Me: Buys 600i. Shoots down Constellation and destroys Buccaneer and Cutlass by ramming them. All by myself. Proceeds to have unexplained explosion trying to land at Arccorp Area 18.
I thought the Lancer's side turrets in the future could be manned remote turrets. Am I wrong? Also the Cutty BLK is suppose to get a small tractor beam. That feature will add gameplay. The Reliant Kore is also suppose to get a small tractor beam too, which will make it a better ship Why is no one talking about this?
Would be nice to create decals, have modules that you can attach to your ship (such as external fuel tanks to increase range), and also customise interiors (materials, colours, UI colours, lighting etc). Like you say, I get the feeling ships will become stake otherwise.
I've found both of them to be good ships. Aesthetically, I've always preferred the Freelancer over the Cutlass, but that's purely subjective. For me, the reasons why I prefer the Freelancer as a ship are the reasons you gave here. The bonus of your video is that you provide absolutely beautiful visuals of both ships while presenting your points. Nicely done, Morphologis.
@@CarCrazyGhost True, but not by a great margin. And if we're nitpicking, they're missiles, not rockets. Rockets are dumb-fire (non-tracking) in Star Citizen. Plus, the Freelancer has 4 gimballed Size 3 guns, vs the Cutlass's 4 gimballed size 2s, or 4 fixed size 3s. A slight edge with fixed weapons not working optimally at this point. The comparison is old, and no one who loves one ship or another is going to change their stance at this point. And as I stated in my initial comment, finding a ship aesthetically pleasing is entirely subjective.
Great video! In my opinion, Upgrading the Cutlass black to a red is a really sweet move upwards for multi crew, at least in the current verse. Sure you lose some cargo, but you get a respawn point for you and your teammate so time doesn't get lost if one of you dies.
The Mercury also doesn't look like it can carry any vehicles. And the rear ramp, IDk if I like that. I sure love the side door on the Lancer to make quick work buying and selling at outposts. I already don't like the Cutty for this, except that in the future we should be able to jump up into the side doors.As a solo pilot, time away from the controls magnifies the danger I might encounter. I think the Mercury will be way slower to get in and out of.
@@Xanthira222 imo, the copilot's roles on the Red should be, the Naviguesser, Engineer, Marine (security detail), and Comms officer. That would help the Pilot focus on flying and scanning. Flying a Red into a Hot zone for a evac Should feel intense
In my opinion, the Freelancer Max is the best starter medium ship. It's not very good for multi-crew because, like all other Freelancers, it's plagued by its bad turret placement. The Max can also carry all of the vehicles that the Cutlass can.
I have both and love both equally but end up using the Cuttie more on day to day missions. The MAX is a space truck and it does that job very well. It´s so satisfying to see a FL MAX fully loaded on final approach to its destination.
You can park a roover inside the Max, i do that all the time, they put a band-aid in that turret allowing a vehicle to clip throw those arms, it is not ideal, but works for me 100% of the time.
The Cutlass is a truly multirol gunship. It can haul troops into combat, cargo, vehicles and dish out damage to ground and air alike, as it is supposed to be able to carry rocket launchers in the missile pods. Plus it has a a tractor beam for acquiring cargo. Just for the handling, the Cutlass is on top.
That's a good point. I don't think he mentioned the missiles at all. With all that firepower the cutlass was designed to be the aggressor in the fight. And when you're the aggressor, defense is the other guy's problem.
Cutlass upgraded can easily out-match an upgraded Freelancer. Those two shield generators don't make as big a difference then, because you can't supply enough power to run everything with two top end generators. Also, the Cutlass has a stronger hull, and against a ballistics equipped opponent, the Freelancer is not tougher at all. They are both good ships. Stock I think I would agree with Morphologis, the 'lancer is a little better. With upgrades, especially if you like combat, Cutlass becomes far superior. Also the Cutlass has the 6 jump seats in the rear with still having room for 2 dragonflies. You can haul quite a few people in it if you need for uh (cough) purely legal salvage.
@@alexmcmahon3271 mostly just the claim jumpers, and the bounty missions with call to arms. if you kill the main target first, you get the bounty pay outs from the CAll to Arms, from the other NPCs. it starts to add up quick.
Before I eve started watching the whole thing I was blown away with how pretty the opening shots are, well done. Sad to see that the Cutty Black always seems to be losing these kind of competitions. Such a cool concept but with only 1 Shield genny (that has a hole in it!) and a lack of punch compared to the supposedly more civilised ship it feels like it should cost less. That said the salvage gameplay isn't in yet and I still feel like the Cutlass Black is gonna be the Toyota Hilux of space, a technical that can do a bit of everything, if you fit it for that. What would you change on the Cutlass Black to bring it up to parity with the Freelancer?
Personally? Change the Cockpit, the Dash should be lower as in the Pilot's Position it can interfere with Forward and lower visibilty. Also ejection seats for all Crew members, with parachutes. A Fighter without ejection seats is Just a Bit nono to me. Raise the canopy and seating Position for better rearward visibilty, make the Sideplates on the canards smaller. Uparmor the engines. Make the Sidedoors useable by either ladders or with a ramp. Maybe adding a slot for a second Site 1 shield? Problem is though how to Balance that with other fighters and how that will affect the ship's handling once we have physicalized components. Could be a tradeoff between better Handling and more durability.
I don’t think it makes sense to give it just one shield generator slot. Perhaps if you could upgrade it to add another shield it might be better, just for a start.
@@LupusAries They all seem solid to me, the side doors without any form of ladder seemed odd. I'd argue it's visibility is already good, and that what you're suggesting would be a great quality of life improvement. And the shield. I swear back in the day it was advertised as having two slots. Would love a second one.
@@LupusAries Yes! The dash should be lower! I don\t agree with the other points, i only think it should be low cost for maintenance and purchase and it is perfect.
MORPHOLOGIS: I love, LOVE, !!!*LOVE*!!! the production value of your videos!! Thanks for being such an awesome quality content creator for Star Citizen. I have a suggestion for a follow-up video to this one. Under the same premise, multi-crew ship vs multi-crew ship, how about making a MISC Freelancer vs RSI Constellation Andromeda video. I would argue that I can do everything another can do a Freelancer in an Andromeda, but better. I'm suggesting this because, as you said in this video, you can really feel the weight of the Lancer but the shields and pilot-controlled weapons make up for that, with regard to surviving a fight. With that said, I LOVE my Andromeda. It's usually my daily flyer (of the 16 ships in my hangar). I choose to fly the Andromeda solo because of the shields and size 4 weapons and typically do really well in whatever I want to do. I would LOVE to see your production value applied to a video pitting the Freelancer against the Andromeda asking the question "Which is better for you?" Again, thanks for all the awesome videos. Keep 'em coming!! --- CMDR_J_SHEPHERD
Fighting in the stock freelancer feels completely different. While it hits decently hard still, the slower firing turrets seemed to have more trouble converging on a target. Plus the reduced agility really feels bad during combat. And if you are going to do hauling upgrading to the Max is better in every single way. It does boil down to playstyle. If you really want a jack of all trades it is hard to beat the cutlass. If you want to focus more on trading then the freelancer (max) is a better choice
I've been gone for awhile, good to see you are still at it in the Verse. You are a "new" pillar of the Star Citizen community, Morph. And the Freelancer was my first ship... although I now have both a DUR and MIS - same cargo of 36 SCU but mission parameters determine which I take out. Keep it up, good sir.
The different fighting tactics are perhaps better referred to using combat flight sim jargon (and real combat pilots) as 'turn and burn' (small ships doing hard circling turns) verses 'boom and zoom' (hit hard and extend safely away, turn, come back for another pass). Conceiving combat tactics as such in SC will help guide in-game behaviour, because many (most?) players will try to turn fight regardless of the specs of their ship. Good video!
