too, but that'd be a bit harder on your distro. Running incendiary on the multis lets them do so much thermal damage it might not be necessary, if you aren't running corrosive on something that'd be the most important add.

[@drakko26]

@@Exigeous My two class4s are 1x incendiary+1x corrosive. Your point to move the corrosive to the class 3 makes way more sense, despite the spooling time of the mount :)

[@stevenboughner7255]

No worries it will be a long time before I have a Corvette.Good to know video.

[@darrellpowell6042]

This is a GREAT video. Confirmed three of my FC builds were correct, PvE, PvP and trading. Anyone who knows ED and how confusing engineering can be per loadout. The core foundation is the only thing you need to get right, then every module that's stored is a add on to improve weapons, hull reinforcements, module reinforcements and cargo space and shield banks. Once again a great video I'm sure ppl will follow sound advice. BUT players must try to 'discover' builds by playing and experiencing the game. Not a criticism anywhere to be found.

[@bogatyr2473]

"You have too much self respect to use a docking computer on a Corvette right?" No, no I do not.

[@Buckshot-DCS]

Flying the Corvette through the mailslot and trying to land it when they give you the landing land immediately inside is nerve racking lmao

[@LoneWolf-vu6qy]

@@Buckshot-DCS Why I run it on the vette, and conda.

[@captainfox-6932]

Just land a type-9 without the computer a few times, the corvette is a cakewalk in comparison.

[@danielstokker]

@@captainfox-6932 i cant seem to land anything with a long nose the mailslot gets me every damn time in the t9 or t10 im at the front and its somehow easier

[@OrderOfOmphalos]

The only difficult ship to land is a beluga, and that only because it literally gets stuck in the mail slot and you have to fiddle your landing gear to get it out. But even that the docking computer is worse.

[@Exigeous]

NOTE ON FORMAT: I'm trying out a 2:1 format for this video after getting the suggestion from The Pilot - let me know what you think and if you like this format!

[@MrApollo008]

I don't know about what others were saying, but full screen ration isn't bad...

[@Exigeous]

@ADF-CABLE It is a pretty small change - 1920x1080 to 2160x1080 so not huge at all but it gives me more room for the progress bar at the top and should format a bit better on mobile.

[@kriswelsh3844]

Looks awesome on an ultrawide

[@incognito_moley]

For me this is so much better. I watch a lot of videos on my phone since the kids have the TV and I'm usually in the kitchen instead of hiding away in the game room. On the phone it looks great!

[@jchoneandonly]

Imma explore wit it!

[@TehF0cus]

Gotta love those dual beam lasers on size 4. its just so much fun

[@seshatar580]

Great video as always! The Reinforced/Fast Charge Bi-Weaves are fantastic, however I would recommend another booster set-up. The Thermal Resistant boosters have too many disadvantages. I would suggest 5x Heavy Duty/Super Cap and 3x Resistant Augmented/Thermo Block instead. To compare: Set-up from video: 4585 Absolute 12,393 Explosive 10,329 Kinetic 7,979 Thermal My suggestion: 4793 Absolute (+208) 16,989 Explosive (+4,586) 14,159 Kinetic (+3,830) 7,283 Thermal (-696) I think the relatively little gain in thermal resistance is not worth the quite huge drops in the other categories. As my bi-weaves never dropped in PvE and they regenerate quite fast I also ditched SCBs and instead got armored PP and HRP/MRP (6k hull with over 50% resist for all), since I play mostly open and had some reverb cascade experiences in the past. For the size 7 i use a 7A Fuel Scoop and the class 7 fighter hangar, as HRP/MRP only goes till class 5 anyway, so why not and its nice for multi-crew. That's just personal preference tho. After all can't do much wrong for PvE in the Corvette :D

[@bubblesmith2609]

With the help of this video, the corvette will become my everything ship. The exploration heresy will be legendary

[@nafnist]

Great work, can't wait for next episode! I also want to give my take on it! I'd recommend some hull on PvE build, as some NPCs will have Phasing.

