I'd keep a Xeno scanner on AXMC builds. You never know when you need to shoot a heart

The MK2 looks like it will have an excellent convergence. I see this thing as becoming my AX ship of choice.

ever since i joined the AX discord, im not looking at ED as just a space game anymore. this game has so much depth in how and why you build and fly certain ships. example? i got my corvette and fitted it with 3 BL 4 MC and was happy with it. didnt even realise i could do engineering on it. when i found out i could, it was actually the main reason i just gave up on the game as the grind for engineering mats was, and still is not, fun at all. however, i came back to the game about a month or two ago, set my brain to zero and started the grindineering run. thats when i found your channel and started looking into making an AX build. irony is: i got whacked by a thargoid when i was on one of my material runs to fit my corvette. pissed me off big time. joined the AXI discord, subbed to your channel, and ehm... yeah, the conda happened. just need to engineer the lasers and it should be fully engineered according to the build you posted. wich in term made me go broke lmao. thing is im kind of scared to join a spire group as i dont want to be a drain on any given group. im pretty sure it would only about 20-30 minutes to get into the rotation of how things work over there, but still... anyway, thank you for putting in the time and effort to break down the ship and think about its future uses. really getting to know things about ED i wasnt even aware of. o7 glory to mankind. (the emperor approves this herecy lmao WH40K meme)

Rainmangames spent 20hrs. Testing about every build possible on the 1st .. And have to say the Python mk2 is going to be better than anything else we have so far .. Runs extremely cold , sco stabilization, lots of dps etc..

The fighter version looks promising. I've got conda with azis like that, and to make it slightly more viable for interceptors I'd add xeno scanner, if power permits. That way, you absolutely delete scouts but can handle clops with ease.

It’s meant to be pvp shield tank for upcoming changes to power play.

So having worked with this ship for less than a day, the biggest problem it turns out is the power plant. They dropped the size by one which makes running a LE power plant much more difficult. It is possible to juggle the modules manually and the solution may simply be to run a smaller and less power hungry set of drives and sacrifice the speed for a colder running and more manageable ship. I will admit, as a bomber it has potential if you can manage the power. Between it's speed and firepower, I can almost solo all 8 vents and do nearly 1 million damage even with the resistance on the titan at it's highest point. I have yet to run 4 multicannons but I would not be surprised if you were able to crack 100k on the core for a damage cycle. The Krait will be a far more consistent ship in titan combat but the PM2 raises the ceiling on potential damage for more skilled pilots. Go fast, stay cold, don't linger, and you'll be fine. Go be dangerous, commanders.

Yeah, it will probably going to be my primary Spire runner w/ AGF normal Shards, Krait remains Titan bomber and ShardConda remains my faceroll planetary AXCZ build. Chief remains the interceptor duel build. Why tf have I 4 AX combat ships?! And a Titan miner and 2 AX rescues? I guess I got suckered into the Thargoid war lol.

Turing one into a titan bomber does need much. For this role once the titans are gone ill figure something else to do with it.

I think one concern that I haven't heard voiced too often with regard to the Python MKII is its Class 6 Power Plant. It is possible it is not voiced because it is not an issue, even with the high number of hardpoints and utility slots to power The Python MK1 and the Krait MK2 both have a Class 7. I'm curious to see how well the new Python does with a cold build and whether that CL6 can power these builds with Rank 5 Low-Emissions and Thermal Spread. It's possible a build would require a lower level of LE/TS or Monstered or whatever to power everything. That underscores the ever present question about thermal capacity. Obviously, one would set priorities and even shut down unnecessary modules (like the FSD) in Titan space. Let's hope there is still enough juice to handle all the necessary stuff

Thanks for your analysis, Im not sure how this will fit into AX for me, Ill probably use it for general PVE or trry and fail at PVP. Im looking forward to your builds though, the SCO stability may be useful in transit but Ill probably still overshoot haha.

Shit the Viper MKIV makes a more logical AX choice than this ship. I can get 3200 Hull and use two cooling beams and two Gauss/ PCs and do decently while having maneuverability. I don't even know if I'd use this ship for human combat, next to the FDL and Mamba. It looks like a Mamba reclone, internally but minus probably the straight-line speed. It needs an extra C5 at the very least. Otherwise this ship isn't' any good for a tank build because you usually want to have a second larger slot for the SCB. So that leaves only Prismatics. Unless going the bi-weave direction but with bi-weaves I usually like to learn towards a tougher hull to supplement with which you don't get much option for here.

"It's So Squishy!"

My cutter can do 45% core damage to which was Oya titan state in solo but it has 2 afmu 64t cargo and 7 repair limpets controller. I won't swap it for Pmk2 even if it wouldn't require ARX for the unlocking

Thanks for the video, but I have 2 questions regarding the Chieftain as there is only the Chieftain warship. (because of the war slots). 1. You said that the Mamba is guaranteed to cover 8 holes, but the Chieftain ? 2. If you take the Chief assembly from the store you get 2030 hulls, I transferred these modules to the Krait Mk2 and I only got 1800 hulls.

Ecm are nice for banshee misiles if they wanna fire that day, same as the missiles not wanting to fire bug.

No mention of the fire arc on the Mk2? Game changer.

this ship seems like a new meta for snake eater maybe?

I what the mark 2 to have the seam compartments as a Mark 1 OG or more same powerplant as a Mark one that is size 7 and size 7 power distributor and 2 more size 6 compartments then 3 size 6 or put in 3 size 7 compartments and still have 3 size 6 compartments and 3 size 5 compartments and 3 size 3 compartments and one size 2 and 3 size 2 compartments So you have more room to put in stuff or hull reinforcements and fuel tank and fuel scoop The mark 2 dose not have any room

So why not use shards or mod shards with the field shielding effect on the titan core?

the optinal are very dissapointed

As probably the most wholesome "youtuber" in the Elite Dangerous sphere I would be very interested to hear what you think about the extremely aggressive, predatory, monetization changes Frontier Developments has been making over the last few weeks. Right now it feels like it is being repositioned as less of a game and more of a cash farm for Frontier.