Around a year later, I've gotta recommend the complete opposite direction. The Cutty Black is close enough in performance that it warranted this video, but it costs around 300K less than the base Freelancer, and the higher maneuverability means a good pilot won't need that tank ability as much.
@@theyearoftherat doesn't that require glitching it through the landing gear struts? Every time I've seen people do it it looks glitchy. Anyways, I am probably ccuing my cutty to a freelancer at least temporarily, not because the freelancer is better but because you currently get an Arrow for free with it right now ;)
Nice video - I'd also really suggest the Constellation where a group of 3-4 players. It's really a fantastic all-rounder giving lots of options for different mission types for new players to explore the game.
I wanted a Freelancer first, because 2 shields and stats looked better. Then I tried them both. I ended up buying a Cutlass Black for the following reasons: Cockpit visibility, overall agility and practicality. The FL cockpit visibility makes me wanna puke, it handles (and looks) like a flying potato, and it takes more time to get in and out. The Cutty has practical side doors, and soon to be tractor beams. It can sit 9 players and you can get a cyclone + greycat + 2 dragonfly in it, that can be deployed on the ground very fast. I consider the Cutty as a do it all ship (cargo, combat, dropship), as for the FL, it's more of a hauling ship. I liked the Cutty so much, I also bought the Cutty red... Thank you for the video!
Amazing cinematography, as always. I've had a Freelancer base model since 2014 and never had any complaints about it. The forward guns far exceeded my expectations. The handling is plenty adequate. It's the ship I'm most comfortable in if I find myself in a fight.
My first multicrew ship was actually the misc reliant kore, however i upgraded that to the cutlass when i had the money since the funds i have available at reset is enough to fill the cargo hold, while only taking half my available funds. I would ccu to the freelancer max, as it has roughly 122 scu, but i may keep the cutlass, i just havent decided yet. Anyways. Love the vids morph, keep up the good work
Even though I know it has more firepower and can survive longer, I love my Cutty and I'll take it every time over a Freelancer. The differences in the handling between the two is absolutely the deal-breaker as far as the Freelancer goes. It feels like a horse on roller skates to me.
Same, I prefer the design of the cutlass and I love that there is more purpose in having a gunner because of size 3s. I also like the massive space in its cargo bay.
I think it really think it ultimately boils down to how often you can get a group of people together. If you and your buds play constantly, than the dropship features like the side doors and jump seats make the Cutlass far more versatile, but if you mostly play alone or with a single close friend, the Freelancer is an easy winner.
I still will go with the Cutlass Black, I prefer to have the greater variety of options for activities that the Cutlass provides. Thank you for taking your time to make this video.
I agree with you, the Freelancer is the better choice to stand in a fight. I never succeeded the claimjumper missions with the Cutlass, but with the Freelancer, it was easy. Nevertheless I take the Cutlass. The most importnt reason is the visibility from the cockpit. I can look down what makes landing much more easy. And I like the style and the side doors to go out in EVA. And with an overclocked Rampart shield generator and Massdriver weapons, the Cutlass gets an interesting option
I have both the base Freelancer and a loaner Cutty Black for my Blue and I always come back to the Freelancer despite the Cutty being more enjoyable to fly. It is infinitely more practical in my experience as you pointed out in your video. Glad to see that you are back, by the way :D
I have a Cutty Black loaner(also waiting for my Bluef and a Freelancer MAX. I always turn to the Cutty, I really struggle with loving the Freelancers cockpit. Maybe I should spend some more time with my MAX, see if I can learn to love her?
@@cptcarot I believe the agility of the MAX is a fair bit worse than the base. The visibility out of the Freelancer pit is terrible, I prefer the Cutty for sightseeing but for running missions it's a Freelancer with Neutron Repeaters any day.
Nice presentation. I have the Freelancer Max and my Wife has the Cutless Black. I like them both for many of the reasons you stated. More SCU with Max of course. The Cutless has that cool look of the do anything, smaller ship with big Vtol engines. Utilitarian door placement also a plus. (Your Railgun beatdown from the doors looked great.) The Cutless looks like it could be dropped into a Hollywood movie or say a series like the Mandalorian and fit right in as a believable concept. Ability of vehicle hauling is a plus. Be nice to have the option to upgrade the shield gens to two. Thinking of my earlier mention of a TV series...Star Citizen the show...wonder if they could make a successful run of it?
I literally downloaded star citizen last night after seeing videos and ads for it for some time. I only just recently purchased a pc that would run it, and I must say, your videos are helping me quite a bit before I make bad spending choices. thank you for these :)
Cutlass is more fun to fly (feels just WAY better than the Freelancer pig), more fun to be inside (not so cramped, especially if not solo), looks better (imho), has cool rotating engines, decent enough for small cargo runs. The side doors are quick and useful. But one of the main things I just hate about Freelancer - the cramped letterbox cockpit view. HATE IT!!! Cutlass is not ideal either, but is much, much better still. If I had to choose to keep only one entry level ship, it would be Cutlass Black.
Thanks for your video that helped me a lot. I have been in love with the freelancer since the begining. One more cons: its blue HUD color, really calm and relaxing
It might be better for most people who aren't sure to start at the Cutlass and upgrade it as they like, and rent a Freelancer base and MIS to compare. Individual mileage may vary with the Cutlass' features, some of which like the tractor beam are still being developed, and it really needs a lot of upgrades to start to shine. The Freelancer is somewhat similar in that it needs its weapons and shields upgraded to compare to the MIS, but either version can be rented to sample the base and semi-upgraded experience and starting at the Freelancer would make it more difficult for someone to downgrade.
Your Graphics are insane! :O watching this on my qhd ultrawide looks sick. unfortunatly my 2060 isn´t capable to deliver an experience near that smooth :/
I would say Cutlass due to multicrew gameplay options. - Haul multicrew vehicle - Haul 2 spacebikes - Tractor beams forward and aft for salvage work (not yet implemented) - Rear ramp airshield (not yet implemented) - Side doors for easier salvage cargo handling While not (currently) as efficient in combat the Cutlass offer more versatility for a multicrew of players.
I've been telling people in universe for the past few months, the Freelancer is the better ship, the Cutlass is the cooler ship. I've owned both for years. Currently have a base Freelancer and a Freelancer Max. The base Freelancer is going away once the Star Runner drops, and I'm good with that. I know at least two guys in game that will be CCU'ing their Cutlass black to a Freelancer.
For me it's not really a sensible choice but more of an emotional one (in EVE I also favored Minmatar ships so yeah..). Plus I really like having a cyclone in the back to explore planets with, which is totally awesome.
love the cinematic of your videos, love that you create. personally i do not like any of these ships though, mainly because i like ships where i can se more out the window. but i should absolutely recomend any of them to a beginner.
Love your cinematography. Wish I could replicate. Also, I respect your choice in this. I have a Max. And I really do love it. Great for solo cargo, and if I feel like mixing it up, I can do combat missions with little issue. I don't recommend the "base" freelancer. But ALL of the variants are pretty awesome little ships.
this has to be one of the best, if not the best, ship review/comparison I've seen thus far. Good arguments, pleaseant voice, great edit and beautiful cinematic footage, fitting music... This video has it all
Can you show us what the different jobs/positions on a multi-crew ship are and how to do them? Gunner is pretty clear, but how do the other positions share the work? Especially Pilot and co-pilot. Special positions like in the Cutlass red or similar would be interesting too. Will there be a full bridge crew, with navigation, communication, engineering weapons, etc. for large ships?
Sc has so many intresting ships! My favourites right now are carrack, c8x, freelancer and eclipse. The ships have a whole different feeling to them when flying multicrew :) I never done multicrew until this year and I was blown away by how smooth and fun it was. Cant wait for more systems in the game to go live that will improve the experience even more.
