STARFIELD | HopeTech DESTROYER Build Tutorial! | Archer-Class | Eags Ship Shop Builds

[@scoobysgaming]

I was encountering the issues with the ladder placement and had tried all established methods to force ladders i.e. equipment plates/portholes game still wanted to force the ladder connection at the front of the armoury hab. I did find a possible solution for those who are also encountering this. Place the 3x1 engineering hab towards the front of the ship right behind the Taiyo Forward Sensors then place the two 2x2 habs in line behind the engineering hab. This should force a central ladder well that terminates at the rear end of the engineering hab. The control core hab will then have two separate ladders for the bridge and the 1x1 “crows nest” hab. I attempted this multiple times and it work reliably for me. This also allows for the exterior design of the ship to virtual remain the same with only a very minor difference to the interior layout. Another outstanding build and video cannot wait to see what comes next!

[@CMDREagle131]

Another thing to try, perhaps initially placing a 1x1 in the Armory's place, save, then replace the 1x1 with Armory. That MAY work. Either way, thanks for sharing the alt hab setup fix!

[@SSMinnow15]

Thank you for sharing this! I really wanted to get a central ladder well but the game would not spawn one, I came back to the comments looking to see if someone had any ideas. I tried your suggestion and it work!

[@scoobysgaming]

@@CMDREagle131 Thank you! I will definitely try your suggestion regarding the 1x1 hab.

[@scoobysgaming]

@@SSMinnow15 Glad it worked!

[@CMDREagle131]

@@scoobysgaming I rebuilt the habs a couple of times and it worked ok for me, but perhaps i should try again because it seems like everyone is having the problem. Not like I can change the video now anyway, lol. This is a bit embarassing 😅

[@IVAO04ify]

This is phenomenal. I love this more than I can say because so many ships so 'demos habs and particle beams' yet this seems like something that should have been incorporated from the start of this game! Bethesda you watching, hire this guy!

[@CMDREagle131]

This was sort of my sentiment when I built it! I'm definitely not putting down anyone else's builds, or the cool ships pre-built in game, but I definitely wanted to go off the wall for this one and try something fun!

[@tyreemedina4846]

Love this build. Was my shattered space ship. I made it c class though.

[@CMDREagle131]

Glad you liked it! The original design was actually C class. It had a single Slayton SAL engine in the back and it looked pretty cool. I ultimately bumped it down to B class for more space to work with and the increased speed and mobility. It was actually a pretty hard decision for me to make lol.

[@Outcastrecce]

Nice design! a big fan of the submarine theme. Its a great way to get some hopetech "military" ships & was a big inspiration for my cruiser build. got a 3x2 and some 2x2 habs worked in it. keep up the good work love EAGS ship shop!

[@CMDREagle131]

Awesome! Would love to see it! Share and ping away if you're on the ship building reddit! That's cool you got some larger habs fitted into your build. The Archer USED to have some 2x2's, but they ultimately ended up getting removed- just couldn't make the exterior shape work with the ship having a 3-wide hab setup!

[@williamludwick77]

Quick note, as I haven't finished the video yet. But if you'd push your Aneutronics to rank 4 (and given all other stats and crew as shown), you could get to 45 reactor points. And your equipment would only take 38 points, with Omari and Sam's freebies. So 7 extras to play with in either the W2 slot, buff the W1 missile bank, or something else. Personally I'd load 6 in W2 of some sort - even turrets like you've shown - and have a permanent 1 in Grav Drive so there's no need to worry about swapping power around. BTW, looks like another great build. Like the addition of a call out to the skills and crew used. Makes planning just that much more useful.

[@CMDREagle131]

For sure, I have invested a lot of my skills in other things though and at this point I'm well past level 100 and the skill points are coming quite slow LOL. If anything, im ok with compromising on the anuetronic skill for now, and getting that target lock time down first. Maybe when I finally "retire" in NG10 ill finally be able to get my reactors skill to max hahaha Thanks for the input! Its super tempting to go straight for the aneutronic max but for now I'm holding off

[@Nismon007]

Amazing, really like the way you present the build sequence. Top notch.

[@the_keyser806]

Hey I just wanted to thank you for these videos. I've never played Starfield (I plan to in the future) but I'm keeping an eye on your videos because I know they will be useful to me one day. Your videos are really qualitative!

[@CMDREagle131]

Thank you for those words! I am glad you're finding these videos, and my ship catalogue will always be here should you want to try your hand at a few or to get some inspiration!

[@r6TrdSlow]

Ended up making this beast tonight. Changed a few parts here and there - mainly the weapons system. I’m not quite there on being tired of melting through folks with particle beams. That said, the interior is surprisingly easier to get through and learn than I’d have thought it would be. And the bridge is nicer to see out of when not sitting down than I thought it would be. Overall, I’m happier with the practicality of the ship than I thought. Love the exterior design. Absolutely love it. I named it after the submarine my brother was in for a while since it gives that Sub look - and painted it Navy Blue and Gold as well. Came out great haha

[@CMDREagle131]

That's awesome to hear! Congrats on the new ride!! And I totally get you on the Particle Beams- I don't always fly my own Archer-Class if I'm not in the mood to deal with extended combat lol. But give it a try sometime, refit that missile loadout and it makes for some satisfying and heart racing combat!

