Happy Holidays everyone!! After a rather long and much needed break I've been working on new content for a few weeks now and have a lot planned for 2020! If there are ships you'd like me to cover sooner rather than later (as I plan to cover every one) just let me know and I'll move them up the list based on interest. Oh, and sorry for the typo on the Mining build utilities - definitely go for the lightweight chaff, as for ice mining (the most profitable) you'll be really cold anyway so chaff is a better defensive choice.
let us know if we can make credits on star citizen, not that i can remember how to fly the ship after 2 years. I can't even find the train that takes me to my ship.
@@riphaven Yeah, sorry, can't help you there as while I have a single ship (the Mustang, I think) I've only played a few hours in it. It's coming along so I'm looking forward to release sometime in the early 2030's or so! Seriously, when it adds VR support I'll jump in, until then no thanks.
Found this video looking for a Bounty Hunting Build for my Krait. Always loved the ship but just for some reason never could quite get the right feel with my Weapons Layout. I decided to give your Combat build a go.. Fixed Overchanged Beam Laser/Thermal Vent and 4 Short Range Plasma Slug Rail Guns. Engineered them all to Grade 5 and wow.. just wow! This was pretty much the build I had been looking for. I am still not great with Fixed Weapons, but practicing with this ship I am already getting better every day. Small ships with high speed are a little tough for me, but that's why I have the fighter hangar. Large ships just have absolutely no chance. This is a great build, well done and thanks for the tips! Fly Dangerously!
Finally getting around to PVE content so I can unlock engineers. The dps on these short range rails is INSANE, I'm so glad I tried this build! Plus its some good practice for when I take the fight to the Thargoids which is what made me finally start unlocking engineers!
How did it go, started working on the same thing 4 weeks ago when the stations were attacked; I wanna be ready for the goids next time. Filled out my Krait with Hull reinforcements, all grade 5 heavy duty. Plan is to just burn off any caustic.
fking adore my Krait MK2. I used it for Void Mining and eventually got myself a fully kitted T9 for CMGs, Trade and Lazer mining. I still use the Krait for Voids runs, Engi material grinding and random R2R Exploration Loops for quick Rep/Cred
I just completed whole BGS COMBAT & MISSIONS build and it is quite efficient. By doing this, I almost have opened all off important engineers. TY commander. o7
I've been playing for 2 yrs and still learning new things watching your videos, thank you bro for continuing. Also, I have three of my friends just bought the game and I told them to watch and subscribe to your channel. 😎 I fly cautiously
And thanks for helping me test it the other night and for confirming that you enjoy it - it really is impressive how quickly is slays big ships, isn't it?
@@Exigeous It is. And I was fitted with Class 7 G5 Prismatics, with over 70% resistances across the board AND a bunch of guardian shield reinforcement modules as well as (8) G5 shield boosters.
Wonderful to see a new video from Exigeous. Love your guides and videos, recommend them to all of my friends as well. You've really helped me become a much better CMDR, and I'm looking forward to all the new content. Happy holidays, my friend.
Thanks much, I appreciate the kind words. If you guys are ever looking for a place to play or have questions feel free to stop by the Discord: discord.gg/ScxyTS8
Really interesting video. I would love to see videos like this on other ships, regardless of whether that is the best ship in the meta for any given task.
Don't worry, I'll be covering every single ship in the game - for what that ship is best at. For example I won't be making a combat Beluga but rather a long distance tour bus build.
Thanks my friend, it's good to see you as I'll admit I absolutely recognize your avatar specifically, you look very very similar to a very good friend of mine (the goatee and bald head). I have a lot more planned and a special project that I'll be announcing in the next couple weeks (hint: a new site dedicated to learning Elite that will index all my and other content in one easy to use guide!)
