Your best combat ship and why

[Sistermatic™]

I've ground up almost $800k in SF and looking to get a new ship. Stuck between Narwhal and Abyss Tracker (I can buy both I guess) but curious if someone has a better choice.

Will be a combat vessel, pimped, for a 10 thumbed pilot.

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NOTE: I won't respond to all posts but know that I am reading all of them and want to thank each one of you for suggestions. I'm very tempted to open SF back up and have a crack. Work keeps me busy right now so later perhaps. TY.

[DANEDANGER]

Its worth the time and effort to learn about the ship builder, take your time. watch a few vids explaining the specifics and maybe watch a build or 2 with reasoning as to why they have chosen certain parts and left others. In the end the best ship you can and wil find ingame is the one you have build your self.

As for choice between your options i would go Abys for style and put full turret setup on it. Hop in and let it wreak havoc while you have 2 platforms to mounts these weapons on

[StormhawkV]

It's always best to design you own ship. Get any cheap vessel and turn it into whatever ship you need.

[ayrtep]

The Kepler R is the only ship with which I can confidently win the Masada fight.

[DANEDANGER]

Originally posted by StormhawkV:

Get any cheap vessel and turn it into whatever ship you need.

Mission bounty board is your friend here, take up a mission that has the word Fleet in it and it wil be a space encounter. Capture it then go to a planet side techy to register and build on. Cant get much cheaper like that

[Rambit]

nothing beats a small ship with the vanguard weapons.

btw i suggest NOT the narwhal. its bugged. it goes invisible after you work on it. once you change it. it bugs out. it seems to be a issue with the narwhal specifically

[savageone]

Fast and maneuverable.

[Soccer]

Originally posted by StormhawkV:

It's always best to design you own ship. Get any cheap vessel and turn it into whatever ship you need.

This.
Upgrading the reaction was the first thing i did to fill all systems with max energy.
Then shields
Then rockets that do a lot of hull damage
And then Laser getting the shileds down quickly.
You might need to update the skill shipdesign to get better elements.

[jerrypocalypse]

Get the Silent Runner from Hopetech HQ and customize the weaponry on it.

I personally enjoy taking ships and modifying them so that they look like a heavily altered version of that ship, rather than something entirely new.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Stuck between Narwhal and Abyss Tracker

306 hours into the game and I've spent well over 1.5 million buying and selling ships.

The Narwhal I purchased twice it was so good.

Truth is, the last patch bugged the Narwhal, so I sold it and purchased the Dragonfire II, which is also good. Mostly due to its interior design.

I didn't like the interior of the Narwhal.

I may purchase the Narwhal again in the future. It is certainly one of the best purchasable ships that I've encountered in the game.

I get a huge discount on ships due to the Commerce Skill.

It's really not hard to save $300,000 if you're a looter-explorer-side quester.

[gywidion]

Just rebuild the narwal from another ship and you get an unbugged version

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by gywidion:

Just rebuild the Narwal from another ship.

I can't.

I'm not a skilled crafter in this game. I barely know how to fry an egg.

I learned how to make Aurora last night. I can get high and fry eggs. That's about it.

Besides, I hate the interior of the Narwhal. It's like a maze trying to get to the captain's chair.

The interior design of the Dragonfire II is one of the best I've seen so far.

[gywidion]

Originally posted by katzenkrimis:

Originally posted by gywidion:

Just rebuild the Narwal from another ship.

I can't.

I'm not a skilled crafter in this game. I barely know how to fry an egg.

I learned how to make Aurora last night. I can get high and fry eggs. That's about it.

Besides, I hate the interior of the Narwhal. It's like a maze trying to get to the captain's chair.

The interior design of the Dragonfire II is one of the best I've seen so far.

Dragonfire is nice. I like the Claymore as well

[Langkard]

At level 60 and above, it is easier and cheaper to simply re-design any of the ships you already have. Level 60 is the last of the ship part level gates. I bought a couple of ships early, before I moved into NG+. Now I just redesign the free ships each NG+. I generally only use one ship with just a pilot's quarters hab when I'm playing without crew or companions, and another with 2 All-in-One habs and crafting habs when I'm doing companion + crew.

The smaller ship is faster and more mobile and can carry the same top weaponry and shields, so it makes a better combat ship. But in NG+ and higher levels, unless you use a mod which scales the enemy crews and ship levels to match your own level, battles against multiple ships end quickly without any problem.

[tkwoods]

I've been playing with the Starborn ship. It foots the needs I have and level of play.

[pike]

i use the frontier and the razorleaf , i maxed out my ship building so they customize really nice, being a freestar ranger i am inclined to do up the ranger ride next i think
here's my razorleaf
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3209417072