Federal Assault Ship build for PvE reccomendations?

[Fork_Q2]

Bought a FAS because it's apparently so brilliant for PvE. Not really all that impressed with it to be honest. Feels more sluggish than the Vulture, weak shields, and rather expensive to maintain. Mostly, I just don't care for the hardpoint placements.

I thought I might try out different builds before I consider selling her for a FDL. This is the build I'm currently running:

https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/federal_assault_ship?code=2pktkFflndpsif40u7l27270m0304044a376l29012f.AwRj4yqA.Aw18cQ%3D%3D.

The large fixed beam is the primary attack, the three gimballed MCs are grouped onto the second. Considering swapping out the two weak MCs for something more interesting (dumbfire rockets, plasma or railguns, but I have no experince with those).

Any suggestions welcome, thanks!

[Liethkorious]

Hey fork, if you are planning a ship for combat just know with resist mods any ship is viable. Fas is fun because of the battering ram and its agility when a ranked, fdl is drifty and more for jousting but you might as well go for the python when dirty drives is the same as fdl. same price as fdl without the hull armour which you don't need since you can run 4 SCB with engineered shields and since its a multirole you can do more with it then just combat. just saying there will be christmas events for decals and whatnot.

[Fork_Q2]

I already have a Python thanks, I guess if the FDL is pretty much the same, I might as well skip the FDL for Anaconda or something then.

[22Ƹ 🌟]

FAS` forgot about that ship i do own one but if iam thinking right its a quality tank...
i use FGS` anything under that dont intrest me lol

[Turd Ferguson]

Escrito originalmente por 22Ƹ:

FAS` forgot about that ship i do own one but if iam thinking right its a quality tank...
i use FGS` anything under that dont intrest me lol

yup. its a tank with a battering ram. put a large laser on top amd mcs underneath.

[Liethkorious]

I've flown all the combat ships except for corvette/cutter. FAS is the most fun i have had, fdl is much smaller then python and that huge hardpoint can be amazing but i see it more as a high damage, low sustain. where python is high sustain and slightly less damage. annaconda has a lot of firepower but most ships will just circle strafe around you and unless you have a "good" slf small ships can be very hard to handle. smaller ships like viper, eagles and cobra i find dont have enough firepower to fly often but i eagle is great for high rez stealing cop kills. federation gunship with frag cannons are hilarious when pirates park near you to scan and you just shred them (fighter bay is optional). clipper is wierd in combat.

[Reggit]

Escrito originalmente por Liethkorious:

I've flown all the combat ships except for corvette/cutter. FAS is the most fun i have had.

This!!!
....and i got a Corvette
The FAS isn't the best ship.....but its so much fun!!!

[Frank K]

I love my RES hunting FAS, 3 fixed beams on the bottom, a fixed Pacifier cannon on top, KWS, chaff, shield boosters, Bi-weave shields, a shield cell bank, the rest, hull reinforcements. Tank time! Maybe a bit less manoueverable than a Vulture, but a lot more staying power. Add some engineering to suit your style and it's fun fun fun!