Interesting.
So the wing design and thruster placement tells me this is going to be one agile ship. And an agile ship with 2xS3 shields? Forget cargo hauling, this one's a tank. A very agile tank. 4xS4 forward facing guns, that's not bad either. Really hate the S1 and S2 missiles though. Ah well.
I mean, those S3 shields can soak up 13k dps. That's like, several medium fighters scoring good hits at once. You thought taking down the shields on that ERT NPC HH was difficult, with its mere 4k hp/s regen? Yeah, wait till you run across a player with 2xS3 FR-86s overclocked. Pure insanity. This is where you *NEED* a torpedo boat. I mean, even my Cutlass Black mission runner only does 2k dps (3k overclocked), and that's with a very reasonable loadout (it's ballistic though, so on average 25% pen). You could also have F7C hornet with similar 2k dps (3k OC), though F7C maybe you'll put a distortion scattergun there and then fly close, could get to 4k dps. (6k OC). But even then you need multiple medium fighters, like at the very least 3 (you quite sure you wanna use 3 distortion scatter guns at close proximity to each other?). Or maybe 2 if you can get a bunch of missiles to hit, not sure how easy that's going to be against a Xian ship.
(Or, maybe I should wait till 3.14 hits, maybe all guns get crazy buffs and 13k hp/s regen is nothing.)
In a lot of ways, it's very similar to M2 Hercules, except it's smaller and nimbler. Probably less hull plating though, but you can't penetrate what you can't hit.
Now, as purely cargo hauler, Hull B may be able to carry a bit more, but Railen can probably fly through some pretty dangerous space without escorts, it seems very combat capable.
On a side note, with this ship going for around $250 once it's flight ready, now sure, there is alien tax and it has more guns and shields than Hull B, but with Hull B currently priced at $90? The difference is just too huge, Hull B $150-$175.
So the wing design and thruster placement tells me this is going to be one agile ship. And an agile ship with 2xS3 shields? Forget cargo hauling, this one's a tank. A very agile tank. 4xS4 forward facing guns, that's not bad either. Really hate the S1 and S2 missiles though. Ah well.
I mean, those S3 shields can soak up 13k dps. That's like, several medium fighters scoring good hits at once. You thought taking down the shields on that ERT NPC HH was difficult, with its mere 4k hp/s regen? Yeah, wait till you run across a player with 2xS3 FR-86s overclocked. Pure insanity. This is where you *NEED* a torpedo boat. I mean, even my Cutlass Black mission runner only does 2k dps (3k overclocked), and that's with a very reasonable loadout (it's ballistic though, so on average 25% pen). You could also have F7C hornet with similar 2k dps (3k OC), though F7C maybe you'll put a distortion scattergun there and then fly close, could get to 4k dps. (6k OC). But even then you need multiple medium fighters, like at the very least 3 (you quite sure you wanna use 3 distortion scatter guns at close proximity to each other?). Or maybe 2 if you can get a bunch of missiles to hit, not sure how easy that's going to be against a Xian ship.
(Or, maybe I should wait till 3.14 hits, maybe all guns get crazy buffs and 13k hp/s regen is nothing.)
In a lot of ways, it's very similar to M2 Hercules, except it's smaller and nimbler. Probably less hull plating though, but you can't penetrate what you can't hit.
Now, as purely cargo hauler, Hull B may be able to carry a bit more, but Railen can probably fly through some pretty dangerous space without escorts, it seems very combat capable.
On a side note, with this ship going for around $250 once it's flight ready, now sure, there is alien tax and it has more guns and shields than Hull B, but with Hull B currently priced at $90? The difference is just too huge, Hull B $150-$175.