Basically freelancer is a big safe comfy tube, armed armored, with amenities and escape pods, it's too cramped to role play, but it can carry friends and make use of them. The Cutlass is a medium fighter with a cargo hold that can carry multiple vehicles and has drop seats, it's 'kids first drop ship' it's the better ship for multi-crew if you plan to socialize a heck of a lot. If you want to focus on you, get the freelancer. If you want to adventure with friends, especially on the ground, get the cutlass. Also freelancer max can carry vehicles like the cutlass, but has slightly fewer seats. It's a great middle ground between the two, but more expensive than both.
So I have a cutlass black and have considered the freelancer given I play solo quite often, but of late I’ve started to play with other people, just random people on the same server. It’s soooo much more fun and buddying up in a cutlass is great. You can nearly double the shields in the cutlass by upgrading the module making it a bit more tanky, but you need to grind a bit to do that, same with the guns.
This video touches on one of my lingering worries pertaining the Star Citizen persistent universe gameplay: I expect to play on my own, but hope I'll be able to play with a friend. I'm not fluent enough in spoken english to really expect I'll fit into larger orgs. So, I was growing rather dubious of my early on investment in Star Citizen, the Constellation, whom has since then become the Constellation Andromeda. The ship being essentially a crew ship of ideally 4 (pilot, 2 gunners, snubcraft) seemed like it'd me an undercrewed non-ideal choice once I actually got into the game. I love everything the Constellation can do, but there just didn't seem to be a ship of downgraded scale that existed from RSI that could provide a similar experience but be cattered to the single player where another player could be jumpseated in to man the turret, or amount to other tasks if a fold-out copilot seat was available. As a spaceframe, the Apollo came very close to what I was actually pining from RSI as a perfectly sized ship with the Connie aesthetics I liked, but CGI seemed determined to leave that spaceframe as medical ship only. Where exploration ships are concerned, it's kind of the same deal. The 315p is a single seater, the Terrapin came really darn close, but was still a single seater... and then the Carrack is simply way too much by comparison (same for the Endeavor). Then I look at the stars of this particular video, and I remain crestfallen. The Freelancer has a pretty crap cockpit experience where I'm concerned, and the diminutive turret at the very back feels like an awkward add-on. The added extra bunks just feel redundant. The ship has inconsistencies that make me feel like it doesn't know what it wants to be, and enough flaws for me not to want to fly it with a friend. I have a hard time thinking of how I could convince my friend to fly with me for that kind of experience, versus us flying 2 separate one-seaters. Whereas the Cutlass feels off too, because its level of practicality feels designed for a group of four people, but without the ability to fully support them. The turret feels more integrated, but grating to use.
The funny thing is, I watch all of your videos because this game looks amazing and the game I’ve always wanted to play. However, I don’t have a PC (PS4 pleb haha) and probably won’t ever be able to play this, so I just watch all your videos to play through you. Great content, especially from someone who probably won’t ever play this game!
I personally prefer the look of the Cutlass but did have an opportunity to fly the freelance MIS during the flight week and instantly fell in love with it. It's got 4 guns that go BRRRRRT which to be fair sold it straight away. I did buy it on impulse. I could have done what Morphologis said and bought a regular one and then added the BRRRT. The free fly event sold it for me.
The problem I have with the freelancer (and same goes for 80% of misc ships) is the cockpit view, compared to the much better one of the cutlass! Other than that, great ship!
One aspect of the Cutlass Black you did not mention is the tractor beams. This isn't in the game yet but AFAIK it will be. I don't believe the Freelancer has tractor beams so there will be certain situations where the Black excels over the Freelancer. Might not change your final opinion, but it's worth noting.
dude, watching your videos is jsut so mesmerising for me, it really helps transport me to my dream world, its strange coz i dream every single night and its like a second life, tis very strange, and its set in a world similar to star citizen and i feel happy, excited, but also very sad whenever i watch your videos. i get sad because i know that i may have missed out on the human race being a space faring civilisation. i was on a school camp a few days ago on top of a mountain and me and my buds were lying on the grass at midnight stargazing and talking about deep psychilogical feelings and thoughts about life. keep up the good work Morph
Julian T-M I seriously hope we live long enough to see the first colony off earth. I keep thinking of the great filter theory and if it’s too late to avoid it. If you’re unsure what the great filter is, I highly encourage you to search it on RUclips. It’s fascinating.
Funny, during the progression of my fleet, my first multi-crew ship was the Freelancer. Well, the Freelancer DUR, but that wasn’t available yet so I got the base model as a loaner. That ship eventually became an Aquila. But I picked up the Cutlass Black after the rework and loved that ship. Eventually though, I came full circle. My Cutty Black became a Freelancer MIS as my dedicated combat ship. Sometimes I miss the Cutlass, but I felt that it’s lack of speciality is what made it boring. It really is a jack of all trades, but lacks that uniqueness. The same can be said about the Freelancer, except if you’re into hauling. Visibility is garbage, and it lacks that utility like you said, but the Freelancer is great at doing work with friends whereas the Cutlass is fun with friends without getting much done. Another great video, as always!
As always... well done young man! Well done. I prefer the Freelancer Max over the Basic frame. This really is a game changer. Missiles are expensive so the reduction of them to get the Max is no loss. The Freelancer was my first ship and ship package I bought, and the Max variant was my first Upgrade. She'll be the ship I cut my teeth in when the game is stable and playable. ;)
I own a lot of ships and my freelancer MIS is by far my favorite and most versatile. at least until my carrack comes out. But even then, the freelancer MIS is a great solo ship. Also, for some reason, its ungodly fast. I can get across stanton in just a couple minutes. Im talking 65 million KM. It takes more time in my connie.
Connie has same medium quantum drive but has way more mass, I noticed this for the first time when I used a cutlass right after a connie. I didn’t even know cig already implemented mass of ships like that
@@Fr3shrid3r Mass should really only affect ships on planets in gravity and atmosphere. in space, mass isnt that big of a deal. That being said, I pitted the freelancer MIS against my Carrack, from daymar to hurston, about 38m KM. The carrack did it in 3:52, while the freelancer MIS did it in 2:58
Dude watching your videos on an unltrawide is glorious. IDK how you do all those cool shots with DOF and such but they look awesome. As a Lancer owner I can't agree more on this. All this years people saying Cutlass>Freelancer didn't make much sense to me.
One thing you didn't point out is power draw of the shields. Yes, you have two medium shields, but only one power plant. That means that you have to be careful about what shields you put in the ship. The cutlass you can overclock the four main guns and shield to give them all a boost without a concern of overheating, especially when you load it out with ballistics. A FR76 overclocked is a MONSTER.
@@gutocracker Even if the weapons stay the same - it's faster and more agile than the freelancer, has the same amount of shields and twice as much powerplants. I don't know if it's as cut and dry - Mercury may be able to out-turn the Lancer at the knife fight distance, reducing the effectiveness of Lancer's main guns, as well as break engagement at any time due to the superior speed.
@@Kia044 I too, am a nut for the mercury, i am however, if the turrets aren't controllable by pilot, pissed out the low firepower, its actually ridiculous. Sure the merc is a star 'runner' still not excuse to give it two gimbled size 2's when physically it could at-least have, and i mean at-least have a size up to size 4 fixed/size 3 gimbled. It's ridiculous.
@@jde-jj1lu Yeah, sure. That's why I've started with the caveat about the weapons staying the same. They do look comically underpowered, so I don't exclude the possibility that they'll get a bump.