[@Exigeous]

Sure, but you still have nearly 2000 which is MORE than enough to deal with phasing, and the only place you'll see that is in a pirate activity beacon.

[@nafnist]

Yea, figured you'd say that hehe. I might be wrong here, but some Missions can also produce NPCs with phasing

[@youtubeisdead8153]

​@@Exigeous what ? in CZs a lot of npcs has phasing - all specops has it for sure .... if i can go from 7.5 k hull to 80% very easy = you can die very easy with 2 k or you will be forced to go for repairs :D you should really test this build in CZs ... its not good for that and CZs is PVE too... btw elite NPCs from missions has phasing too ...

[@youtubeisdead8153]

​@@nafnist no you are right hes wrong ...especially if this is for new players who made quick grind and than build this as first build .... they dont know what to expect so 2 k hull is really nice way to die ... in some PVE encounters .. and why ? you can drop useless shield reinforcments and you get a lot of hull... more HP than you traded for shields MJ - no problem you have enough shields strenght without ... and 4 cell banks - i was always good with 2x7b so ..... and you making cell banks less effective with reinforcments ...

[@fe_mars7097]

Love the vid !

[@Exigeous]

Pretty decent comment too...

[@Direrain72]

Looking over at my Explorer 'Vette. That is an Outrageous Slander, Sir! I am most certainly not crazy! It is YOU who are not crazy enough! All in good fun, Thats what I do for fun in E:D...collect every ship, and try to squeeze the most jump-range and exploration viability out of each one.

[@darkzide7558]

Great video. I'm with you on flying small and medium class ships for PVE combat - way more fun and engaging. That being said, I always grab my Corvette for efficiently running CZs. You can run through 2-3 before needing ammo and most of the time without any hull damage and full shields with propper PIP management. I will be implementing these tips to my build 👍

[@Exigeous]

Agreed, but you know what, i can melt through ships just as fast in my Krait Mark II as I can much more easily use say PAs and rails, or frags, and have a LOT more fun. Having essentially unlimited shields is sorta nice though.

[@youtubeisdead8153]

I doubt this PVE corvette is viable in CZs they do phasing .... so this hull is not enough .... you wil die before shileds go down... for example my vette has 7-7.5k hull (resistance not absolute ) and if all spec ops turn on me (or even if i fight them 1 by 1) im on 70%-80% hull after fight in best scenario ....in worst its 60%-70% and my shields didnt dropped once :D so in his hull im dead or i must run for repair

[@kkmardigrce]

Back on Distant Worlds 2 expedition I did come across some very insane people running a Corvette to the other side of the galaxy. Insane or not, I did envy them a bit for a really, REALLY cool looking ship.

[@kkmardigrce]

But... Why shield boosters for the explo build? Seriously, the shield is completely enough. If you need additional boosters, you're doing something wrong. I've landed on 9,77g world with an Anaconda, 4A shield with absolutely no problems. I still need to go to that higher g world that someone found.

[@naillia_night_dreamer3518]

Its not a vett but the build for one of my ship still wip or i send it ^^ Great video, i have learn alot

[@PatrickRatman]

those 2 large multicannons sitting on the top make the corvette look like Core Dynamics just glued a modern (or ancient by elite standards) anti-air tank to the top of their ship.

[@jameschristensen662]

I like the idea of doing just one type of ship. It would give other players a great reference on the future to look back into for build ideas instead of hunting through videos.

[@Exigeous]

Well this is how I've always done it as I've covered several this way and will eventually get to them all, or all the good ones. The "react" series is geared a little differently, the original goal was to make fun of people's builds more than anything so I'll pick that back up in the next episode.

[@HotaruTomoe]

Those are quite optimal builds. I have a laser build for CZ's just because i don't like to reload ammo. It's slower in killing but ideally i can run 3-4 CZ high in a row. (depending in what state prismatic shield is)

[@xavierdugas-frenette2469]

I'm a week old noob to the game (as deep as a puddle? yeah, hum...no). I'm still struggling to find good places to get good ship builds. These kind of videos help a lot! I'm a combat/multipurpose player and just bought the Asp Explorer, but I'm struggling to make it into a more combat oriented build.

