Imperial Cutter - Anti-Xeno Ship Review - Elite Dangerous

Testing and Reviewing the Imperial Cutter capabilities in AX Combat
Ship build used: is.gd/ruVr5A
All tests are conducted with FA OFF.
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[@chrisoliver3642]

I love Kate's ship names. Most prestigious and expensive ship in the game? Name: Last Resort.

[@emilyhofland8219]

I put so much effort into my ship names. I even have a Concord, cleverly pulled, as it was the previous name of Blackbeard's ship, before he renamed it. Chimaera as spelled as one of ships thrawn commanded in star wars Asp ex... Magellan My black combat fleet have names like black sunshine, and black magic... My anti zeno... Orkan I can't help but feel that she's missing a lot of opportunity with names.

[@captc0ck5lap60]

*Cut xenos into pieces, this is her:*

[@thumb-ugly7518]

This review makes me want to try one for many roles! Thank you both for this channel.

[@tonyr2920]

I bought two! One for AXI, another one for multi role

[@zhaokerman4389]

What else can I say? It was like watching a cutter playing Waltz with a flower.

[@CMDRunematti]

that's beautiful

[@pm1783]

The Cutter is my fav ship so far. It’s got the looks and the firepower! 🙂

[@wizzytimeless]

I’ve watched 100s of anti xeno videos and tutorials, never as cool as this one..I run shieldless for the most , but never against a goid. Watching this after your tutorial is a must for anyone interested in goid hunting. Your FA off skills in a big lump of a cutter was made to look easy...well done on a great video guys.

[@fearlessbeing851]

Yes yes yes, let the Cutter vibes flow! Great epic video by the way! After that video I am thinking about buying a 3rd Cutter for Anti-Xeno operations.

[@ultimomos5918]

Seeing this review as I'm grinding for my Corvette is....a thing. Luckily I'm pretty sure I have the Imperial rank from grinding half a billion credits out in Quince. Whew

[@ericcson3429]

The Cutter - the one ship you gotta get a paint job for. I went for a menacing looking purple - really looks the part now.

[@marleyjr00]

Whenever I get mine I'm going red n black. Now I'm not a pirate but those are pirate colors...and they look cool af.

[@BobbyDazzler490]

A brilliant video thank you

[@deio977]

It's amazing how our lady CMDR showed us an another impressive feat, a shieldless Cutter! You make The Whale dancing like a ballerina! Since I bought the Cutter, I fell in love with it. I named her, "Blaidd Drwg" :) Because she is my lost love :( Just like the Doctor lost his Rose :( I lost my "Rose" ... Forever ... o7 and deepest respect and simpathy

[@honnorgaurd]

got mine fully A graded and fully engineered. I fear nothing ever since. love this ship.

[@FURIOUSAM31]

Great video. 👍

[@rodolfoccorrea]

The Cutter was the only ship with I had managed to kill a Hydra, but the fit I had used was a shield tank. Will try your fit for sure! I can see a lot of practice from my part before i get used to it, but it looks a lot more fun than the shield tank!

[@dokutahpepe94]

Funny enough, right after watching this video i happened to find myself shieldless on my shield tank cutter midfight, tried cold orbiting and it was amazing!

[@ericcson3429]

I built up a shieldless Cutter because I couldn't be bothered with engineering all those shield boosters. Bask with so much heatsinks, so little synthesis!

[@darkmortuus9769]

"Y u bully me?" -Hydra

[@trajan_x0128]

What megaship did you find the hydra at? Is it in the Pleiades? Looking to see what one does to me solo.

[@draconusspiritus1037]

The way a Cutter drifts on turns makes it extremely difficult for even the high end AI's to track for targeting. Much the same for simple side thrusting. Most other ships, you see the thruster(s) kick in and your gimbal and turret mount weapons will already be aiming to the expected direction of travel. With a Cutter, it can be a second or more after hitting the thrusters before the ship starts moving the intended direction. That's a second or more of wasted firepower being sent through space the Cutter is not in.

[@MooshooKai]

Build link's are down, any chance we can get these on Coriolis please?

[@Ludovic2511]

hi, i'm watching your thargoid videos. I am Belgian and speak not too well English. however, I hang on the basiik. I have a cutter my targeting points are not centered like you. on what point do you put your gaus cannon ? do you have a technique to share with me. good flight cmd.

[@duncanbrown4184]

she makes it look soooo easy! (I know that it is not.)

[@zonius100]

So did you avoid doing this video on the Cuter for so long, knowing someone would pay for it?

[@reinbeers5322]

Says at the beginning she didn't even have it unlocked

[@mk2design]

As a absolute beginner to AX-combat i soak up every new video from you, but i would like to ask, why you go with lightweight alloy instead of military grade composite? Is it a mass vs. speed thingy ?

[@Citizen_Kate]

well on most large ships it is because of speed yes but here it was more just what it would do to the rebuy - especially when the cutter is tanky enough without it :P fortunately i didnt need any rebuys but you never know!

[@mk2design]

@@Citizen_Kate Thx for your reply, so as a AX-beginner (with enough credits to buy several a-graded cutters) i better go with military grade composits?

