Wow, coming from you my friend that is quite the huge compliment! I've been a big fan of your work since I stated playing, you absolutely inspired me to start my channel in the first place.
Any ship that can go 850 M/S (1900 odd MPH ) is a definite addition to my hanger. Thank you for showing and taking the time to show the engineering behind this man.
I started 3 weeks ago. About 120 hours played. Loved it so far. I have this ship. But I'm starting to realize that if I Don't have anything engineered it's always going to be subpar. This makes me think I'm two years behind and will never catch up. I have though enjoyed your content. It is very helpful and very well produced. You are a pro.
Please don't feel that way - 120 hours is NOTHING in Elite, you're still just a wee babe at that point. Usually most people don't really understand the game until at least 500 if not well over 1000 hours. As for engineering start slow - go unlock Felicity Farseer (I have a complete guide) and that should take you about 90 minutes, maybe 2 hours. Then next unlock the Guardian FSD Booster (if you haven't yet). Once those are unlocked build the Felicity build in the description, a 44LY range AND a boost of 766 is pretty damn great. Realize that most that have fully engineered ships have well over 500 to 1000+ hours, I'm over 6500 myself (but of course I'm insane!)
Fuck yeah I did - I figured I'd leave it like that and see if anyone noticed. Flying in the external camera 3rd person like that sorta warped my brain.
Oh hey, I'm working on engineering one of these ships right now! I started right before your recent engineering video! Good to know others enjoy the fanciest featherweight in Elite.
0:56 @ Speedster build, take Power Distributor "Super Cap" as Super Conduits (a novice like me can be confused, so I thought better highlight that). That build on Coriolis is really helpful. Gratz on the amazing job commander. Flying dangerously.
Yeah, sorry - super capacitors, "super cap" are used on HD shield boosters of which I have 107 so I tend to mix them up (it was written in the script correctly I just misspoke when I read it)
Fun fast builds, I've recently been doing this for something different, build a Viper that goes 650. put plenty of power, lots of fun. Nice informative, no frills video.!
Hey man just found your channel! I've been playing elite dangerous since it first came out but never really had any goals, just floated around from place to place and did bounty hunting. Looking forward to seeing the kind of content you're going to be putting out! Seems like I've missed a LOT since the original state of the game.
Well if you look around the channel you'll see I have a lot of content that should show you many many things to do that are more than "floating around" and just bounty hunting. Hopefully you'll look through the various things from deep core mining to hacking mega ships.
Older video but ima use this build man. Im almost there unlocking the ship for master. I been playing for a month non-stop pretty much. I got 12 ships but no ranked stuff yet. I play this over SC, everspace 2, and every other game i was playing.
The music right at the end (4:56), I'd swear Khan was about to arrive on the scene. Great builds. I've been wanting to test out a iCourier for exploration for some extra fun planetside. I wonder how much speed and jump range will drop if you were to add the Guardian FSD booster and a DSS, and maybe an AFMU. I know the iCourier is not optimal, but I enjoy flying it more that traditional explorers like the AspX.
I love running a super fast courier into a warzone and last hitting ships as they die. Gives me the feeling of being a hawk diving in for the kill. Then boosting away using my engineered enhanced thrusters.
CMDR Exigeous i really feel Elite Dangerous is made for small ships. A lot is lost on the big ships for some reason. Something about the perspective seems off.
My favourite small ship. I built mine into a hull tank. In fact I think that was our first PvP fight. My courier vs. Your insane sidewinder. I’ve got mine built heavy. 1100 shields, 1300 hull. All balanced resistances. I run a handful of weapon load outs. From pack hounds to rails to cannons. Just love it. Only problem is my top speed Is 500 with all the weight. I’ve got a 900m/s imperial eagle I use for canyon racing. Paper thin. One hit and done. Lol But I love the courier so much more. In fact I think I might just build a new one light weight for canyon racing.
