Ships - Classes and Ranking

[Dash]

New player here! So... I've been browsing the net and I've been finding different infos on current ships and class rankings... for example:

S> A > B >C in terms of ranking yet I see ships that are C rank but significantly more cargo spaces and more expensive than B ranks...

Does ship class such as Fighter, Hauler, Explorer yadda yadda have a significant difference in terms of gameplay? which are those differences?

Anyone mind explaining a bit? thanks in advance!

[Tom]

MasterWaffle, what's your source of information on the max number of slots per ship type?

[MasterWaffle]

Tom님이 먼저 게시:

MasterWaffle, what's your source of information on the max number of slots per ship type?

Playing the game and testing hundreds of ships. Haven't read any topic here saying otherwise. Also makes sense that they'd make the other 3 10 slots less then hauler. I have both explorer and fighter at 38 slots.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/135511655653095623/

It is an assumtion but a good one.

[saluzi7]

You're spoiler section isn't showing up (and I really don't mind being spoiled).

[Dash]

saluzi7님이 먼저 게시:

You're spoiler section isn't showing up (and I really don't mind being spoiled).

Keep checking out "?" sings on your ship scanner and land on outposts... sometimes they have puzzles that can lead to distress beacons which usually mean crashed ships... you can then just "repair" a ship and go on your merry way with your new ship. that does mean abandoning your old ship though..... Enjoy!!

It's just that, not really a spoiler just didn't want to ruin the experience if you wanted to grind a bit

[DazaKiwi]

So in order to have more than one ship, i have to own a freighter first? i cannot just go and buy another ship at a space station and fly it back to my base planetside and park it?

Ideally, i would buy a cheak ship and use this when i find a good crashed ship to swap it with.

Also i read somewhere you can get credits on your ship you trade in, or perhaps pay less because of the value of your ship you are trading in? is this so?

[Knocker]

I have all 4 types and use each one for its own speciality so my S class fighter 29 slot is done out with all the upgrades which help it fight so not to bothered about warp upgrades and it is used to go from station to planet so if I get cought up in a fight I am in good hands.

My Explorer S class 38 slot is used just for warping from one system to the next so upgrades mainly in the warp drive As soon as I get to the next system and I mean the next second I call in my freighter and but the explorer to bed his job is done

I have a shuttle A class 28 slot which sits in the freighter and is used for storage no upgrades not even fueled up

I have an A class hualer which is 28 slot this also sits in the freighter as extra storage the freighter by the way is 19 slots

And finally I have a second A class fighter 28 slot which I use for ultra trading sessions on a starship along with my 48 slot suit to make my money on. I do not farm like most I prefer to trade.

[Knocker]

Just as a side note this evening I came across an 48 S class hauler 110m I only had 61m so missed it

[saluzi7]

THanks Knocker and know that you are envied!! :)
So...how did you do it????? I still don't get how to get there.
I don't see how crashes post update do anything for me.All the ones I've seen weren't wortth the plutonioum to land and take off.
What S classes I've found have been at trading posts on planet surface.

[Knocker]

saluzi7님이 먼저 게시:

THanks Knocker and know that you are envied!! :)

It didn't take long because I get my credits by trading with ships in the station I get to see most if not all ships in the star system I am currently in so when I see one better than the one I have I snap it up it only took me just under 2 weeks

[Knocker]

I was in a station tonight when the 48 S class dropped in I only had 61m the next 20 mins the 38 S class explore dropped in and I was in my explore 18 slot S class at the time as it was my smallest ship and so was on the look out to replace it

So I did at a cost of 38m

My next task is to raise 100m and take my hauler in for renewal

[Knocker]

Note I am not doing much exploring or playing with land vehicles my focus is on building up my fleet of ships first

[Blissett]

Knocker님이 먼저 게시:

Just as a side note this evening I came across an 48 S class hauler 110m I only had 61m so missed it

Take note of the system name, and then come back to it later, a full slot S rank hauler is a pretty rare find and you can come back to it later and it will (eventually) show up at that station (or trading post or wherever you were) again, so you can buy it when you have the money for it.

[Ginkawa]

I note I found, was that if you piddle around in a given station for a while (like dynamic resonator farming) if you check, you will see the same model come and go repeatedly, and if you check the sale value for it, it changes it stats.

these two are the same model, same pilot name even, at the same station. I've seen this same model listd with half a dozen or more fewer slots, and as low as C-Grade.


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=886645840

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=886645949

I've started marking in my notes about stations that I see ship models I really like, so when I get the chance I can go back to the station (particularly ones a jump or so from my home base) and wait for a high quality version of that model to come through.

[Blissett]

Ginkawa님이 먼저 게시:

I've started marking in my notes about stations that I see ship models I really like, so when I get the chance I can go back to the station (particularly ones a jump or so from my home base) and wait for a high quality version of that model to come through.

Yeah, every station has (as far as I've seen) 3 different 'versions' of each model of ship to buy (maybe they have 4, one for each rank, but I haven't seen any S-ranked ships yet in my game and I've hung out at one station today for like 3 hours hunting for one specific ship in its Class A configuration, S could take even longer to show up).

They're often A, B and C classes of that ship, and each class of ship model X in that system will have a different number of slots that doesn't change. Say, ship X class A has 32 slots. It'll always have 32 slots if its the Class A of Ship X at that station, tho the position of the 'gaps' in the slots will change each time you look, as well as the class bonus numbers.

Sometimes, the A will have less slots than the B, sadly enough.

[Ginkawa]

Blissett님이 먼저 게시:

Ginkawa님이 먼저 게시:

I've started marking in my notes about stations that I see ship models I really like, so when I get the chance I can go back to the station (particularly ones a jump or so from my home base) and wait for a high quality version of that model to come through.

Yeah, every station has (as far as I've seen) 3 different 'versions' of each model of ship to buy (maybe they have 4, one for each rank, but I haven't seen any S-ranked ships yet in my game and I've hung out at one station today for like 3 hours hunting for one specific ship in its Class A configuration, S could take even longer to show up).

They're often A, B and C classes of that ship, and each class of ship model X in that system will have a different number of slots that doesn't change. Say, ship X class A has 32 slots. It'll always have 32 slots if its the Class A of Ship X at that station, tho the position of the 'gaps' in the slots will change each time you look, as well as the class bonus numbers.

Sometimes, the A will have less slots than the B, sadly enough.

I haven't paid THAT much attention to follow the patterns. I have seen you can have the same model parked more than once i the same station on occasion though.

I am definitely keeping track of the station I saw the one pictured above at, so I can come get that once I have more money than I know what to do with.