It flies fantastic now. It's also the best starter for the money. The $110 is a little demanding for a beginners first ship trying out the game. Imo the cutty black is more of a stepping stone rather than a starter. Plus I'd hate to have a buddies first experience be in a drake. Don't want them to need a Tetanus shot after they are done.

The path for new players remains the Titan starter package on special sale like now, then a Cutty Black. Some greats never fade, and those two ships give you really everything you might need as an early player: crash one, pull the other, different strengths and weaknesses, both insanely versatile and capable for their price points.

There is a German youtuber who refers to the Cutter as "The Strugglebus". I couldn't agree more. It has personality, but more like your first car with the hatchback held in place by rope running from your parking brake. The Titan is an all around excellent ship.

Lmao

Only thing I feel sad about letting go of my cutter was the QT fuel storage. It was such a good courier because you strap a VK-00 in there and you get anywhere in minutes.

I completely agree. As awesome as it looks it's totally blinding. The ship markers and names need to be shrunk down, too

Frames typically drop on those showrooms because of how many assests are in close proximity. If you're running anything less than 32gbs of ram, you're gonna struggle to move in there.

@@OneNutSupreme Specs: 5800x3D, 64GB of DDR4 ram, 3090 which has 24GB of vram. I tried adjusting nvidia control panel settings, I tried Vulkan, I turned off any unneeded apps in the background. Still getting stuttering in the showroom as well as walking around from my apartment. My first spaceship flight was fairly smooth though. I keep getting enticed by these cool ships! Maybe the 4.0 release will be better optimized.

The VHRTS now are like ERTS from before.

You can do Vhrt with the Titan. At least you need another loadout

@@Xulization it will also take you half an hour

Haven't tried the 300's yet

@@OneNutSupreme They have insane acceleration rn. Like 20g and close to 30g with boost.

Why? Feels pretty balanced to me. Most ships actually feel pretty balanced with the exception of the Hornet MK2 and every heavy fighter aside from the vanguard. The sabre and sabre Comet could also use the Interceptor tuning as well.

@@OneNutSupreme interceptors in general are broken. They need to either keep the speeds, bit lose a shield and have lowered HP, or lower the speeds. I’d rather them make them vulnerable. It’s so easy to engage and disengage. And most have so much HP they just outclass lights and médiums dont stand a chance. I like the idea of intercepters chasing fleeing ships down and hit and run tactics. But they can take the hits as they zoom in, and then run away before the other ship even has rime to turn around. And while this isn’t the best for 1v1, it dominates group fights as they take turns. And the issue with the Titan and the buc is they are so cheap To be that good. Why even upgrade?

New hud is amazing. I just need slider to change the size of hud elements because they are a little too big. Master modes also change the game for the better.

To each their own but I disagree. The new HUD elements are oversized (and we can't change element size, so it is what it is) and a lot of the space taken up is unnecessary (weird bevels and dropshadows etc) and messier than the old ones; e.g. the missile lock indicator, and target indicators are pretty significant downgrades from 3.22. I really dislike MM for a few reasons, but most of all, it's just not as much fun to fly in combat anymore. What's worse is it's all due to artificial limitations that don't make any in-universe sense. It's a change I really hope they revert. I'm not going to quit or anything if they don't, but the amount of time I spend in game is directly proportional to how fun it is, and this makes it less fun. On another note, the Avenger really needs an internal rework, and it's disgraceful that a ship so old has not been given a component/gold pass yet.