I love your channel! I have learned about so many things I want to try once I get done grinding out engineers and stocking up on mats/creds before the possibility of the Jan update making those things even more annoyingly tedious. Eventually I'll get around to enjoying the game! (OK, I really am enjoying E:D immensely...I just had to get a dig in on the grindiness).
Oh I get it - there are days I "work Elite" so that then later I can "play Elite". I try to help you get your "work" done as efficiently as possible so you can work less and play more
Hi CMDR! For the Speedster build, you mentionned the lightweight allow with Heavy duty and deep plate to avoid adding weight you said, however, when I check the description of heavy duty, it does say "With this blueprint mass is increased, but with the benefit of better integrity reinforcement". Is there something I'm missing? thanks!
What do you mean new pod racer? Courier is fast, but it's not the fastest :) I believe out of pure stripped down racers Courier is in a 3rd place for max boost.
Loving your content, been following your Enginering guides since getting back on ED, you wouldn't happen to have a build to kill Thatgoid scouts? (Imp Courier)
Yeah, I didn't word that well as I should have said it a bit differently. I more meant "usable" as you can't hit that speed with an SRV and I always carry an SRV on my canyon runners (as I like to get out and drive around at some point). There are several comments on this already with links to some builds.
Oh not just comparable but a LOT faster - as in 930 m/s (along with the Viper III) - and while I'll cover that when I get to them both the issue is they aren't as "usable" as this, meaning with an SRV or weapons, strong shields, long jump range, etc. You basically have to strip them to a seat and thrusters - I keep my 930 m/s iEagle in Sol so I can run the canyons in Ariel since you can't really jump anywhere with a build that fast.
Actually the Viper III can boost MUCH faster to 930. But at that speed you can't have weapons, an SRV, long jump range, etc. Same for the Imperial Eagle.
The only Exigeous vid that i wish would be longer ^^. Love the Courrier - the speed is amazing. And the looks are ... sexy. Gotta test those outfits and reduce my speed (878m/s) :-D
878 is pretty great, you can actually get 885 out of it but I find that there are too many compromises for that extra bit of speed, hence these builds.
Shit, sorry about that - not sure how I got that screwed up in my notes but I just fixed it for you. Remember you can change out any other weapons you want, they just need to all be lightweight to hit these speeds or go heavier and be a bit/lot slower - as even 750 m/s is pretty damn fast.
Haven't watched the video yet but for anyone engineering a race iCourier and wondering what to do with it can I heartily recommend the "Halpy Hand" Buckyball time trial Race which is on right now and runs until midnight on Sunday 19th January. This race is pretty much made for a race build iCourier with time bonuses for boosting through mailsots and installation tunnels at max speed, preferably with a ship who's hull is basically wrecked! Inspirational screenshot: i.imgur.com/aTVteVc.png Full race details: forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/534662/
Thanks for sharing Alec, this would be a great event for the speedster build as it has 500MJ of shields with a boost of 850 or you could do 1100MJ with that same boost (but a shitty range). I'll ping you in Discord as I really want to promote some of Bucky's events, etc. so thanks for sharing!
@@Exigeous this race is a really interesting application of building for a very specific task (rather than simply "being fast"). You want raw speed ('cos there are bonuses for going through mailslots, tunnels, etc at speed), and you want strong shields (to survive smacking into the back of a station at 800m/s) - but you also need range ('cos there are some fairly long legs to the overall route and saving just 1 jump shaves a whole minute off your time). In order to get that range I'm on a half size fuel tank - which means I'm scooping hard. That then introduces a major heat problem for the iCourier (a serious problem since heat damage takes out the cargo hatch, spilling your vaulable fish everywhere) but overzealous "low emission" engineering on the power plant can screw up your range again. Also - you need to be carrying a repair limpet controller, plus 5t of cargo space (unless you can synthesise a limpet after you've dumped one of your 4 fish). It's serious technical stuff before you even get to raw piloting skill. I've probably lost about 20 ships so far and it's only day 3 of the race. And I still have to complete a "Code black" run (where you have no canopy ... which requires better life support).