A quick comment about shields on the combat builds - the "best" would be to run a class 5A Prismatic with 2 class 6A cell banks - this gives the most overall shields as the cellbanks offer more MJ than the base shield, the reason I suggest this for those new to PvP especially is the risk of feedback cascade rails, which you will come across almost every time. If you rely on your banks for most of your strength and get cancelled you'll have quite a bit less than you would with this build. So something to work toward is the smaller class 5A prismatic, just riskier and takes more skill. Also a quick note on Fighters - as of publishing there is a HUGE bug with them causing MASSIVE lag when used in PvP - so DO NOT USE THEM until this has been fixed. Considered about as douchey as you can get to use them at the moment, so don't be that guy!
i was going to complain where the costs for these builds.....but i see in description u got links to it all and we can play with setups if we want as well. great tool. thankyou so much. i run the anaconnda just got a friend into the game. 2 nights playing got him into vulture pimped out. now he having fun. but he wants fighter bays like me. this ship is all new to me. not played in 2-3 years........ i like what i see so much i probably buy one for myself. especialy since many of my parts will work in it.
Best channel for Elite contemt. Helpful, detailed, and optimistic. Welcome change from everything about Yammik's channel, and while OA puts out great material, his community is just the absolute worst. Also a big fan of the Burr Pit. Sorry I'm misspelling anything. It's late, and I've been jumping back to Explorer's Anchorage for the better part of two hours.
Thanks for the kind words - I am curious about your comments about Ant's audience, I don't really watch other channels as I don't want them to influence my content but that really surprises me.
@@Exigeous I'm hardly an expert on youtube etiquette, but it seems to be a nexus point for every angry Elite 'fan'. 'Where are my space legs?' 'Too bad Fdev doesn't care anymore.' 'lol im having more fun in NMS' 'When will we get actual content?' ' i've given up on the game' I can understand the frustration, I suppose, even if I don't mirror it myself. However, the negativity there is the kind of vitriol you'd find on a Star Wars review.
@@simondaniel4028 Interesting - well thanks for sharing. I suppose that's more likely than what I get since he does "discuss" issues around the game where I just focus on HOW to play the game. While I agree with most all those points I try to stay away from that shit here...
Decent exploration ship? One may have a look at "pre-stripped" Phantom version. Same ship frame, but lighter and without extras. Jumping over 70Ly "naked" and having more optinal slots that Asp, it is a very good contender to be explorer's choice!
You've been the biggest help in the game for me since I came back playing on PS4 in January 2020.... + a thousand years or so! Anyway, I'm focusing on the Combat, BGS and missions build BTW. (I'm Python for mining and Phantom for Explore) what I wanted to mention is that it would be really helpful to include a build featuring the first 4 or 5 engineers. The engineered and unengineered / Prismatic are a fair bit different. Anyway, just a thought and I'll have to go somewhere in between, but I'm not sure what the focus should be. Utility and Optional I'm wondering about. I really like to be taught about the why to do, rather than the what to do. Regardless, my fave straight to the point massive help.
If you look at my Engineering Explained guides they'll cover what the modules do and what the engineering options are. The ship build series is much more focused and it designed to be more "do this" with a bit of "why" thrown in.
Never been able to fill 128 tons of cargo from core mining in less than three hours or so. No matter how I fly around (straight and fast, zigzagging etc) it's almost always 10+ minutes between the core asteroids and then it's not void opals more than half the time. I can identify them just fine it's just that, for me, they're so bloody rare. Maybe it's time to hunt for other hot spots. Thanks for another great video =)
Well first realize that yes, hotspots do deplete over time so if you're not finding them ever couple minutes go somewhere else as I can very consistently fill up 128 tons in around an hour (sometimes maybe 50 minutes, sometimes maybe 75) - but if it's taking you 3 hours you're definitely doing something wrong :D
@@Exigeous Oh yeah, it always take me that long. When using the pulse wave analyzer it's very rare that any asteroids light up. Then when one finally does I zoom there, see the fissures and when I prospect it, it's more often than not something that's not vopals. I guess the cores are depleted then (usually mining in a popular system for diamonds) so I'll search for new hunting grounds. Thanks for the reply =)
Hi. Thanks for the video. The Krait's long been one of my favourite ships. Would you mind sharing your HUD colour settings? I wouldn't mind trying them out. Many thanks!
Thanks, I added that a while back before I took a break as my goal is to make the videos as easy to use as possible, allowing you to skip straight to what you need to know much faster.
@@GreatTazGaming Yeah, basically no one clicks the description anyway so I figured this would be the fastest way to get what you need. I mean who the fuck wants to listen to me talk, you want to learn what you need then go play Elite, not listen to me ramble. That's why I make all my videos as short and concise as I possibly can.