I’m about to get my first pc in a few months from now and I really want to get into this game I watched you beginners guide video and I got to say I got my eyes on the Titan starter pack I just love how good that ship looks for a starter
I prefer the Cutlass Black for two reasons: It handles much better when used as a heavy fighter and there is a pink version of it. However, if I only had one multi-crew ship and had to choose, it would be the Freelancer.
i just got all of them lol. red , black, blue, MAX,MIS,DUR but my usual ride is the MIS ! best jack-off-all-trades ship in the game for solo a small crew gameplay.
something i love doing with my cutlass is switching on Vtol mode wen im pulling a maneuver to face the big engines down and be able to pull of some pretty crazy maneuvers with it. i managed to out fly a saber and killed him pretty quick too.
It's easy to forget but the Max really is significantly heavier than the base Freelancer. The base Freelancer is still no where near as agile as the Cutlass Black of course, but its not as bad as the Max is. That said I'm not one of the people who is bothered by flying a ship that feels like a heavy boat, so I love the Freelancer Max and have been really spoiled by it's cargo bay.
Awesome video and good comparison! I personally prefer the Freelancer and went for the Max variant. I can't wait for the Constellation Taurus to come out though and for you to do a video on the Taurus vs the Max!
Cutlass Black, despite the obvious drake, hate coming down from the Dev team stripping the Drake line of most of its survivability, and nerfing the Cutlasses weapons with the rework she's still the best "Multi-crew" ship. I can see why you'd think the MIS is better solo, though I'd really argue it depends on what you do with them and how to kit them out. For multi-crew, whether lite crew or a full load of semi-drunk marine friends. Cutlass just gives you more. We've done hot drops spitting out two crewed Cyclones out the back in a hard burning pass by installations, Then brought the cutties, back to retrieve the marines. You can't do that with a Freelancer, and if you're against a competent pilot you're not going to be allowed to boom and zoom, they won't sit still while you try to make strafing runs, we'll get on your side and burn through you while you flail around like a drunk whale. To be clear, I abhorrently HATE the amount of drake hate coming down from the devs in the name of "balance" And that might be a good argument not to get a Cutlass, but having flown the dark skies and returned with missing engines, and smoldering scars down my hull, the Cutlass with a touch of love, and a lil Dev balance is a very competent bird.
I really, really want to like the Freelancer. It's even the ship that got me interested in Star Citizen in the first place but I've tried it multiple times over the years and just can't enjoy flying it like I do with the Cutlass.
I vote for my andromeda, straight for the fact that it it still small enough to man it with your friends whil still offering a snub fighter and from what i experienced once with an borrowed 890j and my merlin, just entering a planets atmosphere with a buddy flying next to yah is just amazing
I like both ships, but I have to disagree with your conclusion. The view from the Freelancer's cockpit is very restrictive, and the ship is rather heavy in terms of its flight characteristics. The turret can't really engage to the front. The Cutlass is a great ship as long as you are flying your spaceship like a spaceship. That means thrust vectoring, and using your main engines as your main source of vector changes. Dodge, weave, and evade and you won't need to disengage very often at all. Upgrade your shields and you won't have to disengage at all. In terms of the turret, the fact that the gunner can engage the same target as the pilot makes all the difference in the world. That's what I have my gunners doing most of the time. They only switch to other targets when we go into a defensive posture.
If you're not afraid to spend ordnance, the 16 missiles on the Cutlass balances out the crappy aim on the dorsal turret. It's a paper DPS ship, so getting hit is a bad idea, but when you factor the missile payload in it can be a nasty hit-and-run ship, whereas the more limited maneuverability of the Freelancer necessitates tanking. So I guess it's all about how you prefer to fight.
I hear what your saying and it is a valid perspective. I think I personally prefer the Cutlass as the pilots view is much more emursive. I get what your saying with the twin shield generators, it is a big advantage & the extra cargo is a benefit if your hauling. I just live the flexibility of the Cutlass, the additional options it possesses. If you are looking up the separate ship types and their variants the Cutty Red offers respawn and medical, which would be a great benefit to new group players. The upcoming Blue should be more of a tank, as you put it. In the Freelancer range you could opt for a MAX which I believe offers more room for vehicles (like the Cutlass) and additional cargo if you want that route. The multicrew experience between these two types and variants will be specific to the group and their game play requirements. Great vid & thanks for letting me know about the turrets, I have never really got in a Cutlass turret and it does look limiting view wise. :)
Man tough call between the freelancer and black. Both are exceptional at what they do. One is tougher one has slightly more offensive capabilities. The freelancer misc is kind of a blend of both, the max is the best cargo hauler. You know what get all 3 and never look back lol
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Me: buys several multi crew ships. Plays all by myself exclusively
Feels. I had pisces, which was suitable, i now have a mercury
That would be me 90% of the time. Coveting the Carrack and thinking..."I could run this by myself"...until I'm attacked...
Steve B *cries in 890j*
Me: Buys 600i. Shoots down Constellation and destroys Buccaneer and Cutlass by ramming them. All by myself. Proceeds to have unexplained explosion trying to land at Arccorp Area 18.
@@RicoLoco52 rofl
Unless I have missed something, I would just like to clarify that the Freelancer has 66 SCU, not 96.
James Peebles god how did I make that mistake, it’s 66 you’re right.
@@CireLink nah hes been checking out the mercury.
120 in the max, which makes it oh so great.
96 is the Mercury
I thought the Lancer's side turrets in the future could be manned remote turrets. Am I wrong? Also the Cutty BLK is suppose to get a small tractor beam. That feature will add gameplay. The Reliant Kore is also suppose to get a small tractor beam too, which will make it a better ship Why is no one talking about this?
Me: Awesome, Morph is talking about my ship!
Morph: Freelancer is better.
Me (in Darth Vader voice): Noooooooooo!
The epic camera angles are so goooooooooood!
play with me bro my id is ranger yoshi
Lol i can just picture a random pilot floating out inspace just so he can get that good shot
"What is the best multi crew ship?" - "The one ran solo without a crew, apparently".
hahaha
You missed the word 'entry level' so like all good politicians you've made up your own question, not the one being asked...
I hope they add furniture to the game so you can personalise the space in your ship. Otherwise I worry that the ships will always be little stale
y e s. I completely agree
You could totally plop a couch down in the living quaters of the Cutlass
Would be nice to create decals, have modules that you can attach to your ship (such as external fuel tanks to increase range), and also customise interiors (materials, colours, UI colours, lighting etc). Like you say, I get the feeling ships will become stake otherwise.
I would put a portal on in the middle of the cutlass
especially the cutty i love my cutty with all my heart and I would never give it up for a stupid freelancer
I've found both of them to be good ships. Aesthetically, I've always preferred the Freelancer over the Cutlass, but that's purely subjective. For me, the reasons why I prefer the Freelancer as a ship are the reasons you gave here. The bonus of your video is that you provide absolutely beautiful visuals of both ships while presenting your points. Nicely done, Morphologis.
o7 Verpine. Coming to reindeer games tonight?
That's crazy, the penis-shaped Freelancer is the most uninspired design out of any so far...
Verpine failed to mention the rocket payload is greater in the cutlass
@@CarCrazyGhost True, but not by a great margin. And if we're nitpicking, they're missiles, not rockets. Rockets are dumb-fire (non-tracking) in Star Citizen. Plus, the Freelancer has 4 gimballed Size 3 guns, vs the Cutlass's 4 gimballed size 2s, or 4 fixed size 3s. A slight edge with fixed weapons not working optimally at this point.
The comparison is old, and no one who loves one ship or another is going to change their stance at this point. And as I stated in my initial comment, finding a ship aesthetically pleasing is entirely subjective.
Great video!
In my opinion, Upgrading the Cutlass black to a red is a really sweet move upwards for multi crew, at least in the current verse. Sure you lose some cargo, but you get a respawn point for you and your teammate so time doesn't get lost if one of you dies.