So, drive distributors.. That's a new one for me (only been doing E:D for a year now). Only on some builds do they give a boost increase. Can you explain why or cite a source that does??
It depends on the mass of the ship which one make sense. Usually with the 3A perf thrusters (on this and say the Viper 3) use distributors instead of drag.
I tried but the speed dropped dramatically ... :( It's the enhanced thrusters that have something of a upper weight limit above which they fail... My combat build has about 780 m/sec boost
@@georgegeorgopoulos1861 you tried the A grade shields or drag drives or both? I think whatever experimental he used increases optimal weight which is important in a build like this
Well I've already covered a material gathering Asp Explorer and will a Krait Phantom soon but I don't think how you mean - these are built for good jump range with enough storage for a bunch of limpets and collectors so when you drop into High Grade Emissions you can farm them very quickly - see my recent guide to gathering any material quickly for the details. As for flying with your scoop open you can but it slows down ALL ships to a crawl, that's why you don't want to ever manually scoop, if you can avoid it, and instead use collectors.
@@Exigeous Thanks so much for the reply! I'm out of the bubble collecting as we speak thanks to your excellent guide. I just wondered if there was a way to farm combat rather than the HGEs. Thinking something like a Python with turrets and collectors - sort of like mining but for engineering mats.
Absolutely you can gather materials during combat, the trouble is you'll only get G1-G3 stuff, with a few G4s every now and then and incredibly rarely will you get a G5. So it's just not effective in terms of time - that said if you are doing combat anyway and bring along collectors sure. As for turrets remember turrets are almost NEVER the answer - they do 30% less damage than gimbals that do 30% less damage than fixed. They are really only viable when engineered to apply a specific experimental effect (like corrosive, drag drives, scramble, etc). So on a Python you'd never ever run turrets, unless you're the one guy that enjoys the frustration of multi-crew ;-)
Also FSD on torps build says deep charge and coriolis says Stripped down, is Stripped better for speed and jump range on this build or does deep give better jump range with a small speed decrease? Aslong as I can hit 800ms boosting I'll happily trade out for deep charged for the extra couple of ly jump if it still gives it 😊
Yeah, sorry that was a typo as super cap is what you use on boosters - in short you're always going to use super conduits on a distro, save for the rare times like this you need stripped down.
Oh don't you worry, that's coming as that's one of my all time favorites and what I consider the most beautiful ship in the game. I have a build that boosts to 930 but don't have much of a range at all, no SRV, etc. so it lives in Sol for when I want to go run the canyons on Ariel.
Note that at class 4, deep charge and mass manager are almost the same for distance. Deep charge can get you a tiny bit extra meaning that in rare cases you get the capability to make a jump you couldn't with mass manager. You pay for that though with high fuel costs, which means fewer jumps for the same fuel and longer refuel times for the same distance. That's why people normally give mass manager as the rule of thumb... in general, you save time while travelling long distances with mass manager at class 4. It's only when you're playing on the fringes that tiny bits of extra jump range become key.
@@Exigeous haha for sure, just things like swapping Dirty drags for other stuff and I only just realised why my courier boosts around 480ms with them A grade engineered shield boosters weighing like 12T each 😢
@@Exigeous I'm currently swapping around a load of matts so I can sort it as soon as Thursday rolls around I can grab the prisms, I went on a "3week" waiting for prisms that turned into a 35 week hiatus and came back yesterday lmao
Yeah, you wouldn't be the first to be pledged forever to get a module, I keep forgetting as I wanted to get more Advanced Plasma Accelerators and have been pledged for like 6 weeks now.
Then you'll out run them really quickly as while they'll have that 850 boost initially they slow to 250 really quickly. And if you get in front of them they can re-target you (or anyone else) so fire and stay away (and they need 1500 meters to arm - I think that's right)
Oh, watch again.... It was really hard to fly in 3rd person mode like that and judge the ground height, etc. So yeah, watch again and see what actually happened.... ;-)
45Ly jump range so probably don't really need a FSD booster. And I use it for speeding around stuff for when I want to do that... canyon running etc... but yeah, no weapons. The point is that you *can* get faster if you want to. Not sure why you feel you need to have an SRV on a speedster?