How do you manage to keep your PVE build cool enough? I haven't even engineered all the perks in that will even increase the heat and I will overheat all the time, when firing the rails and of course using the shield cells.
Interesting core mining ship but I would always include a larger refinery and at least a medium mining laser. It is not uncommon while mining to run into multiple different types of cores not to mention sometimes the cores also include valuable materials to harvest prior to detonation. Which is why my go to mining ship is an anaconda.
The combat build is FANTASTIC. I am in love with it! But I gotta ask (I am very new to engineering), what grade should each modification be? Should it be what we can afford at the moment in time?
What is BGS? Can you explain what type of ship a pilot (not beginner, but no expert) should use for planetary missions (scan this, scan there, deactivate this, and so on) or missions like deactivate motherships
Thanks buddy, I've missed you too. How have you been? Wife and kids good? Your pups are doing well also? Tell the neighbors I said hi and I look forward to seeing you all soon!!! :D
This is a very late comment. But if I wanted to swap out the grade 6 shield cell bank for a grade 6 fighter bay and make the grade 5 fighter bay a cell bank instead for when my friends want to fly both fighters would it weaken the build greatly?
The Kraits a great ship. But I do not recommend all railguns for general combat. While they hit like a truck. Unless your accuracy is true, you're not guranteed a kill.
Would love to see a 3 ways video with the platform of Viper MKiii, perhaps a stealth, AX and high-speed combat pvp builds? And of course; Welcome back mate, hope the break was restful and have a good Festivus!
Phasing PAs are a bit meh in PvP. I would use Thermal Conduit on most PAs at this point in time. Pacifiers are probably still best on the Krait though.
Obviously depends on who you go up against but you're certainly right that thermal conduit is sorta the darling at the moment. If you have a build you'd suggest for the Mark II I'd love to see it and pin it for everyone else. I don't really PvP much in the Mark II and as I said there are a TON of weapon choices that work very well, one of the reasons I like it so much and think it's the best all-rounder.
@@Exigeous I've been playing your PvP build in hazres and the occasional skirmish with other players in CG systems and I have to say it's amazing if you want to do a little bit of both. Yes you have to restock every now and then but you'll be turning in bounties anyways so it's okay. :) Thanks!
For Miner shields i would go Bi-weave, as there is less chance of you hitting something hard as there is that your own limpets and smaller rocks slowly eat it away, and given how prismatic shields have terrible recharge and you are required to idle for 3 weeks to get them, that's a terrible choice tbh. I'm using prismatics only where i can fit large shield cell banks. As for collectors, the range benefit of B-rated one is irrelevant for DPM as you won't really have stuff spread further than 1-1.5km while the time cut-off is noticeable (basically you will eat through your limpets faster for no good benefit in-between roids). While i still toss significant portion of limpets away in the end, i'd rather be on the safe side and have a spare. For everything else, it seems great if you want to withstand in combat indeed. My preferred way is fragile but lightweight speedy miner, livin' on the edge :3 As for PVE combat build, that's damn nice and i'll try it out for sure just for them giggles as my current build with beams and MC doesn't work as good as on larger ships i own. Also do have a meme-build with all-frags with double-shot, split between thermal (3xClass 3) and corrosive (2x Class 2) which eats shields of Elite Conda on one salvo, however due to limited ammo is not very good for prolonged combat nor for combat zones as them NPCs have artificial HP buffs there (hence the "meme" build) :3
@@1robinjr Indeed one corrosive would be enough for the effect itself, i'm using one on either side of the ship just in case i somehow miss a shot. Though i'll probably try something else on one of those, so thanks for the idea ! Does Drag actually do anything against NPC ships tho ? From what i can see them ships are, amongst other "cheats", happily flying with 0% powerplant or distributor HP so i would not expect something that affects either of those to work. As for Power Play; You are more or less idling in the PP itself because there is simply nothing worthwhile to do. I could go on and on about how the PP is a never finished concept with arbitrary nonsensical restrictions with missing actual content to fill them gaps but, ya'll know this already :3
Came back to this video with the intention of building something similar to the BGS-build (never used rails so that'd be fun to try) and realized you mention you like doing surface missions with the SRV. Any chance for a video with tips about doing those kinds of missions (reactor sabotage, steal data, faction wars defense/offense etc.)? I mostly manage to rack up fines and the occasional re-buy ;)
From the jump off I was wondering......"Are you completely serious?" But then I remembered what this channel is all about. I apologize... I assumed that this was a "Yamiks?" Video. So now I assume that this is an actually helpful video, and appreciate the helpful tips and suggestions Also, I look forward to seeing "TheYamiks" response video to these build options.
