Can Sam Coe fly C ships for me?

[Aksolotli]

Any one know can he?

[Power]

Originally posted by Aksolotli:

Any one know can he?

All ship related skills NPCs have are transferred to you when you sit in the seat so.... Yes. if you have him assigned to that ship you should be able to.

Which is obvious since the NPCs are there to makeup for skill trees you don't or can't spec into.

[Aksolotli]

Originally posted by Power:

Originally posted by Aksolotli:

Any one know can he?

All ship related skills NPCs have are transferred to you when you sit in the seat so.... Yes. if you have him assigned to that ship you should be able to.

Which is obvious since the NPCs are there to makeup for skill trees you don't or can't spec into.

Any protip where to go get my First C Reactor?

[Power]

Originally posted by Aksolotli:

Originally posted by Power:

All ship related skills NPCs have are transferred to you when you sit in the seat so.... Yes. if you have him assigned to that ship you should be able to.

Which is obvious since the NPCs are there to makeup for skill trees you don't or can't spec into.

Any protip where to go get my First C Reactor?

I Haven't really focused on the ships yet so nope.

[Freyna]

Originally posted by Power:

Originally posted by Aksolotli:

Any one know can he?

All ship related skills NPCs have are transferred to you when you sit in the seat so.... Yes. if you have him assigned to that ship you should be able to.

Which is obvious since the NPCs are there to makeup for skill trees you don't or can't spec into.

I just tried buying a ship and I can buy it, but it won't let me set the Class B ship as my home ship because "Your Piloting Skill is too low for this ship." I have Sam Coe currently as my active companion and assigned to my starter ship. I tried assigning him to the Class B Ship and it's not letting me do that either. I tried both with him as my active companion and just assigned to my starter ship and it still won't let me make it my home ship or assign him to that one.

[doublejesus]

The answer is no.

[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by Power:

Originally posted by Aksolotli:

Any protip where to go get my First C Reactor?

I Haven't really focused on the ships yet so nope.

I found a Class C 29 output reactor at Deimos Shipyards, but I beelined Piolet 4 and Ship Design 4 ASAP so don't hate me if its not there.

[Zunnoab #931]

It feels like they were not kidding when they said some of this stuff is "late game." I have mixed feelings on that. I feel like the points come in for skills way too slowly.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by doublejesus:

The answer is no.

^^^
What he said.

I just tried that today, ship customizer won't even let you save a customized ship if your own skill is too low for the ship class. Having Sam assigned to ship crew does not help.

[illuviar]

Crew members give bonuses to the relevant ship skills, however they don't grant core features like piloting Class B and C ships, sub-system targeting or the ability to us trusters in combat for better agility. You need to invest perk points to be able to fly Rank B or C ships.

[Zuhan]

Originally posted by Boofer Lady:

Originally posted by Power:

All ship related skills NPCs have are transferred to you when you sit in the seat so.... Yes. if you have him assigned to that ship you should be able to.

Which is obvious since the NPCs are there to makeup for skill trees you don't or can't spec into.

I just tried buying a ship and I can buy it, but it won't let me set the Class B ship as my home ship because "Your Piloting Skill is too low for this ship." I have Sam Coe currently as my active companion and assigned to my starter ship. I tried assigning him to the Class B Ship and it's not letting me do that either. I tried both with him as my active companion and just assigned to my starter ship and it still won't let me make it my home ship or assign him to that one.

It says it right there "Your Piloting Skill is too low for this ship." Increase your piloting skill to pilot it. Companions CAN NOT fly those ships for you.

[Freyna]

Originally posted by Zuhan:

Originally posted by Boofer Lady:

I just tried buying a ship and I can buy it, but it won't let me set the Class B ship as my home ship because "Your Piloting Skill is too low for this ship." I have Sam Coe currently as my active companion and assigned to my starter ship. I tried assigning him to the Class B Ship and it's not letting me do that either. I tried both with him as my active companion and just assigned to my starter ship and it still won't let me make it my home ship or assign him to that one.

It says it right there "Your Piloting Skill is too low for this ship." Increase your piloting skill to pilot it. Companions CAN NOT fly those ships for you.

Right, I quoted the person saying you can fly a Class C Ship because they said you can fly ships above your skill with a companion, and I'm proving that I tried that and it didn't work.

[nunchaku]

I'm pretty sure you can fly class B/C with Sam in your crew,
but there are two conditions:
-you must have ship design perks that allow you to buy class B and C modules.
-you must have at least 1 point in piloting, otherwise Sam's buff does nothing.

I will go explore planets for a second to raise some cash, I already have the relevant ship design perks. I'll test it as soon as I have enough money for like a Class B shield.

[nunchaku]

Yeah, unfortunately, it won't even let you buy the necessary grav drive like you guys said.
I think to make it work you would have to buy a class B ship, but I don't have 200k in-game to buy one and test it right now.

Tried to help. Sorry.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by username:

Yeah, unfortunately, it won't even let you buy the necessary grav drive like you guys said.
I think to make it work you would have to buy a class B ship, but I don't have 200k in-game to buy one and test it right now.

Tried to help. Sorry.

Still don't think it will work. I liberated a Class B ship before I had the ranks to fly one and was unable to do so, even with Sam assigned as crew.

The problem is that the skills from the Crew aren't added in until you sit in the pilot seat, but the game won't let you sit in the pilot seat if you don't have a high enough Piloting skill in the first place.

[illuviar]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by username:

Yeah, unfortunately, it won't even let you buy the necessary grav drive like you guys said.
I think to make it work you would have to buy a class B ship, but I don't have 200k in-game to buy one and test it right now.

Tried to help. Sorry.

Still don't think it will work. I liberated a Class B ship before I had the ranks to fly one and was unable to do so, even with Sam assigned as crew.

The problem is that the skills from the Crew aren't added in until you sit in the pilot seat, but the game won't let you sit in the pilot seat if you don't have a high enough Piloting skill in the first place.

Generally, the crew skills, for ships and outposts, give you bonuses but do not unlock gameplay features that the perks in question do. So with Sam Cole as a active crew, your ships is even more maneuverable than if you just have two points in piloting skill. However, depending on your ship, engines, etc... that bonus might be hardly noticeable. He can help in that regard to have your ship more maneuverable, without adding one or two more engine modules, which means you can jump a bit further with the same grav drive.

Unless it is a bug, Cole doesn't allow you to pilot class B or C ships. He isn't piloting the ship for you, and without the perk investment you don't have the skill/training to do it.

As far as ground combat perks are concerned, those should affect only the crewmember in question, making them more effective if you equip them with better weapons that suit the type of perks they have.

Your experience may vary due to bugs.