Good ships for combat

[Pay4Play]

I'm new to this game, and just earned about 50 million credits.

I would like to go pew-pew. What are some good ships, that also look pretty sweet?

I'm currently a fan of the Terran ship design.

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

Can't go wrong with an m6 as a first fighting ship. I would suggest looking at the Skiron as it's one of my personal favorites.

[Destin Faroda]

If you're looking for a player ship, get the Springblossom corvette from Aldrin. While it doesn't look as nice as the Katana, it beats every other corvette.
The Springblossom is very fast (over 300m/s), has good maneuverability and it can equip experimental starburst shockwave cannons. While playing X3AP, these weapons were the only ones that have performed well against fighters. Unfortunately, they consume huge amounts of weapon energy.
The Springblossom's only drawback is the lower shieldpower, but this flaw can be compensated with speed and maneuverability.
As much as I like the Katana's design, it simply sucks due to its inferior weapons. EMPs are useless and Matter-Antimatter missiles too don't work well against fighters. Therefore, it fails as a corvette. The Yokohama frigate performs better against fighters, but it is not as efficient against bigger ships.

[Chroma]

The Aldrin Springblossom(m6) Corvette is the best one you can buy(the best one is the Hyperion Vanguard but you have to cap it). It's fast 360m/s and around 500 when you boost it, it's pretty manouverable,. it has good cargo space for trading/passenger missions and MAML ammo. Starbust Shockwave cannons on the sides kills most smaller ships in one shot. And with 4 Experimental Electro-Magnetic Plasma Cannons + 4 Prototype Matter/Anti-Matter Launchers on the front it can fire almost endlessly. It's shields are not that good but if you're fighting fighters it really doesn't matter and with good manouvering you can solo bigger ships like Corvettes and Frigates(M7)

[Pay4Play]

What about an Ocelot for transport missions? Also, I would like something with more shielding than the Springblossom. Basically, a ship that excells in combat with figther support.

[Destin Faroda]

What about an Ocelot for transport missions?

If you want to transport wares, get a Hayabusa. It's a tough Terran super freighter. I absolutely love it.

Basically, a ship that excells in combat with figther support.

If you want to stick to Terran ships, you should try the Yokohama frigate.
It's tough, has a low hitbox and it can equip starbursts to quickly kill fighters. Besides, it takes down corvettes and frigates with M/AM missiles - an ammunition-based weapon which consumes nearly no weapon energy. Starbursts for fighters and M/AM for medium ships is a nice combo. However, the Yokohama sucks against capital ships, but that's what bombers and missile frigates are there for.
Another problem: frigates can't dock everywhere due to their bigger size.

[Riptus]

The Vidar is excellent, it has massive frontal fire power with the manuaverability of a figher. Its speed also isn't too bad. It's a ship that if piloted well can take out destroyers with ease. http://x3wiki.com/index.php/Vidar

[Tonai Fish]

I'm going to agree with the Springblossom. It's faster than most M3s and has fantastic firepower and maneuverability for its class. It also has a 2000 unit cargo bay so you can jump from system to system for a while without refueling. It does have only avreage shielding for it's class, but if you are taking on anything bigger than a frigate, you can fill it with spectre missiles and just pew pew it while evading all those blob projectiles coming at you.

[Conny]

I suggest Overtuned Hyperion or the regular Hyperion.Its well shielded, have a hangar, great freight capacity and can mount lots of and diffrent weapons. Its also very fast, almost as fast as the hornet missiles it can fire. Thus you can fire multiple missiles that hit at the same time.

[Danger Close Dan]

I'm personally a fan of the Griffon Sentinel

[Fived]

Well if you want cost effectiveness then you should look into the shrike. It is the cheapest m7 and functions well in a bunch of rolls. However it is widely considered to be one of the ugliest ships in the game.