Can you show us how is it meant to be used in PvE combat this build? I've just built it and it seems an overall hit or miss. It either snipes the powerplant and wreks ships with 50% hull left, or I just unload until I get bored in the enemies. My weapons and core are completely engineered, so I know it's not the dmg output. The only thing left is I guess the way it's meant to be flown.
is the general BGS and missions build outdated? thermal resistance is soo low and also plasma slug will require more fuel wouldn't it? also a module reinforcement would be good and also wouldn't bi-weave generator be better? prismatic takes soo long to charge i feel like.
I'd drop a pacifier and get the drill missile. The weapons are cool and all, but I can't remember the last time a NPC came at me in the belt. I just let them scan me above the belt and then I never see them again.
@@Y-Hopper-Z its not called a grind if you have fun doing it.. I enjoy my time flying around and gathering materials.. A good idea would be to first get any of the end game ships and then do it.. better surviveability and then enjoy.
@@Vampiresquid007 Yeah it's been fantastic the last couple of weeks. I unlocked Farseer a long time ago and quit the game because I was like 'I HAVE TO DO THIS NOW OR I CAN'T HAVE FUN' and it pulled my spirit down. Now that I'm a lot more chilled and get sidetracked often I'm having the best time, especially in the Krait MK2 it's such a great ship.
Engineering isnt as hard as it seems, you just have to make a list of materials you need (raw/data/manufactured) and you can easily pick all of those up, if you need materials that are harder to get, you can go to the material trader (depending on what material you are looking for raw/manuf/data, you can look locations, shopping lists, and closest whatever on a third party site called “Inara”
Great post as always Cmdr Exigeous! I tried the pve build for a couple of sessions now and love the DPS. However with all weapons set on primary - for the benefit of the thermal vent, I still get internal heat damage. Putting the rail guns on secondary didn't help. What did I do wrong Cmdr?
Okay..So, I'm about halfway done engineering my ship, but I had a chance to test out my build so far (keep in mind I've never used rail guns before now). You definitely want the rail guns on secondary. I think you're trying to fire the rail guns too quickly and you need to wait until heat is under 60% at the absolute most, 50% + would be more ideal. I'm use beam to take out shields and then I don't touch it again. I focus on heat and only fire rail guns when heat is below 60% at absolute most. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, too, but firing all weapons at once most definitely doesn't work for me, and trying to rapid fire rail guns to any degree absolutely doesn't work. Rail guns are currently at G3 and no experimental effects just yet. They will be G5 + effects tomorrow night and I have a feeling the effects will help a great deal with DPS by decreasing heat generation. Once I got the hang of it, I was laughing my ass off at how quickly I was obliterating ships hahaha...This is my first engineered ship and I'm usually getting my ass kicked, so it's nice to be the one dishing out massive damage for once. I cannot WAIT to see how this build performs when it's fully engineered, I can already tell it's going to be devastating! If I'm still doing this wrong and someone could recommend how it could be done better, I'd greatly appreciate it! I'm still fairly new to this game and all advice is welcomed. o7 CMDR
@@JoshuaTarvin yeah i had all 4 on secondary and i hit them without knowing that rail guns will microwave your commander. Then I hit a shield pack thinking i'd be ok...haha didn't know THOSE also generate a massive burn. As a new player I think I'll either have to stack heatsinks in all aux slots or simply go with something less....toasty.
@@WebMetlReese I actually had to modify this build a bit. I only run two railguns now as secondary fire, and the primary fire I use one beam laser with two multi cannons.. managing the heat was just way too much of a pain in the ass and didn't make sense to do in the long run. I'm not sure how long I will keep the build I'm using, but it works for now. Definitely plan on switching out the railguns for imperial hammers though, just need to unlock them.
