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Best value ship

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Post Sun May 18, 2003 7:55 pm

Best value ship

What ship do you think is the best value? (BESIDES $1100 ANUBIS!!!!)
I'd have to say that the Bounty Hunter Barracuda Heavy Fighter was my best buy at 71k its a nice piece of hardware at a decent price

- parabolix

EDIT: Please,no need for ALL CAPS in subject line.

Edited by - Stinger on 30-05-2003 20:22:14

Post Sun May 18, 2003 8:00 pm

I'd say the Dromedary! its 60k and you can make that money back easily in 1 trade run!

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Post Sun May 18, 2003 9:58 pm

The Drake. It small, manervuable and setup right can* kill VHFs.

*can, if you able to dodge almost all incoming fire, which is doable since you are in one of the most agile ships in the game.

~ DaVoid, Expert Star Diver

Post Mon May 19, 2003 1:41 am

Anubis..


very cheap..

Post Mon May 19, 2003 7:00 am

Hawk................for it's price of 70K it performs very well and you have tons of options with it concerning weopons, (fast and quick, long range and heavy, etc.), so I'd say Hawk.

Post Mon May 19, 2003 7:20 am

Anubis is better...

what was it cost like? 1400?

I rather have a few dozen anubis than a single titan..

Post Mon May 19, 2003 9:25 pm

How 'bout the Starflier you get for free?

Actually, the Dagger is a good ship (with 5 guns if you include the turret) with the armor of the Defender and the turn rate of the LF's.

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Post Mon May 19, 2003 10:12 pm

Yea! Starflier rules! You can't beat something that's free!

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Post Tue May 20, 2003 12:43 am

can't beat something that's free? I don't think that applies in this case; the starflier can be beaten by just about any other ship out there

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Post Tue May 20, 2003 2:27 am

There is a Serbian saying that goes: "Što je džabe i Bogu je drago", meaning "Even God likes free stuff".
In other words, it's not about performance, it's the fact that it was FREE.




CMPT XPBATCKOJ !!!

Post Tue May 20, 2003 5:25 am

Hammerhead.

It's the cheapest of the VHFs by hundreds of thousands of credits, yet it handles as well as an Eagle, and has 6/1 weapon mounts.

It's a little short on power, but a good pilot can make it work. I'm a classic guns-only fighter, so I set it up with a pair of Adv Debilitators and 4 Kracken IIs.

The sad thing is, I've aced many an Eagle in this ship. Of course, if the Eagle is your final destination, you might as well skip this ship like everyone else does.

Post Tue May 20, 2003 6:57 pm

I dunno, I can beat 10 rogues at a time with a stock starflier and a weapon for the 2k you get with it.

Post Wed May 21, 2003 5:35 pm

the hammerhead, a good ship for a good price

"Make it so number one"

Captain Picard 'Star Trek the Next Generation'

Post Thu May 29, 2003 4:51 pm

The hammerhead is better with the turret mod. Without it, the turret is just about useless.

I agree it is a very good ship. It is the only VHF that is available along standard trade routes. All the others are in the border worlds and you have to use jump holes. I used one after I finished the single player the first time and I kept it until I traded for a Sabre. Great ship.

I wish the madel we can buy was the same as the ace bounty hunters that carry class 10 weapons. There are a couple of Hammerhead wrecks that have class 10 weapons so why can't the buyable one?

Post Thu May 29, 2003 5:55 pm

Comp cheats thats why.

I say Hammerhead or Drake.

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