BH/RES ship progression

[Greenback]

My combat experience consists of 1 Anaconda 3 fedral police ships helping and 140k to me, after which I began my trading empire. I've gone through the different trade ships working up to now haveing a Conda of my own, my rank on trading and exploration is reasonably high.

So I'm looking at my combat rank and come up with the idea of starting from a siddy and working my way up through the combat ships by doing BH in High RES sites or combat missions in a sense like starting from scratch.
Now the object of this is I can only use the credits I get from combat, I can't hand in the bounties untill I have enough to buy the next ship if I die I'll have to start again.

My problem is I have no idea what ships to work towards as I progess and what ships aren't worth getting so any pointers to which order to get the ships for combat will be much appreciated

[Edelweiss ✿]

Well you can use whatever you want for combat, what you find fun is more important. I flew an Orca for hunting for a long time, that worked just fine.

[Lich Lord]

Ship for progressive RES farming would be Viper-Courier-Vulture(many stop here)-FAS or Clipper(FAS is better for combat)-FDL/Python-Anaconda-Corvette

But honestly all you need to do is swap the best cargo slot you have and make it an A rated shield gen, A rate your Power distro and at least C rate your Powerplant and you should be good to go with Pulse(Large,Medium) and Beams(Small) for the conda to be an effective res site grinder for rank.

But now if you want to bounty hunt as in interdiction missions you need a fast strong ship like the FDL, or FAS. They tend to do a really nice job. I prefer the FAS as it has a slightly higher jump range for traveling to expansion zones where I farm merits. But the FDL is more powerful in every way. Better weapons cap 4M points and 1H point for a 4a PA and 4 pulse or 1 L beam and 4 Multi cannon work wonders in any situation...

One note on either ship though BI-Weave shields and a Fuel scoop are a must on either the FAS or FDL due to their limited jump range and fuel tanks. Bi weave shields reduce power consumption allowing you to use more for weapons.

[Ibuprofriend]

I haven't made it very far along the combat ship progression so I can't offer too much information, but I did want to chime in because in my opinion the whole 'what ships are/aren't worth getting' thing is up to you. It depends on your flying style.

I went from Sidewinder to Eagle to Viper (MkIII) to Diamondback Scout, and will probably pick up a Viper MkIV next, followed by a Vulture, then a Federal Assault Ship, and then Lord only knows from there. Many skip the Eagle because it's very much an interceptor-class fighter - high manoeuvrability, but very low armour - but personally I love the thrill of dogfighting and I spent many enjoyable hours in the cockpit of my Eagle.

Of course there are some 'core' ships that you just can't miss, like the Viper or the Vulture, but personally I would recommend you check out the ships on the wiki, mess with them in Coriolis or EDShipyard, etc. and familiarise yourself with not only whether the ship is recommended for combat but other aspects as well, such as what role the ship is meant to play in combat.

I know the whole 'do whatever works for you' thing isn't really a useful answer, but everyone's flying style is different.

[Memento64]

Well here is my ship progression for combat based on what I have experienced.
Viper mk3 was my favorite combat ship for RES hunting for the longest time. Near the end this is how I was running my Viper build.
http://coriolis.io/outfit/viper/23A3A3D2D3A3D2C1g-24240403-40--.Iw1+kA==.AwjMCZkkd4g=
Then I discovered the DBS (Diamond Back Scout) It has better agility than the Viper mk 3, better power plant so it can handle more power draw than the viper by quite a bit.

These 2 are a great place to start. YOu should also try playing around with the Coriolis ship builder I linked you. It will give you a better idea of what you want to do.

Edit: Forgot the build for the DBS. http://coriolis.io/outfit/diamondback/24A4A4A2D3A2D4C1g272424000304044029--.Iw1-kA==.Aw1-kA==

[Greenback]

thanks muchly that gives me a good basis to get started on, would of never looked at the DBS as a combat ship so learnt something new

[Turih]

引用自 Greenback：

would of never looked at the DBS as a combat ship

Yeah, ppl make this mistake quite a lot.