DBS has always been one of my favorite combat ships
@Jimarass
Жыл бұрын
Great video and great explanation of small ships!! Good work! (Jimarass)
@TadoChip
Жыл бұрын
Recently fell in love with the DBS for outpost defense. Great video CMDRs o7
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! And yes it’s a lovely little ship
@oliverworley5162
Жыл бұрын
Dbs is my favorite. It feels like light cavalry of the medivial perilous. Not very tabky, but mobile and aggressive enough. But really, it's designed to run all over the place
@mdmckea
Жыл бұрын
Great video CMDR. Great detail and very informative. The DBS is definitely top small AX ship for me. I also like the Viper MKIII and Adder. But killing 'Goids in them (for me) is more difficult by an order of magnitude. ō7
@aegis1razor353
Жыл бұрын
Courier best small AX ship.
@cmdrckhrix6402
Жыл бұрын
o7 from the Hauler squad
@nickfizzle
Жыл бұрын
sidewinder gang > hauler squad
@nisarbo3781
Жыл бұрын
funny smol ships, top quality video as usual ! :))
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@reinbeers5322
Жыл бұрын
The Federal Gunship provides the most fun I've had in AX. It's a brick, but you get enough hardpoints for everything you want and then some more. It's got a lot of hull armor and it weighs more than your local Coriolis starport. If the Chieftain is a scalpel, the Gunship is a hammer... and when you have a hammer, every goid looks like a nail.
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
FGS is not a small ship … but it’s a “funship” for sure (that’s what we colloquially call it)
@reinbeers5322
Жыл бұрын
@@Astyrrean I tend to not enjoy small ships in combat as you have to compromise on so much compared to a medium ship.
@FlecheDeFer
Жыл бұрын
You could add that the DBX is the only small ship to equip a class4 distro: this makes quite a difference for AX weapons. Also, flying her FA-OFF mitigates the "brick" effect.
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
The Vulture has a class 5 even ;). Either way, as you heard I am a fan!
@FlecheDeFer
Жыл бұрын
@@Astyrrean Ah of course, but I always tend to treat the Vulture as a class on its own and forget it is a small ship :)
@War-lord-101
Жыл бұрын
Courier Super Duper Fun. That is all. Otherwise opinion invalid /s
@toyotanosgaming748
Жыл бұрын
Hauler gang going strong!
@walthercreed6134
Жыл бұрын
Fun !
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
Eagle pilots unite!
@cmdrarsinoe9726
Жыл бұрын
I have to dust off mine and put the Sirius sinks in. Even 1 more is a big improvement.
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
@@cmdrarsinoe9726 Well not like you need more than one on the Eagle! :D
@TheGamingLord15
Жыл бұрын
good video! more of this please lol
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
Deal!
@amciuam157
7 ай бұрын
DBS and Alliance Chieftain
@OldManPaxusYT
Жыл бұрын
what happened to my comment???... Anyway, just realised that this is the 1st video of yours quite like this..... Will you be doing more? I'd love to see a comparison of all the Alliance fighters (Challenger, Chieftain & Crusader). I've compared the stats but i can't seem to figure out why the Chieftain is said to be the best AX ship, out of the 3. They _all_ seem to have pro's and cons... Specifically, this: I've been trying with my *Crusader* (picked originally for having a fighter) - i ended up removing shields and absolutely stacking it with hull reinforcements and while it's near impossible for me to kill an interceptor, i can survive.....I mean it has the most original hull of the 3...so... yeh, would love to hear your take on it! - P.s. I have NO engineering at all and although i've had the game for years, i only recently got back into it and in many respects am a newbie...
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
Think about this way: Chieftain is the best 1vs1 fighter (as it is the fastest and most agile); Challenger is the best wing / AXCZ fighter (as it can mount stronger weapons); challenger is also probably the best ModShards platform in the game; The Crusader is an inferior version to both, as it is much much slower; having an SLF (its signature capability) doesn’t redeem it as SLFs are unfortunately useless solo (they did instantly) and will get you yelled at in a wing (they create unbearable lag for everyone). No idea re: comment! Will look at whether YT automatically held it for review or something similar happened …
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
PS Have a video of doing a Basilisk -without taking any damage whatsoever- in an unengineered chieftain posted recently in this channel; have a look at it if you’d like to see how an unengineered build differs from its engineered counterpart, and how it fights different
@BlueSideUp
Жыл бұрын
My small AX fun ship is a Viper Mk IV. With a size 2 and a size 1 Gauss, size 2 AX MC and a thermal vent beam, xeno scanner and field neutralizer (I am not using Heatsinks much anyway). I clear AX CZ solo with it, no problem. Just kills a little slower than my main AX ship.
@cobaltviper
Жыл бұрын
you're killing hydras with 1m1s gauss and not using heat sinks?
@BlueSideUp
Жыл бұрын
@@cobaltviper not solo. You can't get enough DPS out of that setup. Any other Interceptor is very doable though, with a little strategic positioning. The NPCs are a little shy, if there is any distraction they stop fighting Interceptors and rather play with Scouts. If I am solo, I only finish the Thargoid Thread stage with the 20 Mio. bonus and leave before the bonus stage with the 2 Hydras comes up. With 2 other commanders you can still help with the Hearts and Scouts in a meaningful way. I fear Hydras solo require still snacking heatsinks like candy and 3 m Gauss, 4 is better. In that case you also really don't need a scanner, heatsinks and neutralizer is fine, plus if not in a CZ but really solo solo you shouldn't ignore a Hydra swarm.
@cmdrarsinoe9726
Жыл бұрын
Dolphin gang (pod?) only problem is finding luxury passenger missions anywhere near thargoids.
@nakofrostburn
Жыл бұрын
Cobra 4 for life
@capkom7
Жыл бұрын
Copy that CMDR!!
@jamesbrink7161
Жыл бұрын
f finally found a use for my cobra 4, makes a good scout hunter.
@doremonhg
Жыл бұрын
What about medium and large?
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
Mediums and Large are a lot more popular … we focused on the under-rated smalls for a bit of an off-the-beaten-path view :)
@stroyz
Жыл бұрын
W thumbnail
@cmdr501generalvenator3
Жыл бұрын
i would list the eagle one tier higher
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
If it had 4 utils Eagle would be in a tier of its own lol. Single util really really really stinks though.
@craigwendler7204
Жыл бұрын
What is that at 8:02?
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
It’s an Adder
@cobaltviper
Жыл бұрын
Hauler bad.
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
CobraMk4 Hydra when
@OrderOfOmphalos
Жыл бұрын
Eww. Gauss on everything. To anybody reading this, Salvation Modified Shard Cannons and Modified Plasma Chargers (set gunsights to trailing) are FAR better.
@Astyrrean
Жыл бұрын
The medium versions - yes (somewhat - they struggle with Hydra hearts immensely); For the small versions, which is what small ships are mostly about (given distributor constrains more than hardpoints) small gauss does immensely more damage than any other small weapon. Your comment applies solely to the courier (a 3 modshard courier is pretty good) and DBX (same logic). For anyone reading this, follow the advice of those who have done the math, and have extensively tested everything in practice.
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