@@WebMetlReese And yeah lol, definitely want to pop a heat sink launcher before using shield cell. Let your temperatures get down to zero after heat sink and then pop shield cell
@@JoshuaTarvin I have made soooo many stupid mistakes its actually embarrassing now. Last night I ran out of fuel...for the second time and had to be rescued. But if anything, there are some pretty funny stories!
Merry Christmas CMDR Exigeous. I always enjoy all your videos. They are straight to the point and easy to understand. I'm pretty new to the game and I have been focusing on my Federation ranking thus far. Just bought my first Krait MK 2. Got any suggestion for a non engineered version of this ship? Thanks.
I sure do - in fact I linked it in the description. It's very similar as the Krait has such a huge distributor even uneingineered it's a helluva ship! If you have questions once you've flown it for a bit let me know.
Thank you for the builds! I'm building the Combat Krait. For the distributor in the video you say Super Conduit, the graphic has Super Cap, and Coriolis has Cluster Cap. I went with the Coriolis build. Is that right?
@@Exigeous No, you said it right, the link has it wrong. Great I'll make the change. I'm just a Miner / Explorer with more Mats and Money then skill. With my low combat ranking the NPCs that spawn against me keep blowing up with a couple of hits! I'm sure that won't last long. Thanks again for your great tutorials.
Did they nerf the unengineered stuff? I have the same exact unengineered build for PVE combat and I get stomped out within 30 seconds if they aren’t harmless
Well the builds in this video will answer all your questions, there is an unengineered build and when you go to the link it will show you the total cost.
Yep, unfortunately the URL shortener that Coriolis uses is down at the moment, and has been for a few days - I've opened a ticket on his Github page in the hopes he'll sort it out. If he doesn't in the next few days I'll update the links but as there are a LOT that'll take a while so I assume he'll get it fixed.
everything is engineered out to the max - this is not a build for new players - i just tried running this pve build and I'm a newish player. Went out to grab a single pirate but ended up flying all over still not being able to find a 7a power plant, so I dropped the 6rated shield gen for a 3 rated Bi something and that put me at deplyed .32 away from capping. Got out there fine, targeted and hit fire on the beam,, then the railguns and my temps went off the scales haha I almost blew myself up.. Don't play with matches if you never seen fire before haha.
Lovely PvE build but ugh, all those fixed weapons? is there a more gimbaled variant for those of us with potato aim? (been running beams and multicannons since day 1 but getting kinda tired of it and looking to mix things up)
Well I'd encourage you to give this a try - as they are all hitscan weapons they are far easier to use fixed than say mulitcannons, etc. Realize that the damage increase from fixed is generally 30% so you get a huge buff by using them, even if you do miss a few shots. You can of course go with the old boring gimballed multis and beams but that isn't gonna make you a better and more deadly pilot is it ;-) Give it a try for a few days and I think you'll see that it's not nearly as hard as you think.
I've always been curious about builds which don't have higher resistance figures. Would that not make you a lot weaker? Would additional hull not be better than shield reinforcements?
It all depends on the build and ship - if you look at the two combat builds they will have good resistances, normally if you're above 30% - depending on the base, you're good. In PvP the base number is usually far more important as you'll come up against PAs most of the time, with 60% of their damage being absolute, ignoring your resistances. For hull on a shield tank you want about 1500 minimum in case you run up against phasing damage but beyond that you're just slowing yourself down with heavy reinforcements, as unless you also protect your modules you'll just get those snipped out with railguns. So it's always a balance, on a hull tank you'd want super fast regen (so biweave with high resistances) and then yes, lots of hull and module reinforcements. That make a bit more sense?
@@Exigeous makes total sense, I will definitely be giving the combat/missions and PvP ones a try. Thanks for the reply, always love bouncing ship build ideas around
@@cmdrravenwulff5272 Sure thing - if you're looking to discuss ship builds you're welcome to join our Discord where there are many top tier PvP pilots that are happy to help answering questions - discord.gg/ScxyTS8
I really appreciate the no-shenanigans style of your videos, you include time markers, upfront info, no click bait bs, good show my dude
Happy Holidays everyone!! After a rather long and much needed break I've been working on new content for a few weeks now and have a lot planned for 2020! If there are ships you'd like me to cover sooner rather than later (as I plan to cover every one) just let me know and I'll move them up the list based on interest.
