Fighter, Scout or Courier?

[albalma]

I'm sure many people will want to know what is the difference between these three classes and which one does what best?

Thank you!

[Humble]

fighter often carry more gun, scout often had fastest speed, courier often able to carry ton of goods to trade.

[Jaded]

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[Shoebsy]

It's the ship model specificall you want to care about, their overall "Class" isn't too descriptive.

Some Couriers are miners, some are traders, some can be worthwhile travelers.. Fighters generally are sheild/gun focused though.

[ImHelping]

It can also wildly vary on ship model/species.

For the Argon alone, ships labled as "Heavy Fighter" range from glass cannons with 6 guns but no more durable than your starter ship like the Pulsar. To 4 guns flying bricks like the Eclipse.

Scouts do universally have a better never explained responsivness stat than fighters (With the Elite Vanguard "Interceptor" argon start comes with, having the most). Which I figure is the stat that effects if your drift wobble when trying to change directions.

Which is the only (not worth it except for gimmick builds) saving grace of the otherwise awkward seeming Quasar. A "Heavy fighter" with even less hull than the Elite. But a responsivness just under the Kestrel Scout.

[First5trike]

Originally posted by albalma:

I'm sure many people will want to know what is the difference between these three classes and which one does what best?

Thank you!

My experience is for combat in the smaller ships you always want more forward mounted weaponary. The more guns the better.

The Argon heavy fighter for that size of ship throws out a ton of dps forward. Four beams make pretty quick work of virtually anything except the big ships.

[Toxo]

appart from their names being obviously self-descriptive?
All S-ships come in these 3 variants, but the stat-wise differences are so miniscule that there is no point in meddling with them.
Fighters have slightly better maneuverbility and shield strenght, Scouts have higher speed, and couriers have increased cargo-bays.
But seriously, there is no point in buying any other hull-version than those from ring-systems, since you can outfit them with the best faction modules way faster there and then assign / forget about them.

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by Tremere:

appart from their names being obviously self-descriptive?
All S-ships come in these 3 variants, but the stat-wise differences are so miniscule that there is no point in meddling with them.
Fighters have slightly better maneuverbility and shield strenght, Scouts have higher speed, and couriers have increased cargo-bays.
But seriously, there is no point in buying any other hull-version than those from ring-systems, since you can outfit them with the best faction modules way faster there and then assign / forget about them.

I mean, while a couple jumps off the beaten path isn't too far. You can't buy a Pulsar on the big highway loop.

At least so far as my save is going. ANT sells the Pulsar off in Antigone memorial, while the ARG has no pulsars for me on their convenient wharf that is 2 inches from the super highway loop.

It's worth the two extra jump gates if you want a 6 weapon fighter.

[Toxo]

Eclypse, while being a flying brick comparatively, performs good enough with mk3 combat engines and thrusters, and I haven't found a threat that isn't dealt with effectively by 4 weapons already.
I get the argument for ships intended for player-use, but for automated patrol or frighter-escort, pulsars are way too squishy. and when doing bulk orders, having the production sites next to the ring is manadatory to reduce waiting-times i.m.o.

[ImHelping]

The Eclipse does seem like a top tier fighter for guarding static locations and slowboats, it's true.

[albalma]

I wanted to thank everyone for their comments, much appreciated! Looking forward to making enough money to buy some of the ships you guys suggested.