@@kalivexllith4437 Well chief what are you waiting for - you're welcome to join our Discord, Level 11 as there are lots of guys here and most all of us play in open: discord.gg/ScxyTS8
No cargo capacity at all, this limit seriously the viability, jump range is ok, but I get the same in my Krait who do have a cargo bay, AND much better weapons. Is looking great, indeed, but that's all - you can't fight, you cannot fulfill missions who require a minimal cargo, and the jump range is far worse than a Diamond or an ASP.
These videos are so good! Keep up the good work! I constantly am recommending this channel even in my own comments.
Wow, coming from you my friend that is quite the huge compliment! I've been a big fan of your work since I stated playing, you absolutely inspired me to start my channel in the first place.
This is beautiful. Both of my top content creators for Elite being wholesome.
Any ship that can go 850 M/S (1900 odd MPH ) is a definite addition to my hanger. Thank you for showing and taking the time to show the engineering behind this man.
Absolutely, I'll be covering every ship in the game soon.
I breezed right past that ship... I'll have to get it now.
I am straight up grinding rank for this right now. This is an amazing coincidence.
Ah, awesome - well if you have all the engineers you'll be rockin', even with just Felicity you'll be pretty damn fast.
I started 3 weeks ago. About 120 hours played. Loved it so far. I have this ship. But I'm starting to realize that if I Don't have anything engineered it's always going to be subpar. This makes me think I'm two years behind and will never catch up.
I have though enjoyed your content. It is very helpful and very well produced. You are a pro.
Please don't feel that way - 120 hours is NOTHING in Elite, you're still just a wee babe at that point. Usually most people don't really understand the game until at least 500 if not well over 1000 hours. As for engineering start slow - go unlock Felicity Farseer (I have a complete guide) and that should take you about 90 minutes, maybe 2 hours. Then next unlock the Guardian FSD Booster (if you haven't yet). Once those are unlocked build the Felicity build in the description, a 44LY range AND a boost of 766 is pretty damn great. Realize that most that have fully engineered ships have well over 500 to 1000+ hours, I'm over 6500 myself (but of course I'm insane!)
@@Exigeous Great advice and thanks for the perspective. Grats on the YT award as well, you deserve it.
@@EpicLinc You're most welcome and thanks for the kind words.
And this is why you're the best ED content provider on YT. For the reckless engineering and details. Well done.
Absolutely, flying safely is boring as fuck, right???
I stopped playing about a year ago. I have subbed and I am using a lot of your videos to get me back up to speed. Good work!
Welcome back to the game and to the channel.
2:25 you crashed didn’t you? 😂
I thought the same 😇
Fuck yeah I did - I figured I'd leave it like that and see if anyone noticed. Flying in the external camera 3rd person like that sorta warped my brain.
Oh yeah. Saw that. :-)
The Courier , great lil ship! It's sooo out of any forth-seen scheme , love it. Great vid Cmdr Exigeous :)
I just built one of these. Well similar. I painted it matte black and call it Blackbird. I love it.
When you gotta deliver those data packages fast and with attitude
Fuck yeah, nothing like dropping at a station and being inside in like 4 seconds!
Oh hey, I'm working on engineering one of these ships right now! I started right before your recent engineering video! Good to know others enjoy the fanciest featherweight in Elite.
I did a shieldtank build on it 2 beams and a railgun and im taking down medium ships in haz res
“While “E” rated modules are generally shit”
-Cmdr exigeous, 2020
0:56 @ Speedster build, take Power Distributor "Super Cap" as Super Conduits (a novice like me can be confused, so I thought better highlight that). That build on Coriolis is really helpful. Gratz on the amazing job commander. Flying dangerously.
Yeah, sorry - super capacitors, "super cap" are used on HD shield boosters of which I have 107 so I tend to mix them up (it was written in the script correctly I just misspoke when I read it)
Fun fast builds, I've recently been doing this for something different, build a Viper that goes 650. put plenty of power, lots of fun. Nice informative, no frills video.!
