Best Multi-Purpose ship?

[Brasilius]

i honestly want a ship that can do everything to a full extent.

[Turd Ferguson]

Python if you need access to outposts. Anaconda if you don't.

[CaptainKINGPIN]

that would probably be the Anaconda, it can do everything fairly well to some extent.

the Imperial Cutter is also a very good Multipurpose but again to an extent, as it is a phenomenal trader and an impregnable Shield tank in combat though even fully engineered its jump range is roughly the same as an Unengineered Anaconda so it isnt amazing for long range things like Exploration and Tourist Passenger jobs.

[Straight White Male]

The python is the only ship that can do everything good, just not great at all things.
It does haul the most to outposts.

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Originally posted by Turd Ferguson:

Python if you need access to outposts. Anaconda if you don't.

I'd plop Cutter above Anaconda simply because it's got more cargo and is much harder to die in.

But I still think Python beats them both because Multipurpose implies flexibility, and having access to only 1/3 of the stations in the game automatically disqualifies large ships.


Wondering what the Krait is gonna be like. Supposedly Medium ship... But Faulcon already has a Medium multipurpose... So is Krait gonna be (Another) Combat ship, Explorer. etc.

[the smoking mค็็็็็n]

i took the krait as beefed up cobra, somewhere between it and aspx
the challenger looks to be the python grade contender to me

best allrounder is the python, it made my fortune and gave me everything i have, doing whatever i wanted
you can can use conda, cutter etc or any other ship later when rolling in it

[kymsheba]

Python if you need access to medium landing pads otherwise Anaconda if you only need access to Large landing pads.

Both are excellent ships for multi role purposes, either fighting, trading, exploring you really cannot go wrong with those 2 ships.

I tried the Corvette and i can honestly say the Anaconda is by far the better of the two for any of those roles. The Corvette just does not cut it, weaker on firepower compared to the Anaconda, has better speed and turn but if you can afford either one of these two ships then you should know how to fight by now anyways and the slightly better turning and speed does not count for anything when fighting in that case. Ending up selling my Corvette and going back to the Anaconda as it is far better than the Corvette.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by kymsheba:

The Corvette just does not cut it

The Cutter does. ;)

and the slightly better turning and speed does not count for anything when fighting in that case.

Better turning and speed means that the Corvette can stay with its weapons on target while in the same case the Anaconda can't. The raw DPS is nothing, if you can't keep your weapons on your target. If you know how to fight, you should know it.

[Turd Ferguson]

Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:

Originally posted by Turd Ferguson:

Python if you need access to outposts. Anaconda if you don't.

I'd plop Cutter above Anaconda simply because it's got more cargo and is much harder to die in.

But I still think Python beats them both because Multipurpose implies flexibility, and having access to only 1/3 of the stations in the game automatically disqualifies large ships.


Wondering what the Krait is gonna be like. Supposedly Medium ship... But Faulcon already has a Medium multipurpose... So is Krait gonna be (Another) Combat ship, Explorer. etc.

that grind tho....

[Alex]

Python.

[Bannor]

Sidewinder. Hands down.

[kymsheba]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

Originally posted by kymsheba:

The Corvette just does not cut it

The Cutter does. ;)

and the slightly better turning and speed does not count for anything when fighting in that case.

Better turning and speed means that the Corvette can stay with its weapons on target while in the same case the Anaconda can't. The raw DPS is nothing, if you can't keep your weapons on your target. If you know how to fight, you should know it.

there is a thing as reverse and yet to lose to a cutter or a corvette so sorry you may have a very hard time trying to get behind me son, so if i was you i would hope you don't come across me mate lol :)

[Fix]

+1 Python

[HamakiBCN2]

Now let me be clear...there's no such thing as a ship that can do everything to a full extent. There are ships that can do everything competently. Python, Anaconda and Cutter, as mentioned, are good examples.

With that said, i would not necessarily recommend going that route if your plan is to use the same ship for everything. Reason being, while those ships are multi-purpose, each purpose will require a different configuration.

A Python can do Combat, trading and exploration competently, but each activity will require changing the entire ship configuration. Which is tedious and frustrating, specially if you don't operate from a fixed hub but instead roam around.

The alternative would be to have several Pythons with different configurations, but that kinda defeats the purpose of using a multi-role, you might as well use more specialized ships better suited for each activity.

For example, i have a Python with a configuration that's, let's call it, a "Mission Board" setup, as it has everything i need for the sort of missions that show up in an average Mission Board: black boxes, small cargo deliveries, planetary scans, some combat missions.
https://eddp.co/u/fpDtAKe1

However, for every dedicated activity i also have a dedicated ship: For combat, i have a chieftain (HazRES), a FDL (PvP) and a Cutter (High CZ). For trading, i have a Type-9. for Exploration , an Anaconda and an ASPX. I don't do passengers, but if i did i would probably set up a second Anaconda (and a second Python) for that.

My point being, multi-roles should be, in my opinion, used exclusively as placeholders, ships to fill the gaps in given activities until you can afford a dedicated ship.

[kymsheba]

Originally posted by HamakiBCN2:

Now let me be clear...there's no such thing as a ship that can do everything to a full extent. There are ships that can do everything competently. Python, Anaconda and Cutter, as mentioned, are good examples.

With that said, i would not necessarily recommend going that route if your plan is to use the same ship for everything. Reason being, while those ships are multi-purpose, each purpose will require a different configuration.

A Python can do Combat, trading and exploration competently, but each activity will require changing the entire ship configuration. Which is tedious and frustrating, specially if you don't operate from a fixed hub but instead roam around.

The alternative would be to have several Pythons with different configurations, but that kinda defeats the purpose of using a multi-role, you might as well use more specialized ships better suited for each activity.

For example, i have a Python with a configuration that's, let's call it, a "Mission Board" setup, as it has everything i need for the sort of missions that show up in an average Mission Board: black boxes, small cargo deliveries, planetary scans, some combat missions.
https://eddp.co/u/fpDtAKe1

However, for every dedicated activity i also have a dedicated ship: For combat, i have a chieftain (HazRES), a FDL (PvP) and a Cutter (High CZ). For trading, i have a Type-9. for Exploration , an Anaconda and an ASPX. I don't do passengers, but if i did i would probably set up a second Anaconda (and a second Python) for that.

My point being, multi-roles should be, in my opinion, used exclusively as placeholders, ships to fill the gaps in given activities until you can afford a dedicated ship.

you missed his point by the proverbial MILE, the OP was asking what is the BEST MULTI-PURPOSE ships he doesn't want a debate on using one ship for one thing and another ship for another he is after people's opinion on what the BEST MULTI-PURPOSE ship is.

[coledragonknight]

Conda