The Mercury also doesn't look like it can carry any vehicles. And the rear ramp, IDk if I like that. I sure love the side door on the Lancer to make quick work buying and selling at outposts. I already don't like the Cutty for this, except that in the future we should be able to jump up into the side doors.As a solo pilot, time away from the controls magnifies the danger I might encounter. I think the Mercury will be way slower to get in and out of.
@@sajasafosajasafo8207 it can carry some bikes.
Doesnt the red lose the turret? Do your co pilot has nothing to do while in space.
@@Xanthira222 imo, the copilot's roles on the Red should be, the Naviguesser, Engineer, Marine (security detail), and Comms officer. That would help the Pilot focus on flying and scanning. Flying a Red into a Hot zone for a evac Should feel intense
In my opinion, the Freelancer Max is the best starter medium ship. It's not very good for multi-crew because, like all other Freelancers, it's plagued by its bad turret placement. The Max can also carry all of the vehicles that the Cutlass can.
I have both and love both equally but end up using the Cuttie more on day to day missions.
The MAX is a space truck and it does that job very well. It´s so satisfying to see a FL MAX fully loaded on final approach to its destination.
@@TheNightshotBR Yup can't agree more.
You can park a roover inside the Max, i do that all the time, they put a band-aid in that turret allowing a vehicle to clip throw those arms, it is not ideal, but works for me 100% of the time.
@@duramirez good to know thanks.Was holding off getting a Rover until I had a ship large enough.
I disagree, I'd never recommend an 150 dollar ship as a starter ship given it's not guaranteed the buyer would even like the game.
The Cutlass is a truly multirol gunship. It can haul troops into combat, cargo, vehicles and dish out damage to ground and air alike, as it is supposed to be able to carry rocket launchers in the missile pods. Plus it has a a tractor beam for acquiring cargo. Just for the handling, the Cutlass is on top.
That's a good point. I don't think he mentioned the missiles at all. With all that firepower the cutlass was designed to be the aggressor in the fight. And when you're the aggressor, defense is the other guy's problem.
When you upgrade your Cutlass, it can tank too. I've been in 1v7 situations and emerged victorious.
Cutlass upgraded can easily out-match an upgraded Freelancer. Those two shield generators don't make as big a difference then, because you can't supply enough power to run everything with two top end generators. Also, the Cutlass has a stronger hull, and against a ballistics equipped opponent, the Freelancer is not tougher at all. They are both good ships. Stock I think I would agree with Morphologis, the 'lancer is a little better. With upgrades, especially if you like combat, Cutlass becomes far superior. Also the Cutlass has the 6 jump seats in the rear with still having room for 2 dragonflies. You can haul quite a few people in it if you need for uh (cough) purely legal salvage.
that battle ready Cutlass Black is a mean build. made millions from it, running combat missions.
@@0311matt what do you run with it?
@@alexmcmahon3271 mostly just the claim jumpers, and the bounty missions with call to arms. if you kill the main target first, you get the bounty pay outs from the CAll to Arms, from the other NPCs. it starts to add up quick.
matty McGee meant your loadout/components- I do the same with my Connie. Cutlass hard for me doing claim jumpers solo atm
Before I eve started watching the whole thing I was blown away with how pretty the opening shots are, well done. Sad to see that the Cutty Black always seems to be losing these kind of competitions. Such a cool concept but with only 1 Shield genny (that has a hole in it!) and a lack of punch compared to the supposedly more civilised ship it feels like it should cost less. That said the salvage gameplay isn't in yet and I still feel like the Cutlass Black is gonna be the Toyota Hilux of space, a technical that can do a bit of everything, if you fit it for that.
What would you change on the Cutlass Black to bring it up to parity with the Freelancer?
Personally?
Change the Cockpit, the Dash should be lower as in the Pilot's Position it can interfere with Forward and lower visibilty.
Also ejection seats for all Crew members, with parachutes.
A Fighter without ejection seats is Just a Bit nono to me.
Raise the canopy and seating Position for better rearward visibilty, make the Sideplates on the canards smaller.
Uparmor the engines.
Make the Sidedoors useable by either ladders or with a ramp.
Maybe adding a slot for a second Site 1 shield?
Problem is though how to Balance that with other fighters and how that will affect the ship's handling once we have physicalized components.
Could be a tradeoff between better Handling and more durability.
I don’t think it makes sense to give it just one shield generator slot. Perhaps if you could upgrade it to add another shield it might be better, just for a start.
@@LupusAries They all seem solid to me, the side doors without any form of ladder seemed odd. I'd argue it's visibility is already good, and that what you're suggesting would be a great quality of life improvement.
And the shield. I swear back in the day it was advertised as having two slots. Would love a second one.
@@Morphologis Yeah, that would go a long way to making it better. But I'm worried that would tip it too far, as then it's fast and hardy.
@@LupusAries Yes! The dash should be lower! I don\t agree with the other points, i only think it should be low cost for maintenance and purchase and it is perfect.
MORPHOLOGIS: I love, LOVE, !!!*LOVE*!!! the production value of your videos!! Thanks for being such an awesome quality content creator for Star Citizen.
I have a suggestion for a follow-up video to this one. Under the same premise, multi-crew ship vs multi-crew ship, how about making a MISC Freelancer vs RSI Constellation Andromeda video. I would argue that I can do everything another can do a Freelancer in an Andromeda, but better.
I'm suggesting this because, as you said in this video, you can really feel the weight of the Lancer but the shields and pilot-controlled weapons make up for that, with regard to surviving a fight. With that said, I LOVE my Andromeda. It's usually my daily flyer (of the 16 ships in my hangar). I choose to fly the Andromeda solo because of the shields and size 4 weapons and typically do really well in whatever I want to do.
I would LOVE to see your production value applied to a video pitting the Freelancer against the Andromeda asking the question "Which is better for you?"
Again, thanks for all the awesome videos. Keep 'em coming!! --- CMDR_J_SHEPHERD
Andromeda is considerably bigger and more expensive than the freelancer though. Not really a starter multi crew ship, which the freelancer is
Fighting in the stock freelancer feels completely different. While it hits decently hard still, the slower firing turrets seemed to have more trouble converging on a target. Plus the reduced agility really feels bad during combat. And if you are going to do hauling upgrading to the Max is better in every single way. It does boil down to playstyle. If you really want a jack of all trades it is hard to beat the cutlass. If you want to focus more on trading then the freelancer (max) is a better choice
I've been gone for awhile, good to see you are still at it in the Verse. You are a "new" pillar of the Star Citizen community, Morph. And the Freelancer was my first ship... although I now have both a DUR and MIS - same cargo of 36 SCU but mission parameters determine which I take out. Keep it up, good sir.
The different fighting tactics are perhaps better referred to using combat flight sim jargon (and real combat pilots) as 'turn and burn' (small ships doing hard circling turns) verses 'boom and zoom' (hit hard and extend safely away, turn, come back for another pass). Conceiving combat tactics as such in SC will help guide in-game behaviour, because many (most?) players will try to turn fight regardless of the specs of their ship. Good video!
Around a year later, I've gotta recommend the complete opposite direction.
The Cutty Black is close enough in performance that it warranted this video, but it costs around 300K less than the base Freelancer, and the higher maneuverability means a good pilot won't need that tank ability as much.
ROC fits in the cutty but not the freelancer now as well!
@@databite2549 you can fit a roc in a freelancer - best to back it in and change view when doing so
@@theyearoftherat doesn't that require glitching it through the landing gear struts? Every time I've seen people do it it looks glitchy.
Anyways, I am probably ccuing my cutty to a freelancer at least temporarily, not because the freelancer is better but because you currently get an Arrow for free with it right now ;)
I’ve been in love with the Freelancer since the moment I saw the trailer that basically depicts it as a space truck.
