Was flying around, trying to find the best price for ore and I ended up in Ross 154. Didn't realise I was so close to Sol.
So much nostagia from playing Frontier!.
Been doing a few bit of mining with my Python and I now have 240mil to my name.
Can anyone recommend a decent PvE ship I can kit out and work on engineering with?
what do you like doing?
the python is THE best medium multirole PVE.ship it can do everything, has teeth for combat, good cargo storage and can land on mediums.
I only PVE and rather than just use the python I try to spec specialist ships (more so that I see a different cockpit from time to time)
I use a vulture for black box missions, only needs 4 tons cargo, has enough teeth for come combat if bad guys try it on. it it is super agile so can scoop and run if you don't want to engage
I have a tanked up federal gunship for RES type combat as well as kill pirate missions .... it's not necessarily the best choice but I wanted to have a dabble with ship launched fighters and this was before the krait.
the ultimate master of all trades however is the anaconda. it can do everything PVE except land on medium pads. If am feeling lazy I use this, it is close to indestructible in PvE and in the unlikely event things do go south doesn't get mass locked by much so can jump out. I try not to use mine however unless I actually want to feel like I have an oil tanker in space. in VR it's view our of the canopy is a little limited.
for exploration I used to use an asp. it's also a fab in system taxi with its huge jump range.... however I have got bored with that so have specced a phantom for this too. they are pretty close to each other.
for mining you have lots of options. I use a clipper. not because it is great at it but because I was struggling to find a purpose.
I use a T9 for trade, and it makes a very easy top 50% in any trade CG.
for landing on planets and collecting mats I have an adder. again not because it has any specific advantage for that but because I am trying to find a use for my ships.
TLDR with engineering most ships can do something so decide what you want to do. if you just want 1 ship tho... for me it's the python or anaconda (depending on medium pad access needs)