Ah, wait until you see my 930 m/s Viper III - now THAT'S fast!
Hey man just found your channel! I've been playing elite dangerous since it first came out but never really had any goals, just floated around from place to place and did bounty hunting. Looking forward to seeing the kind of content you're going to be putting out! Seems like I've missed a LOT since the original state of the game.
Well if you look around the channel you'll see I have a lot of content that should show you many many things to do that are more than "floating around" and just bounty hunting. Hopefully you'll look through the various things from deep core mining to hacking mega ships.
Older video but ima use this build man. Im almost there unlocking the ship for master. I been playing for a month non-stop pretty much. I got 12 ships but no ranked stuff yet. I play this over SC, everspace 2, and every other game i was playing.
Awesome Awesome awesome video. Thanks so much!!
The music right at the end (4:56), I'd swear Khan was about to arrive on the scene.
Great builds. I've been wanting to test out a iCourier for exploration for some extra fun planetside. I wonder how much speed and jump range will drop if you were to add the Guardian FSD booster and a DSS, and maybe an AFMU. I know the iCourier is not optimal, but I enjoy flying it more that traditional explorers like the AspX.
I love running a super fast courier into a warzone and last hitting ships as they die. Gives me the feeling of being a hawk diving in for the kill. Then boosting away using my engineered enhanced thrusters.
Agreed, I really enjoy "fighters" far more than the big ships so this is one of my favorites.
CMDR Exigeous i really feel Elite Dangerous is made for small ships. A lot is lost on the big ships for some reason. Something about the perspective seems off.
When it just says "A rated" (as in the distributor) with no size such as "3A", what does that mean?
Damn, that cruise speed is double my boost speed in some of my ships
Yeah, it really is an absolutely blast to fly, and in combat you pretty much have to choose to die given it's speed and huge shield strength.
My favourite small ship. I built mine into a hull tank. In fact I think that was our first PvP fight. My courier vs. Your insane sidewinder.
I’ve got mine built heavy. 1100 shields, 1300 hull. All balanced resistances.
I run a handful of weapon load outs. From pack hounds to rails to cannons. Just love it. Only problem is my top speed Is 500 with all the weight.
I’ve got a 900m/s imperial eagle I use for canyon racing. Paper thin. One hit and done. Lol
But I love the courier so much more. In fact I think I might just build a new one light weight for canyon racing.
Looks like it may be time to give my Courier some love.
I love your channel! I have learned about so many things I want to try once I get done grinding out engineers and stocking up on mats/creds before the possibility of the Jan update making those things even more annoyingly tedious. Eventually I'll get around to enjoying the game! (OK, I really am enjoying E:D immensely...I just had to get a dig in on the grindiness).
Oh I get it - there are days I "work Elite" so that then later I can "play Elite". I try to help you get your "work" done as efficiently as possible so you can work less and play more
@@Exigeous I worked all day on encoded and getting rid of my "notoriety" Pain in the butt... Great video sir.
Oh yeah, your materials videos have transformed drudgery into...well...far more efficient drudgery. So they are priceless!
@@BradleyMountford Glad to hear that - as yeah, while it sucks to just grind when you do it efficiently you can farm less and play more.
@@x...CrankyOldMan...x Hope you were using the Jameson crash site?
Hi CMDR! For the Speedster build, you mentionned the lightweight allow with Heavy duty and deep plate to avoid adding weight you said, however, when I check the description of heavy duty, it does say "With this blueprint mass is increased, but with the benefit of better integrity reinforcement". Is there something I'm missing? thanks!
Lightweight alloy has 0 mass so adding heavy duty wont add weight.
great vid! keep it up!
My favourite ship! - and I have them all
It's definitely one of my favorites too - the view isn't the best given that long nose but it really is beautiful and is hela fast.
Great video thanks
Can you do a Clipper build?
Of course, eventually I'll get to them all.
@@Exigeous thanks!
