There's no best ship per se, only better suited to specific flight styles with advantages and disadvantages. I myself have always been a supporter of the civilian CTE line straight from vanilla. Eagle is the way to go, blew some Sabres up for me.
' Wrote:I'll warn that the Raven's Talon in its current state is quite an easy target, and is hit fairly often
Nay. I can box strafe a Shire with it, but I cannot box strafe the same Shire with an Eagle or Sabre. I also fared a lot better in my RT than my Eagle when it came to dogfights.
Raven's Talon is less common, so you're cooler for using it. It also has a greater powercore than the Sabre or Eagle.