[@Priotech]

I'd always run a Supercruise Assist over a docking computer, its just more useful (hyperjump dethrottle and afk cruising to combat zones and stations). Also, there were a bunch of Corvettes on DW2, along with T9's :)

[@yodamf]

Yo why do you keep harping on the docking computer? You're supposed to go take a tinkle or drop a dookie while your ship autodocks. Are you running a high-capacity engineered bedpan or something, Exigeous?

[@Exigeous]

Just having a bit of fun, I use them on my non-combat ships so I can reply to comments, etc. and while something this big has plenty of space for them it kills me when I see them on small class ships. Just needed something to give people a hard time over, that's all.

[@Mimeniia]

Exactly, when the wifu or kids need you, you gotta jump.

[@dagoelius]

@@Mimeniia This +1. Without fail, every. single. god-damn time.

[@PatrickRatman]

personally auto docking and supercruise assist are MANDATORY when im playing this game on Steam link on my phone. even with a controller playing with a quarter-second delay makes it a pain in the ass to dock. and i only really play on mobile when im just casually moving tritium to or from my fleet carrier. people make all this racket about how auto docking is slower than manual but i mean none of that really matters when you're making real money at the same time :3

[@amdtje8282]

VETTE FTW! Took it around the galaxy 🙂 My vette has 7000mj of shields :-) I love to slam into surfaces!

[@MrFeretier]

Hello there, very nice video as always, looking at your pve build it fells like it could be viable in pvp by switching gimballed for manual, and replace the medium multi by another rail, would it make sens ? edit : talking only about weapons here .

[@Parabueto]

To be fair that exploration build can go further than the old school Asp when the game first came out...

[@Genericusername1004]

Right, off to make the exploration Corvette!

[@Numenor3791]

I took my Explorer Corvette to Beagle Point during DW2. We do exist!

[@Genericusername1004]

@@Numenor3791 One of my first trips to Colonia and SagA* was within my first month of having elite dangerous. I did it in a 17ly jump range cutter :D

[@Exigeous]

@Numenor3791 Yep, I knew you, uh, well, uh, _different_ people were out there!

[@Halo003qd]

@@Exigeous at the very least if you ever run across someone else out there while exploring, take joy in knowing they probably had a heart attack when their contacts said Federal Corvette

[@anthoselongstride8309]

For some reason I just cannot bring myself to explore in a large class ship, there is something about having to downgrade my core internals to those of a medium ship just feels wrong for some reason, even though an anaconda can get the best jump range, I tend to prefer doing long trips in an Asp X or a DBX

[@jeffbynum1024]

tempted to submit a corvette build after watching this..

[@redbreastgaming1955]

@14:12 Over 1200 scoops per scooping scoop. Excellent phrase!

[@Exigeous]

Is there any other way to say that??

[@IamJacksLPs]

You say its a matter of self respect having the auto docker on a corvette. Sir I must tell you I run a docking computer on my corvette because landing is for the help. A good day.

[@popuptoaster]

If you've been playing the game for a long time the exploration build doesn't seem that bad, 40ly jumps used to be not far off the best you could hope for.

[@zombyiz7801]

My exploration corvette jump only 28ly and i ´m at Sagittarius A… ofc i need much longer but i love this ship. 😂

[@brendanmewburn1056]

Will you be doing videos for the cutter and anaconda? Because i have all 3 and need assistance for good builds for a mining cutter, deep space exploration anaconda and pve corvette.

[@paoemantega8793]

OK everyone, send Exigeous your Vette builds :)

[@szekihu]

o7 Commander! Thanks for the builds! I reconstructed the combat PvE version in Edsy and the power draw is beyond 15% of its capacity if the hardpoints are deployed. How do you manage this?

[@juliocesarcortesdonaire7520]

Modules priorities..