Ah! So this is what you guys were talking about on Discord, that's some crazy builds!
Yep, this is it ;-)
jesus and i thought I was badass getting my mining clipper up to 690 m/s lol. Looks like we have a new pod racer here!
Oh that's pretty quick for a Clipper as it is the fastest large class ship by a wide margin.
What do you mean new pod racer? Courier is fast, but it's not the fastest :) I believe out of pure stripped down racers Courier is in a 3rd place for max boost.
Wait till you see a 900 plus imp eagle then
Who did you go to for grade 5 thrusters?
With this one my i surely will fly Dangerously
On the canyon runner, what you said vs what you wrote for distributor and shields was not the same. Which options did you mean?
Well what was the disparity or where in the video so I can clarify?
Loving your content, been following your Enginering guides since getting back on ED, you wouldn't happen to have a build to kill Thatgoid scouts? (Imp Courier)
Small correction: the Courier's top boost speed is not 851 but 885 m/s (at least before the January Update).
Yeah, I didn't word that well as I should have said it a bit differently. I more meant "usable" as you can't hit that speed with an SRV and I always carry an SRV on my canyon runners (as I like to get out and drive around at some point). There are several comments on this already with links to some builds.
Just a heads up: the Imperial Eagle can get comparable or even faster speeds. If you just want the speed only, don't bother with Empire grinding
Oh not just comparable but a LOT faster - as in 930 m/s (along with the Viper III) - and while I'll cover that when I get to them both the issue is they aren't as "usable" as this, meaning with an SRV or weapons, strong shields, long jump range, etc. You basically have to strip them to a seat and thrusters - I keep my 930 m/s iEagle in Sol so I can run the canyons in Ariel since you can't really jump anywhere with a build that fast.
The viper mk3 has a little bit less of boost speed but it can hold that boosted speed for longer
Actually the Viper III can boost MUCH faster to 930. But at that speed you can't have weapons, an SRV, long jump range, etc. Same for the Imperial Eagle.
The only Exigeous vid that i wish would be longer ^^. Love the Courrier - the speed is amazing. And the looks are ... sexy. Gotta test those outfits and reduce my speed (878m/s) :-D
878 is pretty great, you can actually get 885 out of it but I find that there are too many compromises for that extra bit of speed, hence these builds.
The torps build link leads to the G3 Speeder
Shit, sorry about that - not sure how I got that screwed up in my notes but I just fixed it for you. Remember you can change out any other weapons you want, they just need to all be lightweight to hit these speeds or go heavier and be a bit/lot slower - as even 750 m/s is pretty damn fast.
Haven't watched the video yet but for anyone engineering a race iCourier and wondering what to do with it can I heartily recommend the "Halpy Hand" Buckyball time trial Race which is on right now and runs until midnight on Sunday 19th January. This race is pretty much made for a race build iCourier with time bonuses for boosting through mailsots and installation tunnels at max speed, preferably with a ship who's hull is basically wrecked!
Inspirational screenshot: i.imgur.com/aTVteVc.png
Full race details: forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/534662/
Thanks for sharing Alec, this would be a great event for the speedster build as it has 500MJ of shields with a boost of 850 or you could do 1100MJ with that same boost (but a shitty range). I'll ping you in Discord as I really want to promote some of Bucky's events, etc. so thanks for sharing!
@@Exigeous this race is a really interesting application of building for a very specific task (rather than simply "being fast"). You want raw speed ('cos there are bonuses for going through mailslots, tunnels, etc at speed), and you want strong shields (to survive smacking into the back of a station at 800m/s) - but you also need range ('cos there are some fairly long legs to the overall route and saving just 1 jump shaves a whole minute off your time). In order to get that range I'm on a half size fuel tank - which means I'm scooping hard. That then introduces a major heat problem for the iCourier (a serious problem since heat damage takes out the cargo hatch, spilling your vaulable fish everywhere) but overzealous "low emission" engineering on the power plant can screw up your range again. Also - you need to be carrying a repair limpet controller, plus 5t of cargo space (unless you can synthesise a limpet after you've dumped one of your 4 fish). It's serious technical stuff before you even get to raw piloting skill. I've probably lost about 20 ships so far and it's only day 3 of the race. And I still have to complete a "Code black" run (where you have no canopy ... which requires better life support).
