Is it better to build your own ship or buy?

[Bastila Shan]

Im terrible at building stuff

[Brewskie Guzzler]

i put myself as Wanted, got 6 ships by level 10 from killing the mercs crews or picking the locks.

[Schlumpsha]

Building your own familiarises you of how exactly each module and ship weapon works. Plus you can be very free of how you want your ship to look like.

But otherwise it makes no difference wheter you build, buy, or steal one.

[Quill]

From what I've seen buying/obtaining ships is great early game

Then building ships from scratch really benefits you mid-late game due to all the added skills and new markets you find to truly make your ship yours

[Shemmie]

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Im terrible at building stuff

I went option 3. Modified my start ship. Took it apart to figure out the ship builder, swapped out some components, replaced with new components, put back together.

I'm useless at building stuff like this, but this really helped me.

[mutantbeth]

i tried modifying a ship for bigger cargo hold. not worth it

[Brewskie Guzzler]

Originally posted by Shemmie:

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Im terrible at building stuff

I went option 3. Modified my start ship. Took it apart to figure out the ship builder, swapped out some components, replaced with new components, put back together.

I'm useless at building stuff like this, but this really helped me.

I did the same thing. curious about it too. Most excellent.

[Trip]

None of the ships you can buy look like a giant penis so of course building your own is best.

I'm joking, joking!

The build ship interface takes a few couple hours to get used too, but it's actually pretty easy to use once you get used the the UI

[Bastila Shan]

Originally posted by Shemmie:

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Im terrible at building stuff

I went option 3. Modified my start ship. Took it apart to figure out the ship builder, swapped out some components, replaced with new components, put back together.

I'm useless at building stuff like this, but this really helped me.

Thats not a bad idea actually. Only problem with building your own parts though is some are restricted to having the right perk in the ship skill tree

[Shemmie]

Originally posted by mutantbeth:

i tried modifying a ship for bigger cargo hold. not worth it

Gotta humbly disagree. That was the very thing that made me want to do it.

https://imgur.com/a/zbz2pFl

I added two large cargo containers onto the back of the ship, with a bit of work, and an upgrade to the reactor for good measure.

Since then, I've now added a weapons workbench, spacesuit workbench, pharmaceutical workbench, and an armoury to the ship, added additional engines to help with the weight, and pimped the reactor further. All for less than a new ship.

I'm not going to pretend it's pretty, but doing it on a budget - yeah, it worked well, imho.

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Thats not a bad idea actually. Only problem with building your own parts though is some are restricted to having the right perk in the ship skill tree

Nope, just using the ship trader to add in the parts I need. A lot cheaper than new ships - just the cost of two cargo containers, and no need for additional perks. Was able to do it with no specialist perks.

[Bastila Shan]

So its cheaper to build a good ship than buying one outright you think?

[✌︎lordscrewball☢︎XCV]

Originally posted by Shemmie:

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Im terrible at building stuff

I went option 3. Modified my start ship. Took it apart to figure out the ship builder, swapped out some components, replaced with new components, put back together.

I'm useless at building stuff like this, but this really helped me.

i did the same thing now my start ship is a beast, it gave me a better under standing on building and only cost 30k to build

[Bastila Shan]

Can i upgrade my class b ship to a class c ship? And how?

[Maligner]

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Can i upgrade my class b ship to a class c ship? And how?

Ship class is simply a matter of reactor class. Modules must be the same or worse than the reactor class. So class B reactor allows Class A and B modules. Be aware that piloting skill is necessary if you use higher class reactors.

For more info:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgID8gMClGk&t=792s

[Lastzro]

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

So its cheaper to build a good ship than buying one outright you think?

If you see a ship landing when on surface of a planet you can steal it, that's bad but very cheap...

[DANEDANGER]

I have tryt to build one, tryt to change one. Tryt to buy one... all failed. Game keep giving problems such as skill and the likes. Eventually il manage but i figured too just play the game gather resources and once i feel like ive got enough il give it all an other go. Atm my skill list just aint doing what i need it todo