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Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - Mao - 12-26-2011
Wasn't Celestra supposed to be a small transport and not a freighter?:unsure:
Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - Petitioner - 12-26-2011
Cap8 camara with all black widows.
Xeno gunboat.
Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - Tachyon - 12-26-2011
PG Camara
Belial Bactrian
Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - Maelstrom - 12-27-2011
The best non-affiliated freighter for combat is the Anki, hands down. It's light power core isn't a liability, just use weapons groups. Mount the turrets all or mostly debs and you can cut through the shields on anything short of a destroyer with no problem. Codes and Nukes for damage potential or get a little wild and make it a missile boat. It's a nimble little ship, though don't expect it to turn inside of the lighter fighters at speed. It's getting a nice face lift here in a few days, too.
If you don't like that option I suggest going with the X-Shuttle. It doesn't get the codes but does have a torp slot. It also has the advantage of being a rare sight most anywhere you fly it. I don't know it's handling characteristics, but it's weapons loadoat is sufficiently deadly and with some armor it should be surviveable.
Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - Govedo13 - 12-27-2011
' Wrote:If you don't like that option I suggest going with the X-Shuttle.It turns fairly slow, not all guns are front facing but if you go full deb and MR it is brutal pirate/support ship.
It can almost shoot 5-6 MR before it goes out of energy. And it looks ugly green but it is big target too.
Since I have tried almost all freighters I would go with Grizzly or Correo or CSF- the 3 of them are the best freighters for attacking stuff- Camara is the best for running. X- shuttle is brutal good for piracy in groups as shield-buster and occasional hull dmg with the razor- it is the only torpedo loaded freighter. I haven't tried the gallic and the molly freighter- I will definitely try the molly one.
Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - Rudo - 12-27-2011
X-Shuttle needs to be given some love. Back in .84 it had a torpedo slot but slower turning arcs than a gunboat. How is it these days?
Camara's excellent for combat but weak for piracy. IIRC the infocard says it has a CD slot but actually flying it, it doesn't.
EDIT: Thanks Govedo
Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - aerelm - 12-27-2011
A couple of freighters are gettin new models and/or notable rebalance in .86, so you'd better wait a couple of days and then pick one.
Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - AeternusDoleo - 12-27-2011
' Wrote:Edit: Oh yeah, putting in some pros and cons when suggesting a freighter would be nice (sun)Pelican:
Pro's: Post update, 7 forward transport turrets plus 2 class 10 gun slots, quite a bit of firepower. The gun slots have quite an arc too - useful for side-launching a few Cannonballs or Sidewinders if that's your style.. Transport shield. Bigger power core. More armor.
Cons: Not a freighter so no speed boost. Bigger then a freighter. Lacks a CD.
Camaran:
Pros: Small front and aft profile, good for dodging fire with. Big cargo hold. Speed boost after 4.86.
Cons: No TCD.
X-Shuttle:
Pros: Will get the speed boost. Lots of weapons.
Cons: Big, sluggish ship. Tends to get hit easily.
Bactrian:
Pros: Lots of forward guns. Built for piracy.
Cons: Not an open ship, it's LR/Molly tech.
There's some other freighters too, but these would be the options I'd be looking at. If you can get a mate with a TCD with you, the Pelican or Camaran might be an interesting option.
Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - Maelstrom - 12-27-2011
The Pelican is a horrible choice for combat. One cd and it's buggered.
The Camarra is equally horrible. It's long hull makes it an easy kill from the side and the difference between it's jouts profile and the the CSF's or ANk's is negligeable. It also suffers from a lack of offensive power as compared to the other choices.
The CSF, Correo, Bactrian are all excellent but they are also faction ships and not free use.
The X-shuttle is apparently a bit sluggish for it's size does not have the option of using level 9 and 10 weapons. On the other hand it does have a torpedo mount that the other selections lack so it's firepower is still compareable.
The Anki is free use. It has adequate firepower. It's handling is sharp compared to many others. It's profile is smaller than most others listed (though I have no idea of how that will change with the update).
Combat Freighter Suggestions ! - aerelm - 12-27-2011
' Wrote:Bactrian:Not entirely true. It's open use.
Pros: Lots of forward guns. Built for piracy.
Cons: Not an open ship, it's LR/Molly tech.
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