@@alecturner07 I gotta admit that all sounds AWESOME - i'll ping you in Discord shortly for the details!
So, drive distributors.. That's a new one for me (only been doing E:D for a year now). Only on some builds do they give a boost increase. Can you explain why or cite a source that does??
It depends on the mass of the ship which one make sense. Usually with the 3A perf thrusters (on this and say the Viper 3) use distributors instead of drag.
@@Exigeous Rgr that, thanks!
@@Exigeous According to Coriolis, it works on the standard Eagle as well, in case you were wondering.
If i put A grade shield boosters would that be wrong/bad? what about drag drives?
I tried but the speed dropped dramatically ... :( It's the enhanced thrusters that have something of a upper weight limit above which they fail...
My combat build has about 780 m/sec boost
@@georgegeorgopoulos1861 you tried the A grade shields or drag drives or both? I think whatever experimental he used increases optimal weight which is important in a build like this
Thanks for the great content! Any chance of an Engineering Materials Farmer, something you can fly with the cargo scoop open - or is that not a thing?
Well I've already covered a material gathering Asp Explorer and will a Krait Phantom soon but I don't think how you mean - these are built for good jump range with enough storage for a bunch of limpets and collectors so when you drop into High Grade Emissions you can farm them very quickly - see my recent guide to gathering any material quickly for the details. As for flying with your scoop open you can but it slows down ALL ships to a crawl, that's why you don't want to ever manually scoop, if you can avoid it, and instead use collectors.
@@Exigeous Thanks so much for the reply! I'm out of the bubble collecting as we speak thanks to your excellent guide. I just wondered if there was a way to farm combat rather than the HGEs. Thinking something like a Python with turrets and collectors - sort of like mining but for engineering mats.
Absolutely you can gather materials during combat, the trouble is you'll only get G1-G3 stuff, with a few G4s every now and then and incredibly rarely will you get a G5. So it's just not effective in terms of time - that said if you are doing combat anyway and bring along collectors sure. As for turrets remember turrets are almost NEVER the answer - they do 30% less damage than gimbals that do 30% less damage than fixed. They are really only viable when engineered to apply a specific experimental effect (like corrosive, drag drives, scramble, etc). So on a Python you'd never ever run turrets, unless you're the one guy that enjoys the frustration of multi-crew ;-)
@@Exigeous Thanks again for taking the time to reply it's much appreciated!
No sweat, I really do read and try to reply to every comment I get.
Distributor says "Super Cap" is that meant to be Super Conduit or Cluster Capacator?
Ohh I see there's a coriolis link, it's Stripped down, was confused as hell 😅
Also FSD on torps build says deep charge and coriolis says Stripped down, is Stripped better for speed and jump range on this build or does deep give better jump range with a small speed decrease? Aslong as I can hit 800ms boosting I'll happily trade out for deep charged for the extra couple of ly jump if it still gives it 😊
Yeah, sorry that was a typo as super cap is what you use on boosters - in short you're always going to use super conduits on a distro, save for the rare times like this you need stripped down.
the Orbis links are broken, it's possible to get renewed links plz?
there's an issue with the shortlink on coriolis, it applies to all links
@@coocato i know this, but i was asking if he can post the long links.
Good to see you again Exigeous! How
Bout a build for the sexy Imp Eagle ehh?
Oh don't you worry, that's coming as that's one of my all time favorites and what I consider the most beautiful ship in the game. I have a build that boosts to 930 but don't have much of a range at all, no SRV, etc. so it lives in Sol for when I want to go run the canyons on Ariel.
Is divebombing an actual strat in ED? Ahh good old Jumpgate times...
Oh sure, it can be using mine launchers. Working on a video about them at the moment...
