pirate dreadnought above C?

[The IRS]

does anybody know for sure whether or not the new dreadnought can be found above C class ive killed like 10 at this point and all were class C cant find anything on the internet so thought id ask here

[Azure Fang]

First one I had surrender was an A. Chances of higher grades than C are the same as normal freighters.

[gussmed]

They're the same as any other freighter. S-class pirate dreadnoughts exist. There are YouTube videos about acquiring them.

The usual ship distribution rules apply. Which means you'll find mostly C-class ships and freighters in star systems with level 1 economies. Pirate star systems have the highest chance of S and A class ships, followed by level 3 economies.

[The IRS]

Originally posted by gussmed:

They're the same as any other freighter. S-class pirate dreadnoughts exist. There are YouTube videos about acquiring them.

The usual ship distribution rules apply. Which means you'll find mostly C-class ships and freighters in star systems with level 1 economies. Pirate star systems have the highest chance of S and A class ships, followed by level 3 economies.

thank you for the info ill keep trying i guess ive been warping between pirate systems repeatedly ill try lvl 3 economy

[wkitty42]

the one i grabbed during my Exp12 play through was an S-Class... i don't remember if i ignored those battles before deciding to take this one on or not, though... i had just read about being able to get them to surrender so you could claim the Pirate Freighter so i tried it... i was extremely surprised when it turned out to be an S-Class, too!

it took me a few minutes to figure out how to pack away all the tech i had on my system Freighter and to then move everything else to the new one but i did it... remember to pack the Matter Transporter last!

this was one time i elected to not move my existing Freighter base, too... the new one had a few things i liked better than the old one... sometimes i wish there was a way to merge bases and to be able to move rooms that conflict with existing ones during the merge but i doubt we'll ever see that... if i had been able to merge existing Freighter base with the new one, that would have given me the Planet Scanner as well as the Stellar mats harvester room which i didn't have access to yet...

[The IRS]

man yall lucky as hell ive killed at least 20 of these damn things all of em C class i got bad luck i guess

[Ygolnac]

Originally posted by The IRS:

man yall lucky as hell ive killed at least 20 of these damn things all of em C class i got bad luck i guess

You should equip your ship with an economy scanner and jump in pirate systems. Save before jumping and make an manual backup of the save. When you encounter a pirate freigther battle make it surrender, board, and look with the scanner its class (no need to go talk to the captain).

Every time it's not S class reload your backup save, rinse and repeat. I think that a manual backup is the only way becouse when you exit the ship it overwrites your save, and the seed is already written. To restore a save before you jump in the system with a new seed the manual backup is the only thing I know.

If you try this in 1 star economy the odds it will be an S class are less than 5%, two and three star economies have better odds, but I think I read in the wiki that in pirate systems the odds are around 20%, so that's where it's worth reloading.

[The IRS]

Originally posted by Ygolnac:

Originally posted by The IRS:

man yall lucky as hell ive killed at least 20 of these damn things all of em C class i got bad luck i guess

You should equip your ship with an economy scanner and jump in pirate systems. Save before jumping and make an manual backup of the save. When you encounter a pirate freigther battle make it surrender, board, and look with the scanner its class (no need to go talk to the captain).

Every time it's not S class reload your backup save, rinse and repeat. I think that a manual backup is the only way becouse when you exit the ship it overwrites your save, and the seed is already written. To restore a save before you jump in the system with a new seed the manual backup is the only thing I know.

If you try this in 1 star economy the odds it will be an S class are less than 5%, two and three star economies have better odds, but I think I read in the wiki that in pirate systems the odds are around 20%, so that's where it's worth reloading.

thank you for the advice but on my 30th blowing up of these stupid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ freighters i got an s class

[Phaedrus]

I have had the same luck. For you save editor guys, can you upgrade in a save editor? Asking for a friend.

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Phaedrus:

I have had the same luck. For you save editor guys, can you upgrade in a save editor? Asking for a friend.

yes you can... info gathered from a friend

[DennisM the Diligent]

Yes. Here's one I picked up during the expedition.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3156875474

[ImWhiteDynamite]

Why do the A class dreadnoughts have worst all around stats and less storage than the A class ones? Im so confused

[Nettle]

Originally posted by ImWhiteDynamite:

less storage than the A class ones? Im so confused

A not-so-recent change behind the scenes means higher-class ships of all* types now have fewer slots overall than lower-class ships. There is also some overlap between grades.

*Exotics and Living Ships excepted, naturally.