Elite: Game talk
11 Sep 2021, 12:44am
11 Sep 2021, 8:41am
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11 Sep 2021, 8:00pm
Obviously there are a few things to consider which can just be disregarded when outfitting Couriers: reverberating cascade torpedoes, Grom bombs, mass lock, hatch breaker limpets etc.
First, the reverb torps. Obviously I won't be able to outrun them, so I need PDT or ECM. Which is better? I'm leaning towards ECM because its placement on the hull doesn't matter, and it can handle pack hounds that would overwhelm PDTs anyway.
I remember there was a bug making PDT useless against hatch breaker limpets. Has it been fixed yet? Can ECM disrupt hatch breakers?
Against Grom bombs I need a fast boot FSD. I need module protection for canopy, power plant, thrusters, and FSD. And I need hull, because the shields will drop at some point, and I will probably be rammed.
And finally, I need a tactic to make it to Garay Terminal. After arrival in Deciat I'll have to move out of the orbital plane as quickly as possible, at full throttle until I know for sure that no one is following me. And then comes the tricky part: reaching the station without getting interdicted. Because low-waking is not an option with a T-9. If I get pulled, I have to jump out of the system and start over.
Anyway, I've put together this preliminary build. Any suggestions?
11 Sep 2021, 8:22pm
SakashiroI've set myself a new goal: build a T-9 capable of trading in Deciat in open mode.
Any suggestions?
Advice: Make sure you have plenty of rebuy.
I don't see how you can build a T9 for Deciat trading. You can't outrun or out-manoeuver anything so your only hope is to be able to withstand the beating you're inevitably going to receive. Unfortunately, this has way more to do with the build of the attacker than anything you can do to the T9. FDev pretty much designed the T9 to be a sitting duck so good luck.
11 Sep 2021, 8:50pm
BurstarAdvice: Make sure you have plenty of rebuy.
The T-9 is one of those ships that can easily earn its own rebuy in a single cargo run, so that won't be a problem. And I do think it's possible to harden it enough to evade a gank. Getting to the station to offload the cargo will be the actual challenge.
The worst part will be the engineering. Can't have fun in this game without climbing over a grind wall first.
11 Sep 2021, 9:28pm
SakashiroBurstarAdvice: Make sure you have plenty of rebuy.
The T-9 is one of those ships that can easily earn its own rebuy in a single cargo run, so that won't be a problem. And I do think it's possible to harden it enough to evade a gank. Getting to the station to offload the cargo will be the actual challenge.
The worst part will be the engineering. Can't have fun in this game without climbing over a grind wall first.
Please stream your attempts. I'd love to see this
11 Sep 2021, 9:44pm
SakashiroBurstarAdvice: Make sure you have plenty of rebuy.
The T-9 is one of those ships that can easily earn its own rebuy in a single cargo run, so that won't be a problem. And I do think it's possible to harden it enough to evade a gank. Getting to the station to offload the cargo will be the actual challenge.
The worst part will be the engineering. Can't have fun in this game without climbing over a grind wall first.
Unless you are masslocked you can always run, trying to fight in a T9 is pointless. Get a T10 instead
11 Sep 2021, 9:55pm
Qu4term4inUnless you are masslocked you can always run, trying to fight in a T9 is pointless. Get a T10 instead
I just wanna drop off some cargo.
12 Sep 2021, 1:30am
) and i love the guardian plasma launcher on my build 
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12 Sep 2021, 2:57am
12 Sep 2021, 6:24am
SakashiroI've set myself a new goal: build a T-9 capable of trading in Deciat in open mode.
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I've tried to participate to a trade CG in open with Witch once. At the 4th interdiction I was frustrated by its performance. It wasn't destroyed but then it was just a wannabe-gankers trying. Since I wanted to make some progress I switched back to a cutter.
Btw, before you learn to evede a ganker with type-9 you better learn how to dock it without ADC
12 Sep 2021, 8:42am
SakashiroI've set myself a new goal: build a T-9 capable of trading in Deciat in open mode.
I agree that the idea is ambitious.
Since I play alone, I don't have the opportunity to fly with friends, so I see that the game is not well thought out in the matter of large merchant vessels. I'd really like to be able to hire NPS escort pilots, which would just give me a chance to survive on a large merchant vessel while they distract the pirate with combat, I could jump further down the route.
Right now, having to make T9 a single box of matches carrier is just silly, since you can use Python.
12 Sep 2021, 10:45am
EpisparhBtw, before you learn to evede a ganker with type-9 you better learn how to dock it without ADC
Any comments on the build?
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