[@r6TrdSlow]

@@CMDREagle131 absolutely plan on fitting it with “torpedoes” here soon haha. I just love that idea. It’s just such a good looking ship haha. Love the profile of it, including the “antenna” spots front to back. I didn’t even know that shield was a thing visually, and yet it offers plenty of protection. Keep up the excellent work man. Love seeing your ships and the lore you put behind them. Really fun to watch.

[@williamludwick77]

Wanted to start off with this is a great build. Keep them coming. Can't wait for the Nav Corp one on Friday. As an FYI, nothing to do with the build guide but rather a precaution. For some reason, maybe my choice of planet/moon (Bessel III-B) but I only had the da Gama 1000 Shielded Cargo and 1010 Shielded Cargo available on my landing pad with ship builder. So that threw off my build slightly. Ended up having to go to see Havershaw at the Stroud-Eklund Staryard to get the right ones.

[@CMDREagle131]

Yeah, I picked up a bunch of stuff from HopeTech, and sometimes I end up building there at the manufacturer staryard. I literally just learned that regular, non-shielded da Gama holds are only sold at the staryards, whereas the shielded holds are sold at the Outpost Builders lol. The build I am currently producing a video on has a pair of da Gama 1010 regular, and I got really confused as to why I had it on my "staryard specific" modules list 🤣

[@williamludwick77]

@@CMDREagle131 not a problem. Just thought I was going crazy 😂 I haven't really built much at a landing pad, as mostly I just jump from place to place, as needed. But for this one I decided to try it out.

[@MITSKILOVER287]

currently using your ark class ship, loving it so far! however after seeing this one, i might start saving up to recreate it! please keep up with these builds!

[@stevencerqueira4142]

Love the lore and rp consideration you put into these builds! I'd love to see your take on a stealth type ship. Something maybe inspired by the UNSC prowlers class of ship.

[@nicoperella]

beautiful ship! i was looking for a good pirate ship, and this is quite perfect! very aggressive and original look! thanks 🙏

[@conandrake444]

I really love your style. Very well done ! Thank you for sharing my man

[@CMDREagle131]

Thank you!

[@marylinbradford8603]

You can block off ladders and forcing them to spawn by using the window on top of the hab then put your next hab on top but it will be red just switch the model style , meaning if you want workshop start with that sit it on top of the hab with the window then change the style when you have it selected to living quarters or whatever you only need to move it on then move back to original style let go with the controller anyway, then it fits and the ladder will spawn in the open hole that was not blocked, sorry for the mile long message. Great video

[@lauradeneault3525]

Really looks like a HopeTech military ship! I love it! :-)

[@logik1677]

love it, i was one of those ppl with the funky bridge, but its actually growing on me XD

[@alexst-denis2758]

Awesome job commander I love your videos 🤩

[@John_Doe657]

Cool and unique build. I like it. I have a real cool hopetech build myself, iv’e found creating a nice hopetech build is harder than with other manufacturers.

[@AlzoXP]

Another one smashed out the park mate - congrats!

[@CMDREagle131]

Thank you sir!

[@panagiotiskokolis3315]

very cool build all of your looking forward for some new build based from EvE Online 😊😊😊

[@SlermmMcderm]

There’s an inquisitor missile skill mod that levels up your weapon recharge rate as you progress that’s really cool for missile ships along with some really cool “anti capital ship” weapons that use it you should check out.. I have one on my generation explorer craft/base that I built along with several powerful emp turrets

[@pdexBigTeacher]

Nice. I played Eve Online for a while, so I can see the Caldari influence.

[@CMDREagle131]

I actually don't play EVE lol, but I was watching a friend playing it and he was having a good old time with his Caldari destroyer. It looked so cool I instantly got inspired to design my next hopetech build with similar aesthetics!

[@erinpitt580]

omg looks beast !

[@marylinbradford8603]

I know in PC you can control ladder placement by blocking the hole with a weapon plate, the flat one from tayio makes the engine think that it is on a solid object and will place the ladder in the back cause the plate was put on the front , but you will have to glitch it just set the hab on there then change it with controller just push the d-pad one way left or right does not matter as long the type is changed once then back to original. I have never had it fail on a 2 by 1 . Hope it helps

[@asgaria8736]

I wanted to make a corax for a long time and i just couldn't figure out how. I will copy this!

[@ToCoSo]

Such a cool build dude, love it, can I have my one delivered to Southern England ASAP!!

[@CMDREagle131]

For you, absolutely 👌

[@383commando]

Awesome build as always and I'm definitely going to try out this one but going to have to wait until I get to NG+. I tried doing a submarine style build with Taiyo once couldn't get it to work

[@CMDREagle131]

Thank you Commando! I've never honestly been a fan of Taiyo parts. Its unlikely you'll even see a mostly Taiyo build from me, but never say never lol. I'd say opening your sub build up to hopetech is a good idea. The Taiyo cosmetic pieces combined with the hopetech habs and such goes really well with each other.