[@m4dmaxx363]

Im curious about the Repair Limpet Controller in your "Im That Guy" Corvette... in this case they have no use cause you dont had any Cargo for Drones in it? did i miss something?

[@m4dmaxx363]

Nevermind! Dont know what Corrosion Resistant was..... thought it was a Engineer Item for Hull but dont know it was a Cargo Rack! :D

[@themirror8994]

Deep space Vette explorer here. Yes. We exist. Yes. We are NUTS. landing on planets 30k from bubble goes BRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@mikkelstergaard6218]

I for one welcome the Vettesplorer Overlords and wish to join them in their glorious endeavour whenever I get around to getting one

[@Numenor3791]

I took a Vette to Beagle Point on DW2, it was a LOT of fun. Flying canyons at 421m/s in a 160m long ship is fun as hell.

[@thecoolio9167]

Obviously there are gonna be alot of variants you can run with the PVP build but I definitely go a different route. Fixed OC incendiary multis on huge, and large. 1 medium high cap corrosive fixed multi, 1 imperial hammer LR and feedback, with a small gimbaled high cap drag frag and a small long range scramble pulse turret.

[@Exigeous]

Sure, that would work great - it's pretty high skill given the fixed multis but great if you can land the shots.

[@thecoolio9167]

@@Exigeous its all ive been flying on the corvette for about 6 months. Been practicing with the top Vette pilots on Xbox for a while now. I have no issues keeping time on target with my fixed multi build. Bank timing is rough though especially against the super sweaty Vette PvPers. Ive also got an all fixed multi FDL that has taken down some meta PA FDLs.

[@Exigeous]

@@thecoolio9167 Sure, I'm a big fan of them and run 2 enforcers on my Sidewinder and have defeated many a Corvette and Cutter with it as they just can't get on me so I piss them off to the point they finally just run. I run an all gimballed multi FDL that has taken out it's share of meta FDLs, especially if they aren't running chaff, in those cases it's almost too easy. Good to know there is PvP on Xbox too.

[@chriscole2550]

Just bought my corvette. My brain hurts.

[@fiendlordmagus9330]

could yo urecommend any videos on the imperial cutter, or whether or not its good for pve?

[@Barry3819]

i was considering using 2 huge beam/burst lasers and fitting everything else with multicannons because i struggle to hit things with the huge multicannons

[@rawkfistgaming]

Easily your funniest video, lmfaoooooo!!! And hey, who DOESN'T want to scoop at 1,200 scoops per scooping scoop???

[@ParkerSeeley]

Alright, I know you said no more Corvette builds. But have you considered... Silent Running Corvettes?

[@marcobonera838]

cmdr Rui Rebui enters the chat

[@olivierjolivet7763]

Thank you for this great video, but 3 good questions were left unanswered: - "is PVE build viable for pirate 7 solo?" (as engineered NPCs can destroy your modules) - "On the PVE build, unclear why you wouldn't go with reactive composites over military" - "Aren't 7B Shield Cell Banks better because they have extra charges, so higher overall shield regen from them?" + one other question: PVE condas chaff constantly: no fixed weapons in your PVE build? That's a lot of questions, hope you can find the time to answer!

[@MrFeretier]

Hello, - I definitely think the pve build would work just fine, but you could either switch to a 7A reinforced/hi Cap shield and get rid of the Guardian shield boosters to replace them with modules and hull reinforcement. - You don't really need that much of armor in pve, also considering the 450 M credits the reactive cost :) and the big and fast shield you have. But yes sure ! - No idea about the 7B shield cell bank but i run two 7A( non engineered) and a class 6A( that i never use actually) and it works fine. - About NPC's ships loaded with chaff, it is a pain to fight against, that is the reason why i almost immediately switched to fixe class 4 multi cannons (always wanted to try it). I have to say it is kind of disturbing combined with gimballed multi cannons.

[@olivierjolivet7763]

@@MrFeretier Hi, thanks for your answer. Exactly what I did: 7A generator (grinding the prismatic at the moment) with module reinforcements and fixed MCs. Against smaller ships, the tracking can be tricky, though. Will give PAs a try, since you don't have to follow the reticle, but just adjust when you fire?