The thing I love most about Star Citizen ships is how which ship you prefer will come down to more than just "numbers."
Nice video - I'd also really suggest the Constellation where a group of 3-4 players. It's really a fantastic all-rounder giving lots of options for different mission types for new players to explore the game.
I wanted a Freelancer first, because 2 shields and stats looked better. Then I tried them both. I ended up buying a Cutlass Black for the following reasons: Cockpit visibility, overall agility and practicality. The FL cockpit visibility makes me wanna puke, it handles (and looks) like a flying potato, and it takes more time to get in and out. The Cutty has practical side doors, and soon to be tractor beams. It can sit 9 players and you can get a cyclone + greycat + 2 dragonfly in it, that can be deployed on the ground very fast. I consider the Cutty as a do it all ship (cargo, combat, dropship), as for the FL, it's more of a hauling ship. I liked the Cutty so much, I also bought the Cutty red... Thank you for the video!
A couple of stunning shots @4:35 You really are good with the camera!
Amazing cinematography, as always.
I've had a Freelancer base model since 2014 and never had any complaints about it. The forward guns far exceeded my expectations. The handling is plenty adequate. It's the ship I'm most comfortable in if I find myself in a fight.
My first multicrew ship was actually the misc reliant kore, however i upgraded that to the cutlass when i had the money since the funds i have available at reset is enough to fill the cargo hold, while only taking half my available funds. I would ccu to the freelancer max, as it has roughly 122 scu, but i may keep the cutlass, i just havent decided yet. Anyways. Love the vids morph, keep up the good work
Even though I know it has more firepower and can survive longer, I love my Cutty and I'll take it every time over a Freelancer. The differences in the handling between the two is absolutely the deal-breaker as far as the Freelancer goes. It feels like a horse on roller skates to me.
Same, I prefer the design of the cutlass and I love that there is more purpose in having a gunner because of size 3s. I also like the massive space in its cargo bay.
Having that cyclone/roc friendly space in the cutlass is the tiebreaker for me. I love zooming out of that to get closer to wrecks/bunkers
I think it really think it ultimately boils down to how often you can get a group of people together. If you and your buds play constantly, than the dropship features like the side doors and jump seats make the Cutlass far more versatile, but if you mostly play alone or with a single close friend, the Freelancer is an easy winner.
I still will go with the Cutlass Black, I prefer to have the greater variety of options for activities that the Cutlass provides. Thank you for taking your time to make this video.
I agree with you, the Freelancer is the better choice to stand in a fight. I never succeeded the claimjumper missions with the Cutlass, but with the Freelancer, it was easy. Nevertheless I take the Cutlass. The most importnt reason is the visibility from the cockpit. I can look down what makes landing much more easy. And I like the style and the side doors to go out in EVA. And with an overclocked Rampart shield generator and Massdriver weapons, the Cutlass gets an interesting option
I love how Morph designs his videos. They are classy, yet modern and it really makes me appreciate the videos. He's like the Swtorista of Star Citizen
I have both the base Freelancer and a loaner Cutty Black for my Blue and I always come back to the Freelancer despite the Cutty being more enjoyable to fly. It is infinitely more practical in my experience as you pointed out in your video.
Glad to see that you are back, by the way :D
I have a Cutty Black loaner(also waiting for my Bluef and a Freelancer MAX. I always turn to the Cutty, I really struggle with loving the Freelancers cockpit. Maybe I should spend some more time with my MAX, see if I can learn to love her?
@@cptcarot I believe the agility of the MAX is a fair bit worse than the base. The visibility out of the Freelancer pit is terrible, I prefer the Cutty for sightseeing but for running missions it's a Freelancer with Neutron Repeaters any day.
Nice presentation.
I have the Freelancer Max and my Wife has the Cutless Black. I like them both for many of the reasons you stated. More SCU with Max of course.
The Cutless has that cool look of the do anything, smaller ship with big Vtol engines. Utilitarian door placement also a plus.
(Your Railgun beatdown from the doors looked great.)
The Cutless looks like it could be dropped into a Hollywood movie or say a series like the Mandalorian and fit right in as a believable concept.
Ability of vehicle hauling is a plus.
Be nice to have the option to upgrade the shield gens to two.
Thinking of my earlier mention of a TV series...Star Citizen the show...wonder if they could make a successful run of it?
The Cutlass will always be at the top of my heart, although I am really looking forward to my Drake Corsair :)
Thanks for a great video once again!
Best camera shots and control ever! Good scenes :-)
I literally downloaded star citizen last night after seeing videos and ads for it for some time. I only just recently purchased a pc that would run it, and I must say, your videos are helping me quite a bit before I make bad spending choices. thank you for these :)
I am mainly sticking with the cutlass black so I can eventually use it for bounty hunting when the cutlass blue comes out.
The Lancer has always had a special place in my heart. It was my first. You never forget your first...😁
Cutlass is more fun to fly (feels just WAY better than the Freelancer pig), more fun to be inside (not so cramped, especially if not solo), looks better (imho), has cool rotating engines, decent enough for small cargo runs. The side doors are quick and useful. But one of the main things I just hate about Freelancer - the cramped letterbox cockpit view. HATE IT!!! Cutlass is not ideal either, but is much, much better still. If I had to choose to keep only one entry level ship, it would be Cutlass Black.
Thanks for your video that helped me a lot. I have been in love with the freelancer since the begining. One more cons: its blue HUD color, really calm and relaxing
This is the way
I can't watch a space show anymore without thinking..."Star Citizen!!!"
The Mandalorians ship reminds me of a Freelancer and Cutless Black hybrid.
It might be better for most people who aren't sure to start at the Cutlass and upgrade it as they like, and rent a Freelancer base and MIS to compare. Individual mileage may vary with the Cutlass' features, some of which like the tractor beam are still being developed, and it really needs a lot of upgrades to start to shine.
The Freelancer is somewhat similar in that it needs its weapons and shields upgraded to compare to the MIS, but either version can be rented to sample the base and semi-upgraded experience and starting at the Freelancer would make it more difficult for someone to downgrade.
I feel like this is sound advice. If you really want to know what you prefer, rent them in game and work it out!
Your Graphics are insane! :O watching this on my qhd ultrawide looks sick. unfortunatly my 2060 isn´t capable to deliver an experience near that smooth :/
Useful. II really love the whole Freelancer range and actually has the Base and 3 variants as the core of my personal fleet.
I would say Cutlass due to multicrew gameplay options.
- Haul multicrew vehicle
- Haul 2 spacebikes
- Tractor beams forward and aft for salvage work (not yet implemented)
- Rear ramp airshield (not yet implemented)
- Side doors for easier salvage cargo handling
While not (currently) as efficient in combat the Cutlass offer more versatility for a multicrew of players.
I've been telling people in universe for the past few months, the Freelancer is the better ship, the Cutlass is the cooler ship. I've owned both for years. Currently have a base Freelancer and a Freelancer Max. The base Freelancer is going away once the Star Runner drops, and I'm good with that. I know at least two guys in game that will be CCU'ing their Cutlass black to a Freelancer.
For me it's not really a sensible choice but more of an emotional one (in EVE I also favored Minmatar ships so yeah..). Plus I really like having a cyclone in the back to explore planets with, which is totally awesome.
love the cinematic of your videos, love that you create. personally i do not like any of these ships though, mainly because i like ships where i can se more out the window. but i should absolutely recomend any of them to a beginner.
Love your cinematography. Wish I could replicate. Also, I respect your choice in this. I have a Max. And I really do love it. Great for solo cargo, and if I feel like mixing it up, I can do combat missions with little issue. I don't recommend the "base" freelancer. But ALL of the variants are pretty awesome little ships.
this has to be one of the best, if not the best, ship review/comparison I've seen thus far. Good arguments, pleaseant voice, great edit and beautiful cinematic footage, fitting music... This video has it all
Can you show us what the different jobs/positions on a multi-crew ship are and how to do them?