[@quinnlau9222]

Nice to see a fellow EVE player here.

[@CMDREagle131]

Well I actually don't play EVE 😅it's been a game I want to get into but haven't pulled the trigger yet. I've spent a fair amount of time watching some friends playing it however, and I was first introduced to the Caldari ships through them. Got to watch them grinding away in their Corax Destroyers one night and instantly got inspired to build something similar in SF.

[@doublepegleg9755]

tis a shame that this doesn't work anymore, ruddy brilliant vessel.

[@CMDREagle131]

What do you mean it doesn't work anymore?

[@doublepegleg9755]

I could be mistaken but from what I could see in the video description and other videos, the methods needed to build the ship are no longer possible.

[@CMDREagle131]

@@doublepegleg9755 Ah well you might be glad to know that bethesda brought flip merging back as a toggleable feature, however I don't know about copy-merging. check the video description. Since I can add stuff to the videos after they've been uploaded, I had to post details on how to build these there. There's a mod or two you can use, OR you can edit the Starfieldcustom.ini file to change the overlap settings if you're on PC.

[@CMDREagle131]

Additionally, look for me on Nexus or Bethesda Creations- All my KZbin builds including the Archer are there for download :D

[@doublepegleg9755]

Cheers, that makes my day. ^^

[@AmorphisBob]

Looks more like the Minmatar Cyclone than the Caldari Corax to me

[@CMDREagle131]

I see it now! I actually don't play EVE, I designed this ship though as I watched a few of my friends streaming EVE on discord several nights in a row. So everything I know of EVE ship design comes from what I have watched them stream haha.

[@AmorphisBob]

@@CMDREagle131 Gotcha

[@bronney]

Got sucked into SF too huh :) nice!

[@CMDREagle131]

Hey Bronney! Yeah I've been playing since it released. It was pretty much going to happen, I always get sucked into bethesda games 🤣Definitely doesn't scratch the same space game itch that Elite does, but I am still enjoying myself building ships and gaining moar starborn power 😄

[@AgentFrosty]

I'm having the ladder issue with it wanting to put a ladder in the computer core and even the porthole/equipment plate glitch won't stop it. The ladder just goes right through it. First ladder terminates at the Armory, then second ladder goes from the other side of the armory up into the CC. I wonder if I move the bridge one slot forward to the front of the Control Station, will that then perhaps force the ladder over since they will all be in-line? I might try that. I also changed a few things to make it a little more streamlined along that top deck, and also add a bit more...chonkiness to the tail where the pipes are, something I think a warship would have. Use Taiyo Spine B's instead of Stroud engine bracers, and it gives the tail more of an armored look, while also having the cool effect of still being able to see the pipes going through them back to the engines, it's a really cool look. I also removed all those Deimos wing pieces and used Taiyo sidecaps all the way from the sensors to the end of the tail minus the last slot on the Engineering bay, makes it look like the Command/CC/Engi deck is armored with those thick plates, and used two Deimos bumpers on the last Engi Bay slot and Engines to give it a thick, kinda-winged look. Then I just moved the cargo pods down to the second engine. I used a Taiyo Side Cap B on the first port and starboard slot behind the sensors and mounted the bottom missile launchers there, and flip-glitched Stroud engine bracers onto the bottom slot of the HopeTech landing gear so they didn't look like they were floating. I removed that very top companionway and replaced that with a HopeTech Cap B Mid and a HopeTech Cap A aft behind it. With the shield generator on the Cap B Mid, it makes it look like the shield tower is just the upper part of the entire shield generator and the mid cap is the rest of it. I finished it off with a Deimos radiator on top of the cargo hold and a Spine A in front of that on both sides, lining up perfectly with the top of the HopeTech radiators. Granted I'm playing with mods so some of what I did may not be possible in vanilla, it's hard to tell anymore. As I've said before, love your vids man, and love building your ships and giving them a whirl in-game. It will be a sad day when you stop making new ships, I'm having fun with my Archer MkII! :D

[@CMDREagle131]

That sounds really cool actually. You able to share some pictures on the Starfield Ships reddit? Would love to see it. Have you tried using two portholes instead of the equipment plate?

[@0rphan169]

Love these videos. I am also a fan of eve online. Any chance for some beginner builds?

[@CMDREagle131]

Funnily enough, I actually don't play EVE, but I was watching a friend playing it and he showed me his Corax and I instantly got inspired haha. As far as beginner builds, honestly, probably not. I never start new characters in bethesda games so the chances of me doing one are pretty low sadly. However A-class ships are definitely something I've been wanting to do and for the next line up of ships I am planning, this A class idea I have may or may not make the cut. So stay tuned for that!

[@kennethaddington9778]

Can u build this on Xbox x at all?

[@CMDREagle131]

You should be able to. You will need a mod from Creations like Ship Part Merging Enabled mod though. I am not certain the copy merge move works anymore.

[@CMDRExorcist]

First!

[@CMDREagle131]

Sir!

[@paulbucerzan7280]

Still playng that shit?

[@CMDREagle131]

Indeed I am!