Oh, and sorry for the typo on the Mining build utilities - definitely go for the lightweight chaff, as for ice mining (the most profitable) you'll be really cold anyway so chaff is a better defensive choice.
Love your video's CMDR Exigeous, keep up the excellent work. o7
let us know if we can make credits on star citizen, not that i can remember how to fly the ship after 2 years. I can't even find the train that takes me to my ship.
@@riphaven Yeah, sorry, can't help you there as while I have a single ship (the Mustang, I think) I've only played a few hours in it. It's coming along so I'm looking forward to release sometime in the early 2030's or so! Seriously, when it adds VR support I'll jump in, until then no thanks.
Python 3 different way builds, especially cargo hauling without sacrificing too much...sounds like a challenge lol
@@gwchestnu1 Yeah, especially given the Python is probably my least favorite ship in the entire game ;-)
Found this video looking for a Bounty Hunting Build for my Krait. Always loved the ship but just for some reason never could quite get the right feel with my Weapons Layout. I decided to give your Combat build a go.. Fixed Overchanged Beam Laser/Thermal Vent and 4 Short Range Plasma Slug Rail Guns. Engineered them all to Grade 5 and wow.. just wow! This was pretty much the build I had been looking for. I am still not great with Fixed Weapons, but practicing with this ship I am already getting better every day. Small ships with high speed are a little tough for me, but that's why I have the fighter hangar. Large ships just have absolutely no chance. This is a great build, well done and thanks for the tips! Fly Dangerously!
I'm about to try the same some up. Nothing is engineered though but I bet it's still pretty solid.
Finally getting around to PVE content so I can unlock engineers. The dps on these short range rails is INSANE, I'm so glad I tried this build! Plus its some good practice for when I take the fight to the Thargoids which is what made me finally start unlocking engineers!
hey did you completely engineer it?
Do you target subsystems with the rails or do you just aim for the hull?
How did it go, started working on the same thing 4 weeks ago when the stations were attacked; I wanna be ready for the goids next time.
Filled out my Krait with Hull reinforcements, all grade 5 heavy duty.
Plan is to just burn off any caustic.
fking adore my Krait MK2. I used it for Void Mining and eventually got myself a fully kitted T9 for CMGs, Trade and Lazer mining.
I still use the Krait for Voids runs, Engi material grinding and random R2R Exploration Loops for quick Rep/Cred
I just completed whole BGS COMBAT & MISSIONS build and it is quite efficient. By doing this, I almost have opened all off important engineers. TY commander. o7
The combat build is absolutely bonkers and so much fun!
I've been playing for 2 yrs and still learning new things watching your videos, thank you bro for continuing. Also, I have three of my friends just bought the game and I told them to watch and subscribe to your channel. 😎 I fly cautiously
Glad you're finding them helpful and that you're at least not flying safely, I mean it's a game, what's fun about flying safely!!!
I have been using this rail/beam build for a while. It is VERY effective.
And thanks for helping me test it the other night and for confirming that you enjoy it - it really is impressive how quickly is slays big ships, isn't it?
@@Exigeous It is. And I was fitted with Class 7 G5 Prismatics, with over 70% resistances across the board AND a bunch of guardian shield reinforcement modules as well as (8) G5 shield boosters.
How do you manage heat generation? A couple of shots with rails and i am overheating...
@@FotisNorscan That's what the thermal vent beam is for. Lower you heat with the beam, fire rail shots - repeat.
@@darkzide7558 Thank you after engineering the weapons it's all good now
Nice to see you again Exigeous Merry Christmas
This guy is probably the best at helping in elite dangerous. And Down with Astrology page. The two best so far. Appreciate it
My personal Favourite is 2x long range beam lasers with Thermal Vent and 3x Imperial Hammers with Shortrange/Slug
Your guides are so comprehensive.
This changes pretty much my entire current build. I better get started!
What were you running before?
Wonderful to see a new video from Exigeous. Love your guides and videos, recommend them to all of my friends as well. You've really helped me become a much better CMDR, and I'm looking forward to all the new content.
Happy holidays, my friend.
Thanks much, I appreciate the kind words. If you guys are ever looking for a place to play or have questions feel free to stop by the Discord: discord.gg/ScxyTS8
Really interesting video. I would love to see videos like this on other ships, regardless of whether that is the best ship in the meta for any given task.