Gunner is pretty clear, but how do the other positions share the work? Especially Pilot and co-pilot. Special positions like in the Cutlass red or similar would be interesting too. Will there be a full bridge crew, with navigation, communication, engineering weapons, etc. for large ships?
Sc has so many intresting ships! My favourites right now are carrack, c8x, freelancer and eclipse. The ships have a whole different feeling to them when flying multicrew :)
I never done multicrew until this year and I was blown away by how smooth and fun it was. Cant wait for more systems in the game to go live that will improve the experience even more.
The Freelancer Max and the Cutlass black are my 2 Pledge ships. Interesting you put my ships in the same video.
Basically freelancer is a big safe comfy tube, armed armored, with amenities and escape pods, it's too cramped to role play, but it can carry friends and make use of them.
The Cutlass is a medium fighter with a cargo hold that can carry multiple vehicles and has drop seats, it's 'kids first drop ship' it's the better ship for multi-crew if you plan to socialize a heck of a lot.
If you want to focus on you, get the freelancer. If you want to adventure with friends, especially on the ground, get the cutlass.
Also freelancer max can carry vehicles like the cutlass, but has slightly fewer seats. It's a great middle ground between the two, but more expensive than both.
As always an absolutly awesome video !! Thx Morph !!
So I have a cutlass black and have considered the freelancer given I play solo quite often, but of late I’ve started to play with other people, just random people on the same server. It’s soooo much more fun and buddying up in a cutlass is great. You can nearly double the shields in the cutlass by upgrading the module making it a bit more tanky, but you need to grind a bit to do that, same with the guns.
This video touches on one of my lingering worries pertaining the Star Citizen persistent universe gameplay: I expect to play on my own, but hope I'll be able to play with a friend. I'm not fluent enough in spoken english to really expect I'll fit into larger orgs.
So, I was growing rather dubious of my early on investment in Star Citizen, the Constellation, whom has since then become the Constellation Andromeda. The ship being essentially a crew ship of ideally 4 (pilot, 2 gunners, snubcraft) seemed like it'd me an undercrewed non-ideal choice once I actually got into the game. I love everything the Constellation can do, but there just didn't seem to be a ship of downgraded scale that existed from RSI that could provide a similar experience but be cattered to the single player where another player could be jumpseated in to man the turret, or amount to other tasks if a fold-out copilot seat was available.
As a spaceframe, the Apollo came very close to what I was actually pining from RSI as a perfectly sized ship with the Connie aesthetics I liked, but CGI seemed determined to leave that spaceframe as medical ship only.
Where exploration ships are concerned, it's kind of the same deal. The 315p is a single seater, the Terrapin came really darn close, but was still a single seater... and then the Carrack is simply way too much by comparison (same for the Endeavor).
Then I look at the stars of this particular video, and I remain crestfallen.
The Freelancer has a pretty crap cockpit experience where I'm concerned, and the diminutive turret at the very back feels like an awkward add-on. The added extra bunks just feel redundant. The ship has inconsistencies that make me feel like it doesn't know what it wants to be, and enough flaws for me not to want to fly it with a friend. I have a hard time thinking of how I could convince my friend to fly with me for that kind of experience, versus us flying 2 separate one-seaters.
Whereas the Cutlass feels off too, because its level of practicality feels designed for a group of four people, but without the ability to fully support them. The turret feels more integrated, but grating to use.
The funny thing is, I watch all of your videos because this game looks amazing and the game I’ve always wanted to play. However, I don’t have a PC (PS4 pleb haha) and probably won’t ever be able to play this, so I just watch all your videos to play through you. Great content, especially from someone who probably won’t ever play this game!
nice comparison & great footage mate, well done
I personally prefer the look of the Cutlass but did have an opportunity to fly the freelance MIS during the flight week and instantly fell in love with it.
It's got 4 guns that go BRRRRRT which to be fair sold it straight away. I did buy it on impulse.
I could have done what Morphologis said and bought a regular one and then added the BRRRT. The free fly event sold it for me.
The problem I have with the freelancer (and same goes for 80% of misc ships) is the cockpit view, compared to the much better one of the cutlass! Other than that, great ship!
despite the lackings, in my opinion, the cutlass is the better choice of the two.
One aspect of the Cutlass Black you did not mention is the tractor beams. This isn't in the game yet but AFAIK it will be.
I don't believe the Freelancer has tractor beams so there will be certain situations where the Black excels over the Freelancer.
Might not change your final opinion, but it's worth noting.
The same can be said with the Freelancer's 4 escape pods. It can be a lifesaver once Death of a Space Man is a thing.
dude, watching your videos is jsut so mesmerising for me, it really helps transport me to my dream world, its strange coz i dream every single night and its like a second life, tis very strange, and its set in a world similar to star citizen and i feel happy, excited, but also very sad whenever i watch your videos. i get sad because i know that i may have missed out on the human race being a space faring civilisation. i was on a school camp a few days ago on top of a mountain and me and my buds were lying on the grass at midnight stargazing and talking about deep psychilogical feelings and thoughts about life. keep up the good work Morph
Thinking same thing...I was born pre Space faring era in our timeline.
Beats being born pre industrial revolution I guess.
Julian T-M I seriously hope we live long enough to see the first colony off earth. I keep thinking of the great filter theory and if it’s too late to avoid it. If you’re unsure what the great filter is, I highly encourage you to search it on RUclips. It’s fascinating.
@@Morphologis don't worry haha I know exactly what it is, majority of my RUclips history is space themes, I'm a bit of a space nerd
Thanks for making a great informative video and will definitely take your points into consideration when I get the game
Funny, during the progression of my fleet, my first multi-crew ship was the Freelancer. Well, the Freelancer DUR, but that wasn’t available yet so I got the base model as a loaner. That ship eventually became an Aquila. But I picked up the Cutlass Black after the rework and loved that ship. Eventually though, I came full circle. My Cutty Black became a Freelancer MIS as my dedicated combat ship. Sometimes I miss the Cutlass, but I felt that it’s lack of speciality is what made it boring. It really is a jack of all trades, but lacks that uniqueness. The same can be said about the Freelancer, except if you’re into hauling. Visibility is garbage, and it lacks that utility like you said, but the Freelancer is great at doing work with friends whereas the Cutlass is fun with friends without getting much done. Another great video, as always!
As always... well done young man! Well done.
I prefer the Freelancer Max over the Basic frame. This really is a game changer. Missiles are expensive so the reduction of them to get the Max is no loss.
The Freelancer was my first ship and ship package I bought, and the Max variant was my first Upgrade. She'll be the ship I cut my teeth in when the game is stable and playable. ;)
What about the Reliant Tana / Kore? It's technically the first entry ship to multi-crew gameplay. 😁
As a Cutlass pilot, its really hard to disagree with you. All great points, and from a practical point I have to agree.
I own a lot of ships and my freelancer MIS is by far my favorite and most versatile. at least until my carrack comes out. But even then, the freelancer MIS is a great solo ship. Also, for some reason, its ungodly fast. I can get across stanton in just a couple minutes. Im talking 65 million KM. It takes more time in my connie.
Connie has same medium quantum drive but has way more mass, I noticed this for the first time when I used a cutlass right after a connie. I didn’t even know cig already implemented mass of ships like that
@@Fr3shrid3r Mass should really only affect ships on planets in gravity and atmosphere. in space, mass isnt that big of a deal. That being said, I pitted the freelancer MIS against my Carrack, from daymar to hurston, about 38m KM. The carrack did it in 3:52, while the freelancer MIS did it in 2:58
Been a freelancer fan for a while. Those big guns are so satisfying to hit stuff with.