Deep charge? Isnt mass manager the best for getting high jump ranges
It depends on the size of the FSD and the ship, generally speaking class 5 and higher use mass manager while class 4 and small use deep charge.
Note that at class 4, deep charge and mass manager are almost the same for distance. Deep charge can get you a tiny bit extra meaning that in rare cases you get the capability to make a jump you couldn't with mass manager. You pay for that though with high fuel costs, which means fewer jumps for the same fuel and longer refuel times for the same distance. That's why people normally give mass manager as the rule of thumb... in general, you save time while travelling long distances with mass manager at class 4. It's only when you're playing on the fringes that tiny bits of extra jump range become key.
Imagine me rn, having just unlocked the courier today and fully engineering it, heading back to gather matts to scrap that build and start this one 😂
Well hopefully you can use some of those parts...
@@Exigeous haha for sure, just things like swapping Dirty drags for other stuff and I only just realised why my courier boosts around 480ms with them A grade engineered shield boosters weighing like 12T each 😢
@@Exigeous I'm currently swapping around a load of matts so I can sort it as soon as Thursday rolls around I can grab the prisms, I went on a "3week" waiting for prisms that turned into a 35 week hiatus and came back yesterday lmao
Yeah, you wouldn't be the first to be pledged forever to get a module, I keep forgetting as I wanted to get more Advanced Plasma Accelerators and have been pledged for like 6 weeks now.
The links of Coriolis are dead, damn Coriolis :@
Yep, it is STILL offline. If it's that way on Monday I'll go through and start re-creating all the links (there are MANY so that's a huge process).
The Eurobeat build
So if the torpedoes go 250 m/s, and the ship goes 850 m/s, then...
Then you'll out run them really quickly as while they'll have that 850 boost initially they slow to 250 really quickly. And if you get in front of them they can re-target you (or anyone else) so fire and stay away (and they need 1500 meters to arm - I think that's right)
I've been working on a high-speed Mamba for exactly this :D
Eh, not a Gutamaya fan, what can I say...
Go viper 3 then
2:25 You hit the fuck out of that!! Didn't explode tho, much respect 👍👍
Oh, watch again.... It was really hard to fly in 3rd person mode like that and judge the ground height, etc. So yeah, watch again and see what actually happened.... ;-)
Should probably point out that you can get 885m/s boost from an iCourier if you want to.
Build link?
@@Exigeous here's my speedy boi: s.orbis.zone/5ns1
Ah, yeah, so you can't really "use" it since you can't have an SRV, weapons, FSD, etc.
45Ly jump range so probably don't really need a FSD booster. And I use it for speeding around stuff for when I want to do that... canyon running etc... but yeah, no weapons. The point is that you *can* get faster if you want to. Not sure why you feel you need to have an SRV on a speedster?
@@oumuamua460 thanks bro
Damn do I want a Courier, just that rank
Yeah, the rank for it is actually really pretty easy and doesn't take too long.
@@Exigeous I just dont have anyone to play with, I dont like playing alone
@@kalivexllith4437 Well chief what are you waiting for - you're welcome to join our Discord, Level 11 as there are lots of guys here and most all of us play in open: discord.gg/ScxyTS8
I guess the cocaine courier was too much for ToS :(
Yeah, that would have been a pretty great name ;-)
But when you add weapons, all the nice speed is gone. Still, interesting video.
I got mine for 2 mil.
Not properly outfit you didn't. Remember the base ship cost is usually about 25% of what a complete build is.
No cargo capacity at all, this limit seriously the viability, jump range is ok, but I get the same in my Krait who do have a cargo bay, AND much better weapons. Is looking great, indeed, but that's all - you can't fight, you cannot fulfill missions who require a minimal cargo, and the jump range is far worse than a Diamond or an ASP.
@Provisional IRA Member - the point value is so small in-game. no wonder I missed :p
Its for speed not cargo
@@technoviking2415 - sure thing, when you have too many manuf and raw, etc, you can waste them in useless builds, just for fun. I can dig that.