[@MrFeretier]

@@olivierjolivet7763 Yes indeed commander, adjust and fire, 60prc are absolute damage and yes firing on small target is tricky, unless you fly with FA off and then everything change. I just discovered, thanks to Ashen fox, HOW to fly with FA off and it is definitely not with the standard settings we are used too ( i've been trying for hours with no succes to say the least). It's just a couple of change in the mouse settings, if you want to give it a try : Go to control, mouse settings, put relative X-axis ON, relative Y-axis ON, Relative mouse rate to maximum, dead zone and power curve to 0.Then go to flight thrust and be sure to set a key for forward and backward thrust. I strongly suggest before all that to equip a small ship ( with shields !:), i used the diamondback scout, and go in a asteroids belt, then set up the controls . It's not easy to get used to but it's a game changer for me.

[@cmdrgogen3203]

Hoping to see the same for Cutter, now that we have more than one, after recent CG and discounts.

[@Exigeous]

Yep, it'll be coming soon.

[@Datan0de]

Great timing! I got killed by YOU in your Corvette two nights ago in Eurybia! :-D

[@Exigeous]

Yes, yes you did - I didn't get very good video of it which is why I used the kill on Harry Balls instead. I was actually testing the build to get video for this very guide so I appreciate your sacrifice to the cause!!

[@Datan0de]

@@Exigeous Always happy to help! I just wish I'd turned in my combat bonds first. :-)

[@Rossoferrari]

My corvette is the death star, I got all efficient beam laser, but the huge class I used overcharged and thermal vent for the heat. All my enemies will die in 20 seconds

[@Priotech]

I run all long range/thermal vent beams with the two small slots running long range/corrosive multicannons for when larger ships drop there shields and survive the initial white hot melty onslaught :)

[@wizardofcroz]

Also! How do experimental weapon effects such as drag on frag cannon work? Does the opponent need to be unshielded for the effect to take place?

[@Exigeous]

Nope, drag takes effect through shields. There is a cool down for it, I believe 10 seconds but it might be 20 and I'm remembering wrong. You land one shot with it and for 5 seconds effectively all pips are removed from engines, it is REALLY annoying if you're in something fast/agile like say an FDL.

[@congruentcrib]

Federal Corvette: alright PVP PVE? You got it! Any other play styles? Oh umm here this and this, and some big ass guns, yeah more guns!

[@CmdrTigerKing]

no fsd interdictor in the pvp build ?

[@omarkr7602]

Juicy 4 cell banks for PvP would be a treat for those with feedback cascade

[@Exigeous]

Not necessarily, with rapid if you time it right and you're in a 1v1, especially with another large class ship it's really not that hard to do it properly. I have a full guide on cell banks that discusses some of the tactics to use. In a wing or even against a single medium class yeah, it's pretty damn tough.

[@vangobango7627]

Wonder how many Type 9 or 10 builds he gets. Love my Type 9 and once it's built fully I might snag aa 10

[@eaglesridge7896]

Aren't 7B Shield Cell Banks better because they have extra charges, so higher overall shield regen from them?

[@tsusai]

On the PvE Core, I thought you didn't want to use Guardian Shields with biweave per your other recent video?

[@Exigeous]

You don't want to use ALL guardian shields, especially on a medium class. It's okay to use a few on something huge like this where you're never going to lose your shields, more to the point you wouldn't use them instead of cell banks, and here we have 4.

[@wizardofcroz]

I currently play on controller, how do you manage the binds for all those cell banks and shield boosters? How does it work if you have multiple boosters on a single fire group and same with cell banks? I find myself fumbling to find my countermeasures like chaff and heatsink in the midsts of combat because I have so many fire groups (group for weapons, group for kill warrant and wake scan, group for chaff and heatsink and one last one for shield cell bank)

[@Exigeous]

As I don't play on console/controller that's hard to say, I believe you can bind button combos, or you'd have to use firegroups - if you do use firegroups then if you have 2 banks on the same trigger/group they will fire together, if you have a dedicated button/combo they will fire once per press. For example with a button if I want to "double bank" with a heatsink the process is heat sink, count to 2, cell bank, count to 1, cell bank. If timed right you won't go above 100% heat (or at least not much) and you'll get the energy one after the other, great if you're trying to do it quickly to evade a cascade railgun.