Dude watching your videos on an unltrawide is glorious. IDK how you do all those cool shots with DOF and such but they look awesome. As a Lancer owner I can't agree more on this. All this years people saying Cutlass>Freelancer didn't make much sense to me.
The Mercury Star Runner please 🤤
Cannot wait for your architect's review of it
I love that industrial design of the freelancer
anonymus anonym for the drake
My first multi-crews are gonna be a Blue and a MIS... followed by a MOLE and maybe a Vanguard, if I can swing my buyback that way lol.
Forgot about the Reliant series. Unless Multi means more than 2 in your definition.
One thing you didn't point out is power draw of the shields. Yes, you have two medium shields, but only one power plant. That means that you have to be careful about what shields you put in the ship. The cutlass you can overclock the four main guns and shield to give them all a boost without a concern of overheating, especially when you load it out with ballistics. A FR76 overclocked is a MONSTER.
Cool shots of the freelancer and cutlass flying together over A18, great video as always!
The choice is easy - get the Mercury.
Not at all, mercury is a good ship but it's firepower is lower than even small fighters, a lancer would desroy it real quick
@@gutocracker
Even if the weapons stay the same - it's faster and more agile than the freelancer, has the same amount of shields and twice as much powerplants.
I don't know if it's as cut and dry - Mercury may be able to out-turn the Lancer at the knife fight distance, reducing the effectiveness of Lancer's main guns, as well as break engagement at any time due to the superior speed.
Well, we’re just gonna have to wait and see when the Mercury is released.
@@Kia044 I too, am a nut for the mercury, i am however, if the turrets aren't controllable by pilot, pissed out the low firepower, its actually ridiculous. Sure the merc is a star 'runner' still not excuse to give it two gimbled size 2's when physically it could at-least have, and i mean at-least have a size up to size 4 fixed/size 3 gimbled. It's ridiculous.
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Yeah, sure. That's why I've started with the caveat about the weapons staying the same. They do look comically underpowered, so I don't exclude the possibility that they'll get a bump.
I’m about to get my first pc in a few months from now and I really want to get into this game I watched you beginners guide video and I got to say I got my eyes on the Titan starter pack I just love how good that ship looks for a starter
I just like watching these two competitors flying side by side
I prefer the Cutlass Black for two reasons: It handles much better when used as a heavy fighter and there is a pink version of it.
However, if I only had one multi-crew ship and had to choose, it would be the Freelancer.
i just got all of them lol. red , black, blue, MAX,MIS,DUR
but my usual ride is the MIS ! best jack-off-all-trades ship in the game for solo a small crew gameplay.
something i love doing with my cutlass is switching on Vtol mode wen im pulling a maneuver to face the big engines down and be able to pull of some pretty crazy maneuvers with it. i managed to out fly a saber and killed him pretty quick too.
You're a little more kind to Misc than I am. I say their ships handle like shopping carts full of bricks. Or maybe that's just me in my Max.
Yeah, the SCU size makes it worth it.
It's easy to forget but the Max really is significantly heavier than the base Freelancer. The base Freelancer is still no where near as agile as the Cutlass Black of course, but its not as bad as the Max is. That said I'm not one of the people who is bothered by flying a ship that feels like a heavy boat, so I love the Freelancer Max and have been really spoiled by it's cargo bay.
Wow great video!.. I like your perspective as an architect, but have really wanted to see some straight forward reviews from you, so this was great!
1:03 and 1:23 and 6:20 please more cinematic shots like this, ist so goooood.
Awesome video and good comparison! I personally prefer the Freelancer and went for the Max variant. I can't wait for the Constellation Taurus to come out though and for you to do a video on the Taurus vs the Max!
Cutlass Black, despite the obvious drake, hate coming down from the Dev team stripping the Drake line of most of its survivability, and nerfing the Cutlasses weapons with the rework she's still the best "Multi-crew" ship. I can see why you'd think the MIS is better solo, though I'd really argue it depends on what you do with them and how to kit them out. For multi-crew, whether lite crew or a full load of semi-drunk marine friends. Cutlass just gives you more. We've done hot drops spitting out two crewed Cyclones out the back in a hard burning pass by installations, Then brought the cutties, back to retrieve the marines. You can't do that with a Freelancer, and if you're against a competent pilot you're not going to be allowed to boom and zoom, they won't sit still while you try to make strafing runs, we'll get on your side and burn through you while you flail around like a drunk whale.
To be clear, I abhorrently HATE the amount of drake hate coming down from the devs in the name of "balance" And that might be a good argument not to get a Cutlass, but having flown the dark skies and returned with missing engines, and smoldering scars down my hull, the Cutlass with a touch of love, and a lil Dev balance is a very competent bird.
I really, really want to like the Freelancer. It's even the ship that got me interested in Star Citizen in the first place but I've tried it multiple times over the years and just can't enjoy flying it like I do with the Cutlass.
Excellent comparison and well presented 😎
Are they planning to release more of this type of small hallers? Would be fun to have more than two choices.
I vote for my andromeda, straight for the fact that it it still small enough to man it with your friends whil still offering a snub fighter and from what i experienced once with an borrowed 890j and my merlin, just entering a planets atmosphere with a buddy flying next to yah is just amazing
The quality of your vids are just someting else,well done again.
I like both ships, but I have to disagree with your conclusion.
The view from the Freelancer's cockpit is very restrictive, and the ship is rather heavy in terms of its flight characteristics. The turret can't really engage to the front.
The Cutlass is a great ship as long as you are flying your spaceship like a spaceship. That means thrust vectoring, and using your main engines as your main source of vector changes. Dodge, weave, and evade and you won't need to disengage very often at all. Upgrade your shields and you won't have to disengage at all. In terms of the turret, the fact that the gunner can engage the same target as the pilot makes all the difference in the world. That's what I have my gunners doing most of the time. They only switch to other targets when we go into a defensive posture.
If you're not afraid to spend ordnance, the 16 missiles on the Cutlass balances out the crappy aim on the dorsal turret. It's a paper DPS ship, so getting hit is a bad idea, but when you factor the missile payload in it can be a nasty hit-and-run ship, whereas the more limited maneuverability of the Freelancer necessitates tanking. So I guess it's all about how you prefer to fight.
Drake´s big thrusters looks like small cool escape pods. Would be cool if they made them so.
I hear what your saying and it is a valid perspective. I think I personally prefer the Cutlass as the pilots view is much more emursive. I get what your saying with the twin shield generators, it is a big advantage & the extra cargo is a benefit if your hauling. I just live the flexibility of the Cutlass, the additional options it possesses. If you are looking up the separate ship types and their variants the Cutty Red offers respawn and medical, which would be a great benefit to new group players. The upcoming Blue should be more of a tank, as you put it. In the Freelancer range you could opt for a MAX which I believe offers more room for vehicles (like the Cutlass) and additional cargo if you want that route. The multicrew experience between these two types and variants will be specific to the group and their game play requirements. Great vid & thanks for letting me know about the turrets, I have never really got in a Cutlass turret and it does look limiting view wise. :)
What would you like to be when your older?
Me- To be able to have enough money for star citizen.
Or to have enough money to make a ship from star citizen... hopefully technology is good enough for that in the future.
@@phoenixcgamer4068 THAT WOULD BE SO COOL!
Man tough call between the freelancer and black. Both are exceptional at what they do. One is tougher one has slightly more offensive capabilities. The freelancer misc is kind of a blend of both, the max is the best cargo hauler. You know what get all 3 and never look back lol
Great quality vid! I totally agree with you tho. I chose freelancer because i know i'll never be a great pilot like i would need to be in the cutlass.
what happens if someone steals or destroys your ship? Do you have to buy a new one?