Best SLF for AI pilots?

[Sanakan]

Just wondering on what the opinions may be for the most effective SLF when using an AI to pilot one.

[caaront]

The Condor is fast, the Imperial is the fastest but weak, and the other one is my fave, not real fast, but strong.

Those are when I fly them.

If you hire a crew member they will take half the XP in combat for every kill, and even if not active they will take about 10% of every single monetary credit you make in the game, no matter what it is.

[Oku]

Doesn't matter. They all have pros and cons that make them equal. Pick the loadout that best fits what you're doing and then pick the model that fits the theme of your ship. I use a Tapian with my Krait.

[Hobo Misanthropus]

The best fighters for AI Pilots are:

F63 Rogue
Imperial Gelid (Fixed)
Taipan Aegis and Gelid (Fixed)

NPCs are wildly inaccrate with Plasma repeaters for some reason. Despite being very, very accurate with the Condor's multicannons.

For human pilots, most prefer the Taipan and Condor with fixed Plasmas it seems, a small, elite few like the Beam Imperial Fighter. And fewer still excel with the F63 Condor with Fixed Multicannons.

[John Titor]

AX

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by AarkTheDragon:

Doesn't matter. They all have pros and cons that make them equal. Pick the loadout that best fits what you're doing and then pick the model that fits the theme of your ship. I use a Tapian with my Krait.

I thought you were not playing.

[_mitchlel]

Hire crew, use them for pilots, then sack them before you hand anything in ;)

[caaront]

You still lose XP don't you?

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Originally posted by Torquemada:

AX

Not Anymore ;/ got nerfed a while ago.

Originally posted by Flamenado:

Hire crew, use them for pilots, then sack them before you hand anything in ;)

This would be worth it if you could hire Dangerous, Deadly and Elite NPCs. I do this for AX solos though, lol. No point in risking my Co-pilot waifu.

[John Titor]

Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:

Originally posted by Torquemada:

AX

Not Anymore ;/ got nerfed a while ago.

I wasn't referring to the "exploit".

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by caaront:

You still lose XP don't you?

Credits yes. I've got a SLF pilot i can't even used. But hey, its only 9% (trained up to dangerous from harmless). Its not like credits are hard to get these days.

[coledragonknight]

I like the Tiapan with beams and a Tiapan with Plasmas, depending on if im feeling frisky or not

[Agony_Aunt]

If your ships is thermal heavy, or you are hunting big ships, then the MC Condor is a good choice. If you are running mainly kinetics, the beam based SLFs are good. If you are hunting small ships, forget about the plasma weapons, they can't hit small ships, but are fantastic if you are hunting big ships.

Overall though, what makes the most difference is the rank of your SLF pilot. Until they are at least expert they are pretty bad. Dangerous/Deadly is where they really start to shine though.

[Tokfan]

Originally posted by caaront:

You still lose XP don't you?

yup, 50%.

[caaront]

nOT WORTH IT UNTIL i AM TRIPLE ELITE THEN, THANK YOU.

[Straight White Male]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

Originally posted by AarkTheDragon:

Doesn't matter. They all have pros and cons that make them equal. Pick the loadout that best fits what you're doing and then pick the model that fits the theme of your ship. I use a Tapian with my Krait.

I thought you were not playing.

So did he. :P