[@LivefromCBP]

Hey CMDR Exigeous. Long time fan here. I'm trying to modify my corvette to the PVE build, but I can't use the links in the description and connect to Coriolis or whatever they lead to. I use both Firefox and Chrome. Can you please update the links so I can see the build? That would be amazing. o7.

[@Nikes.91]

You need to clear your browser cache and the website should work

[@LivefromCBP]

@@Nikes.91 It worked! Thank you! o7!

[@chyrion_2536]

Exploration corvette ? Sign me right up

[@Tottleminerftw]

Gives explanation build. I think I'm that insane.

[@alezandercorben4122]

I love my PvE corvette.

[@alexsmith3103]

Why the reactive surface comp not with thermal resistance?

[@Kaleban]

I thought the accepted wisdom on powerplants was to always run Armoured? If you're mostly running kinetics your power draw won't be that high, and you're switching on and off shield banks as needed.

[@proy3]

I need to get this ship.

[@Exigeous]

The funny thing is this is one of my all time LEAST favorite ships as I love the small fast "fighter" style with the Krait Mark II my favorite for CZ, etc. and the Sidewinder my favorite to fly.

[@flops314]

@@Exigeous I agree. Been working on the current community goal in mine and while it's a tank, combat is just meh. You just get danced around by every other ship out there. This video showed I have a long way to go on my build as well.

[@proy3]

@@Exigeous Honestly, it will probably end up being like my Cutter. I'll use it for something stupid like mining and just go back to my Chief for AX and my Mk 2 or Python for combat. It's more of an "It's there, so I wanna get it" type of deal for me. The only reason I might use it over a cutter for mining is because the cutter turns like a skyscraper in molasses.

[@RahvinVassago]

noticed a minor typo in the core internals, the vette has grade 5 life support not 8

[@amdtje8282]

Love the last build. The only one the vette really excells at :-) Whahahahahahaha

[@se-xk6kz]

"So we can scoop at over 12 hundred scoops per scooping scoop."

[@imaner76]

All beams on a Vette is the best NPC removal platform 😎

[@asx7121]

Thx commander, only thing is life support should be 5 lvl not 8

[@Exigeous]

NOTE: Please remember while these are known, tested and high performing builds there are many arguments to be made for other choices, for example in wing combat you could choose a large gimballed efficient regeneration beam that would allow you to heal your wingmates, etc. As such I hope you'll share your favorite builds.

[@JP-jq7ob]

great that you added this, I recently got a corvette and haven't fully engineered it but, it is already an unstoppable predator in the haz res

[@Expunge6667]

My PvE Corvette runs 2 class 4 efficient beams with thermal vent. Cools my ship down enough to break lock on if the target lasts long enough. My only problem is choosing the other weapons. The beams wreck everything they touch. I like missiles, so I will probably just go with high capacity.

[@leroyreynolds7366]

Would it not be better to run Overcharged with Thermal vent? As far as my knowledge goes and Im sure Exigeous mentions it somewhere, that Thermal vent is directly effected by the heat output of the weapon. Thus a weapon that produces more heat, will cool better with the Experimental. I might be mistaken though.

[@Expunge6667]

@@leroyreynolds7366 It's true that it works that way but with less time on target because of the massive distributor draw, your overall DPS remains about the same

[@LordKemmotar]

I have a doubt, using a shield bank generates a lot of heat, for that reason normally we use heat sinks or termal vent lasers, but in the pve build i don't see them... how do you manage the heat?