Don't worry, I'll be covering every single ship in the game - for what that ship is best at. For example I won't be making a combat Beluga but rather a long distance tour bus build.
Great to see you both back in the game, and back making videos of the game! :)
Thanks my friend, it's good to see you as I'll admit I absolutely recognize your avatar specifically, you look very very similar to a very good friend of mine (the goatee and bald head). I have a lot more planned and a special project that I'll be announcing in the next couple weeks (hint: a new site dedicated to learning Elite that will index all my and other content in one easy to use guide!)
thanks, Krait mkll is my favourite ship :-D
A quick comment about shields on the combat builds - the "best" would be to run a class 5A Prismatic with 2 class 6A cell banks - this gives the most overall shields as the cellbanks offer more MJ than the base shield, the reason I suggest this for those new to PvP especially is the risk of feedback cascade rails, which you will come across almost every time. If you rely on your banks for most of your strength and get cancelled you'll have quite a bit less than you would with this build. So something to work toward is the smaller class 5A prismatic, just riskier and takes more skill.
Also a quick note on Fighters - as of publishing there is a HUGE bug with them causing MASSIVE lag when used in PvP - so DO NOT USE THEM until this has been fixed. Considered about as douchey as you can get to use them at the moment, so don't be that guy!
The combat build has helped so much. Killed my first elite conda today. thanks CMDR!!
i was going to complain where the costs for these builds.....but i see in description u got links to it all and we can play with setups if we want as well. great tool. thankyou so much. i run the anaconnda just got a friend into the game. 2 nights playing got him into vulture pimped out. now he having fun. but he wants fighter bays like me. this ship is all new to me. not played in 2-3 years........ i like what i see so much i probably buy one for myself. especialy since many of my parts will work in it.
Welcome back, you were missed.
Welcome back, CMDR. You've been missed.
Fantastic video, thank you. Admittedly I'd love to see a similar video for the Python.
Best channel for Elite contemt. Helpful, detailed, and optimistic. Welcome change from everything about Yammik's channel, and while OA puts out great material, his community is just the absolute worst. Also a big fan of the Burr Pit. Sorry I'm misspelling anything. It's late, and I've been jumping back to Explorer's Anchorage for the better part of two hours.
Thanks for the kind words - I am curious about your comments about Ant's audience, I don't really watch other channels as I don't want them to influence my content but that really surprises me.
@@Exigeous I'm hardly an expert on youtube etiquette, but it seems to be a nexus point for every angry Elite 'fan'. 'Where are my space legs?' 'Too bad Fdev doesn't care anymore.' 'lol im having more fun in NMS' 'When will we get actual content?' ' i've given up on the game'
I can understand the frustration, I suppose, even if I don't mirror it myself. However, the negativity there is the kind of vitriol you'd find on a Star Wars review.
@@simondaniel4028 Interesting - well thanks for sharing. I suppose that's more likely than what I get since he does "discuss" issues around the game where I just focus on HOW to play the game. While I agree with most all those points I try to stay away from that shit here...
Merry Christmas to you and yours Mr Ex. Good to see a post from you.
You too buddy, I hope things are well and you'll drop by the Discord so we can fly together soon!
Great to see u back... Looking forward to seeing ur new content....
I'd like to see recommendations for non engineered loadouts...I don't have engineer stuff yet.
Good to have you back Commander. O7
Can't wait to see Corvette PvE and PvP build!
Well you won't have to wait long, they're coming in the next week!
Decent exploration ship? One may have a look at "pre-stripped" Phantom version. Same ship frame, but lighter and without extras. Jumping over 70Ly "naked" and having more optinal slots that Asp, it is a very good contender to be explorer's choice!
You've been the biggest help in the game for me since I came back playing on PS4 in January 2020.... + a thousand years or so!
Anyway, I'm focusing on the Combat, BGS and missions build BTW. (I'm Python for mining and Phantom for Explore) what I wanted to mention is that it would be really helpful to include a build featuring the first 4 or 5 engineers. The engineered and unengineered / Prismatic are a fair bit different. Anyway, just a thought and I'll have to go somewhere in between, but I'm not sure what the focus should be.
Utility and Optional I'm wondering about. I really like to be taught about the why to do, rather than the what to do.
