Shehriazad wrote: ↑Sun, 17. Feb 19, 21:30
I exclusively fly the Peregrine as my personal M ship...why? Because it looks like an actual spaceship and not a frikkin plastic toy or some freak with turrets randomly splattered all over the hull.
You must have some strange ideas about what a space ship should (or should not) look like then...
ALL of the ships in X4 are pretty much space ship like, and if you consider the context of Sci-Fi in general quite alot of examples are more sleek than boxy.
The Minataur looks quite a bit like armed versions of the shuttles out of Space 1999 - the turrets are far from being randomly placed either - they are logically located either side of the spine leaving no blind spots of significant size. The Peregrine turrets are more angled up which arguably makes them not as well placed since it leaves a blind arc underneath the craft.
The turret arrangements on ALL the frigates/bombers/corvette/scavenger are anything but random regardless of opinions of their placement. If you are going to use any ships as surface turret supplements for a carrier the Gorgon is probably the best choice with the Osprey being a close second. The reason for this is the better placements of turrets in that situation.
The Cerberus turret placments have a small advantage over the other Frigates due to the positioning of a turret under the nose and while the surface landing pad is less than ideal in it's positioning at least you can observe your drone activity from the pilot seat - a feature none of the other frigates have.
For a personal ship, I do not really like any of the frigates/bombers/corvettes, the scavenger (Minataur Raider) is not too bad but I do not really like how it handles and currently it can not be modded - at least last time I checked. I prefer fighters, carriers, and destroyers for combat personally. Tried the Teladi Frigate and Bomber and they are too slow and unwieldy, they do not handle well at all IME and IMO are worse than the other options.
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