AHG how I hate this engineering BS.
So, I want to upgrade the hull (light weight ally) with heavy duty armour upgrade. BS peddling Liz has 5 different plans. I need to do all to get higher level engineering work. What's completely idiotic is that after the first is applied (I actually do not need it), the second will remove What ever was done in the first one. All materials wasted. WTF kind of hack is this b***h anyway? Applies one change and then screws it up with a next one? F'n Liz, get a job you can actually do!

Liz: I kneed to change the tiers but let me smash the windscreen first.

I would love to nuke her shop from orbit.

Sakashiro

AHI need to take a brake from exploration and space truck driving. It turned stale.

Little fights around stations under sudden attack have been fun so I thought exploring that avenue a bit more.
Any advice on learning how to fight (NPC at first of course and practice I know, I know).
What are minimal upgrades to Krait MK II so I can last more than 2 minutes before someone melts my boat out of the sky?

See my post here.

IndyHere's a start on my idea: https://edsy.org/s/vjxL8vO

What sorts of suggestions do you have?
(Turrets are probably less fun for a player-gunner, right?)

1. Remove the 7a Universal controller and fuel scoop
2. Replace the 5e cargo with a 5A fuel scoop
3. Replace the 4d Module reinforcement with an 3x Operation multicontroller
4. Install a 7x shield cell bank in case the shields ever get chewed up.
5. Install a 6 or 7 cargo rack for limpets and whatever
6. Paint it red because red wunz go FASTA!

Vasil VasilescuPaint it red because red wunz go FASTA!

Kasumi GotoI can second the above two. Ok, phasing damage will not be a problem in PvE unless you go into certain pirate activity signals/POIs during the pirate attack state, or medium/high intensity CZs with a spec ops spawn (or anything Thargoid), but “Just build shields bro” is still not a great idea for that case where they do drop.

And if you’re building a ship focused solely on combat, it should not be difficult to find a slot or three to throw in some hull/module reinforcement so you can either get away from the fight to let your shields recharge, or finish off the opponent and then get them back online… and still have space for a shield cell bank or two. The shield boosters in utility slots are usually more than sufficient, while the Guardian shield reinforcement is just… terribly negligible unless fitted on smaller ships with lesser shield power.

NPCs are also ridiculously trigger happy on seeker missiles the moment shields drop and have no issues cheating their way past a lock-on period (or Frontier just gave them a separate trigger group for those specifically), which is another reason to keep some hull/module protection.

God forbid you also enter anywhere that might have you run into a hostile player with a paper hull if you don’t intend to immediately leg it or their ship is faster than yours.

Vasil Vasilescu
If this is intended to be a multi person combat ship, do you really need a 7A universal limpet controller and a 7A fuel scoop?

This is just my personal preferences, but off the top of my head I would:

1. Remove the 7a Universal controller and fuel scoop
2. Replace the 5e cargo with a 5A fuel scoop
3. Replace the 4d Module reinforcement with an 3x Operation multicontroller
4. Install a 7x shield cell bank in case the shields ever get chewed up.
5. Install a 6 or 7 cargo rack for limpets and whatever
6. Paint it red because red wunz go FASTA!

Oh yeah, and maybe a point defense in case the shields go down and, like kasumi says, the NPCs get missle happy.

Indy I need to commit to a direction here, so that we all have a way to lean. With that said, here are some gradients we can play with (for this specific build)....
Hull tanking > Shield tanking
Fun/tasks for player crew > DPS/invincibility
Modules for variety (i.e. SRVs, fighters) > Meta

Vasil VasilescuIt sounds like the idea is to just have fun. To that end, definitely keep the fighter and SRV bays. Even though high intensity ground with CZs against NPCS are pretty much easy mode, three people running around in scrabs or scorpions shooting and driving over new arrivals as they are dropped into the fight sounds like fun.

I, for one, am always amused when I plow through them like a bowling ball and their bodies go flying in all directions.

In the end, maybe keep enough modules on hand to change up configs and see what everyone has the most fun with

Indy
Hull tanking > Shield tanking
Fun/tasks for player crew > DPS/invincibility
Modules for variety (i.e. SRVs, fighters) > Meta

MeowersFrontier: "Shields can protect you from anything!"
Also Frontier: Except hatch breaker limpets. And phasing damage. And Thargoid guns. Maybe we could add something else to the list later... Don't feel too safe!

Indy As far as a "standard" versatile build, are the MCs and Beams a decent setup? Should I add/change/remove some modules so as to give tasks to the rest of the "crew"?

Indy
As far as a "standard" versatile build, are the MCs and Beams a decent setup? Should I add/change/remove some modules so as to give tasks to the rest of the "crew"?