[@Exigeous]

Just like I explain in the video, you run specialized which lowers the heat quite a bit. And sure, you'll get to about 120% or so but that will only give you a little bit of module damage from it, you don't even malfunction on a module until it drops to below 80% integrity and "hot banking" in a build like this won't get you anywhere near that level. You'll see on the PvP build you do run sinks as you're running rapid which is much hotter.

[@LordKemmotar]

@@Exigeous Thanks for the answer o/

[@marcosdominguez5271]

Great video! Anaconda next?

[@jerrycarnes9487]

Why is it so hard to find a multi roll build for a vette. I have mine settup for combat, passengers, and exploration. I kind of like doing planetary scans the most so I really only need an srv but being able to take care of any problem and the huge shields are fun.

[@user-25352]

so, hangar is not recommended for PvP?

[@mikehawk5492]

I still think the anaconda is the superior pve ship, but im not really sure about the fighters, why do you pick the Taipan over other fighters?

[@bzutim]

I use the Trident guardian fighter in my vette, is the fixed beam taipan better for pve?

[@Exigeous]

Holy shit yes - the Trident is really only effective against Thargoids as while it does some human damage it's very low compared to the fixe beam - the other issue is it's a paper tiger as it's shield and hull are MUCH weaker than the Taipan, that's why everyone uses it.

[@ghostplkr4408]

Cool. Is it still valid? (I'm not up to date with the changes in the game) Can you give a cockpit color, please? (thank you)

[@redrobby9939]

Wouldn't you do better with a normal shield gen or prismatic gen with those triple guardian shield boosters and 4 banks for the PVE vette rather than a bi-weave? the banks i get, but why the boosters? didn't you say that those boosters run counterproductive to the bi-weaves since it jacks up the time it takes for the shields to regen in another video?

[@Exigeous]

Sure, you can run a prismatic and on mine sometimes I do - you still get a really fast regen from the biweave and your banks will give you far more back than they would on a prismatic. Plus when bounty hunting between fights you wont' be taking fire so you'll actually regen some back even with a few guardian boosters. The issue with the previous build I looked at was ALL guardian boosters and NO cell banks, that's the real issue.

[@redrobby9939]

EDTutorials by Exigeous Ahh. i get it now, thanks for the clarification!

[@CypherusMcClain]

[Submits a corvette build] :^) Nah, I literally JUST got the thing. Came here for build ideas.

[@marisinti]

I thought Thermal conduit had only 20% damage when above 100% heat and when under 100% heat it had 20% less damage?

[@danielknights5977]

3:00 The Utility Mounts in the orbis build don't match what is in the video. In orbis, only one Shield Booster has Thermo Block on. The boosters with 'Thermal Resistant' and 'Resistance Augmented' should all have Thermo Block.

[@se-xk6kz]

14:12 lmaoooooooooooooo

[@aterial1]

Where are you got corvette with 8D life support?)))

[@johnday134]

On the PvE build, unclear why you wouldn't go with reactive composites over military - any particular reason?

[@MrFeretier]

With the amount of shield ( considering 4 SCB ) you don't really need armor, also notice that there is no Hull reinforcement in this build. Plus you save something like 250M. Actually you don't even need Military grade armor if you stay solo and/or private in my opinion.

[@jchoneandonly]

I'm gonna show up at sidewinder slaughter with a vette! And probably eventually die. Lol

[@user-jq8cu8lu3p]

I prefer shortrange MC over overcharged. MC hit nothing that is maneuvering beyond 2km range anyway. Short range gives a bit more dps and larger clip size though. Im not a fan of rails in pve, but this is a question of taste. I would rather take some packhounds i guess. Also im not sure if so much focus on shields and 4 shield banks is realy required for pve. Half that much focus on shield is totally enough in my opinion. I would rather put a bit more into hull armor. Definetelly i would not sacrifice cruise assist. Its one of the best modules in my opinion. If you know how to abuse it, it can save you up to 40 seconds per each approach. This sums up when you are collecting your missions.

[@Shame_Wizard]

do more corvette bulids

[@sadskytristeciel1439]

Boy I miss your voice and your professional video. I hope that you are safe.