Which exocrafts do you all use?

[Salem Graves]

So far to me it feels like the Minotaur is above and beyond the best exocrafft (not including the Nautolan) I've only used the Roamer and the Pilgrim and there doesn't seem to be any reason to use those over the Minotaur. Except that the Pilgrim can scan for drop pods and other things that the Mino can't. Mino also seems faster than the Pilgrim which I didn't expect.

[Lindy Bomber]

Nomad is my go-to for general running around.

Sub for looking for that lat underwater fauna.

Mech for combat sidekick


Everything else is storage.

[Rampant Razza]

Sub for finding crashed ships, Minotaur for firepower/storage.
Skiff for Fishing.

[wkitty42]

i use none of them other than during specific quests that require use of their scanner... after that, nope... i don't need them any more but i may have the Minotaur tramping about with me when i go exploring...

[Chirico Cuvie]

Using a fast Nomad only for tasks like salvaging burried tech or gathering storm chrystals. Or use it to travel and search for mining hotspots along with nearby power hotspots.

[Darth Cervantes]

I prefer pets since you can't scan while riding an exocraft. The nomad is pretty cool though that it can go on any surface.

[AmberAnvil]

Exocraft have a variety of scanners. Roamer and Nomad scan for Depots and Monoliths. Nautilon will find underwater crashed freighters and starships. Minotaur will find crashed freighters and secure sites such as transmission towers, manufacturing facilities, etc. Therefore, I use them all.

[SirProsik]

Nomad for flying low, mech for giggles on expeditions, and Nautilon for future underwater stuff when we get deeper oceans (hopefully).

[ArnMan]

I have a nomad at most of my industrial sites for running between close mining stations. If the terrain is too rough I put landing pads at all the sites.

[Nostromo]

I have pretty much settled on only using the Nomad for getting around.

Some of the other Exo's I summon to use their scanners - but then it's my Starship and/or Nomad to get to the scanned site.

Have never really cared at all for the Minotaur (again, except for occasionally its scanner). It's to "destructive". I don't like clomping around destroying everything as I go (ala Avatar). And I just don't care for how it "handles". (That said, I actually haven't tried it since the past couple of updates; having already formed my opinions of it long ago - so I do leave it open that it *might* handle better today than it used to - but I haven't felt compelled to use it and find out - my distaste for it begin fairly strong).)

Nomad all the way, for me. Some of the others - just for scanning..

[RustyNail]

Believe it or not, 99% of the time I use no exocraft at all.

The rare exceptions to the above are those times that the radar/sonar are needed to complete some task. The majority of the time I'd rather melee jump top get around, and/or use my ship to get closer to some far off POI.

[Salem Graves]

Originally posted by Nostromo:

I have pretty much settled on only using the Nomad for getting around.

Some of the other Exo's I summon to use their scanners - but then it's my Starship and/or Nomad to get to the scanned site.

Have never really cared at all for the Minotaur (again, except for occasionally its scanner). It's to "destructive". I don't like clomping around destroying everything as I go (ala Avatar). And I just don't care for how it "handles". (That said, I actually haven't tried it since the past couple of updates; having already formed my opinions of it long ago - so I do leave it open that it *might* handle better today than it used to - but I haven't felt compelled to use it and find out - my distaste for it begin fairly strong).)

Nomad all the way, for me. Some of the others - just for scanning..

Do you use the Mino in 1st or 3rd person? It's unusable in 1st person, but seems just fine to me in 3rd.

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by Traveller:

Originally posted by Nostromo:

Have never really cared at all for the Minotaur ...

Do you use the Mino in 1st or 3rd person? It's unusable in 1st person, but seems just fine to me in 3rd.

Typically I use any of the Exocrafts in 3rd-person. Occasionally flipping to 1st to read an instrument or to re-checkout the cockpit view (then generally back to 3rd).

[RustyNail]

Originally posted by Nostromo:

Originally posted by Traveller:

Do you use the Mino in 1st or 3rd person? It's unusable in 1st person, but seems just fine to me in 3rd.

Typically I use any of the Exocrafts in 3rd-person. Occasionally flipping to 1st to read an instrument or to re-checkout the cockpit view (then generally back to 3rd).

^^^ I'll second. When moving about I find 1st person view in the nautilon, or minotaur is almost nauseating.

[Andreas]

I typically use the roamer for short range exploration. The minotaur if the terrain is too mountainous or the nomad if there's too much water.

While I tried the minotaur as a fighting companion, I find it gets a) in the way too much and is b) damaged too easily. And I frankly don't need it.

As for underwater exploration - there's really nothing of interest for me there. I scan the fish and that's it.

[Salem Graves]

Originally posted by Andreas:

I typically use the roamer for short range exploration. The minotaur if the terrain is too mountainous or the nomad if there's too much water.

While I tried the minotaur as a fighting companion, I find it gets a) in the way too much and is b) damaged too easily. And I frankly don't need it.

As for underwater exploration - there's really nothing of interest for me there. I scan the fish and that's it.

It almost feels like the Mino AI is scripted to get damaged whenever a sentinel minotaur shows up. Because even if the sentinels are all focused on me, as soon as their mino shows up, mine shuts down for seemingly no reason.