[@Citizen_Kate]

well, as a beginner you should go for another ship entirely - the chieftian is best for learning ;)

[@cmdrjontomasson5510]

@@mk2design Go with a medium ship: Chieftain, Challenger, Krait Mk II, Krait Phantom, & FAS all make great AX ships.

[@sandosansandro83]

i love your skill 😍

[@darkestfugue]

i have never fought a thargoid, i dont really want to it feels a bit mean, their ships are kinda beautiful, my cutter i use for trading, im in the process of engineering it though but i never be able to make it dance like you can, brilliant flying

[@Comradin]

Do you play with a VR headset? This free looking around while still steering the ship.. I a always loose the overview on the battlefield

[@draconusspiritus1037]

BTW, evading pirate interdiction in a Cutter is pretty easy overall.

[@JamesNorthrup]

you may want to see if you gain some turn rate by tossing off the ballast hull reinforcements.

[@Citizen_Kate]

i do not think that would be a good idea

[@DevinGcampbell]

How were u using the hestsinks with out tabbing ?

[@scottpeoples3266]

Go into settings and bind them to a button, on Xbox I use B and the left dpad together, and A+B to deploy shield cells.

[@captc0ck5lap60]

Somewhere, in whatever foul place the xenos crawl from, the Alien whispers your name in hushed tones. They shake when you approach. Their young shiver at the thought of you. So keep up the good work, because their fear is well founded. Stay true to humanity, you're an example to us all. And suffer not the Alien to live.

[@peoplez129]

I feel like that there's some issues here with the methodology. People like to use fixed weapons because of their extra DPS, but if you look at the weapon HUD, the DPS is limited to half or less of what fixed can do anyways because of her delaying between shots, despite the fact that the weapons can be fired again, you can see that she delays firing even though they are clearly ready to fire again. This means that with all the time she wastes by delaying, turreted weapons would do just about as much damage by being locked and firing as soon as they're ready, without the need to worry about ensuring the ship is in position for the target to be in the crosshairs. Not to mention more hardpoints could be used due to the reduction in heat, which means that turreted could potentially do more damage for less effort in the same amount of time, while still keeping the heat signature low. This may not be the case in every instance, but overall it seems like she would get more, if not, nearly as much DPS out of turreted with less effort in needing to maneuver.

[@Citizen_Kate]

good luck finding turreted gauss ;)

[@ravenvalentine4919]

hyda * health regeneration * cutter * Repair limpet * hyrda '' wait that is illegal ! '' cutter * gauss Cannon *

[@jasonstuddy2840]

Why not use any Anti=Thargoid weapons though?

[@kempo79]

I have 4 cutters already. Do I really need AX one? Yes, apparently. Can you give us a build of that cutter, Kate?

[@chq89]

heres mine, shielded is easier if you fly in a different way is.gd/Rz8XGZ

[@Citizen_Kate]

Hi Bart :) as with all my reviews, the build is linked in the description - though I would definately recommend using Hellhammers shielded build as it wil lbe far more forgiving ;)

[@kempo79]

@@Citizen_Kate hmm, Hellhammer's cutter looks like your daily cutter build but with AX weapons. I have one like this already save the gauss cannons. Also if those shields are down - they are down. I'm more into your build but with a little bit of tweaking. First - military grade alloys. I doubt the speed you gain is sufficient to outrun interceptors. Second - grade 6 bi-weave shield fast regen + thermal resistance. How does it sound?

[@MooshooKai]

@@chq89 What way's specifically do you fly it? Currently following the AXI Large cutter guide for kitting out my cutter to bring the fight to the thargoids! The build link you posted is down, can I have another one please?

[@DavidUtau]

@@kempo79 0 shields? Reboot.....

[@4geraX]

only thing the cutter takes damage from is that hefty rebuy cost lol

[@zacharyflowers4846]

You're not wrong

[@CMDRunematti]

only if you blow up with it... I find it hard to even have my shield drop

[@gibster9624]

That's assuming it blows up.

[@JonathanMahadeo]

Cobra Mk3?

[@procrasti-nation9517]

...Imperial rank - grind... I remember that one :-/

[@x67th]

Just finished it, took me about 3 days on and off. So happy its over now :B

[@wisper7156]

Nothing next to the feds ranks 🙄🙄

[@frankspice2123]

so ive just look4ed at the rebuy, holy shit thats alot, and holy fuck thats cheap, its alot, because thats like 22 million we are talking about, but for an AX ship that can bully hydras and take them down relitivly easly? thats easly almost three rebuys for one kill, there would be almost little cance you would die, and it sounds like if you have enough for one rebuy at least, then you can take it.

[@deltahavoc1224]

Its gonna be a while before I get into this stuff lol I'm at like 80 hours

[@stvnpalmer]

I see you have no shields on this build

How Is this flying possible? Ship Is jumping as goat without FA. :/

[@procrasti-nation9517]

Hmmm...with all this Internals, i wonder if this would make a viable support-ship, with 2x 3C-Beams w/ long range/regenaration-sequence and repair-limpets.(After a little play-around, the clipper doen't seem that valid) Any opinions are appreciated? we defintly need more built-diversity for people who prefer the supporter-role!