Regardless, my fave straight to the point massive help.
If you look at my Engineering Explained guides they'll cover what the modules do and what the engineering options are. The ship build series is much more focused and it designed to be more "do this" with a bit of "why" thrown in.
@@Exigeous I'll do that, thanks for the reply.
@@Exigeous Got the Prismatics today, I also check your builds on Inara. Soo many storage ships... glad you mentioned storage to the new CM.
Never been able to fill 128 tons of cargo from core mining in less than three hours or so. No matter how I fly around (straight and fast, zigzagging etc) it's almost always 10+ minutes between the core asteroids and then it's not void opals more than half the time. I can identify them just fine it's just that, for me, they're so bloody rare. Maybe it's time to hunt for other hot spots.
Thanks for another great video =)
Well first realize that yes, hotspots do deplete over time so if you're not finding them ever couple minutes go somewhere else as I can very consistently fill up 128 tons in around an hour (sometimes maybe 50 minutes, sometimes maybe 75) - but if it's taking you 3 hours you're definitely doing something wrong :D
@@Exigeous Oh yeah, it always take me that long. When using the pulse wave analyzer it's very rare that any asteroids light up. Then when one finally does I zoom there, see the fissures and when I prospect it, it's more often than not something that's not vopals. I guess the cores are depleted then (usually mining in a popular system for diamonds) so I'll search for new hunting grounds. Thanks for the reply =)
Hi. Thanks for the video. The Krait's long been one of my favourite ships. Would you mind sharing your HUD colour settings? I wouldn't mind trying them out. Many thanks!
Sure thing, I already have a video "HUD Explained" (I think) that covers it and has my colors in it.
Welcome back Commander.
Good to have you back! Merry X-mas!
5 x Rapid fire pulse lasers (the two class 2 with oversized experimental). Lots of fun 👍
Welcome back and Merry Christmas..
Welcome back CMDR. Love the time bar access the top of the video. Another well done video.
Thanks, I added that a while back before I took a break as my goal is to make the videos as easy to use as possible, allowing you to skip straight to what you need to know much faster.
@@Exigeous anyway around it, it's still pretty cool and a better feature than say the time stamp links in the description.
@@GreatTazGaming Yeah, basically no one clicks the description anyway so I figured this would be the fastest way to get what you need. I mean who the fuck wants to listen to me talk, you want to learn what you need then go play Elite, not listen to me ramble. That's why I make all my videos as short and concise as I possibly can.
Merry Christmas
Welcome back.. Merry Christmas :-)
Welcome back! Happy New Year as well.
I wonder if that rail build would work on the FDL, minus the plasma slug since it already has a baby fuel tank
How do you manage to keep your PVE build cool enough? I haven't even engineered all the perks in that will even increase the heat and I will overheat all the time, when firing the rails and of course using the shield cells.
merry Christmas all ....I can't wait for them to release dreadnoughts
Always love your videos. Merry Christmas
Interesting core mining ship but I would always include a larger refinery and at least a medium mining laser. It is not uncommon while mining to run into multiple different types of cores not to mention sometimes the cores also include valuable materials to harvest prior to detonation. Which is why my go to mining ship is an anaconda.
The combat build is FANTASTIC. I am in love with it! But I gotta ask (I am very new to engineering), what grade should each modification be? Should it be what we can afford at the moment in time?
What is BGS? Can you explain what type of ship a pilot (not beginner, but no expert) should use for planetary missions (scan this, scan there, deactivate this, and so on) or missions like deactivate motherships
Welcome back, just in time for my hotas to come in. Little bit of echo for some reason
Thank you Commander!!!!
Welcome back, and Merry Christmas! :D
... or should I say "Ex-Mas"? ;)
I'm not even using engineering yet. The 1 Large Beam and 4 Rails is extremely good for PVE!
HE'S BACK
the master has returned 💪💪💪
Great Video CMDR, FYI: your build links no longer work.
Welcome back!
the build links in the description aren't working, could you please fix?
Welcome back!!
Holy shit!!!!! It’s X. I️ missed you
Thanks buddy, I've missed you too. How have you been? Wife and kids good? Your pups are doing well also? Tell the neighbors I said hi and I look forward to seeing you all soon!!! :D
This is a very late comment. But if I wanted to swap out the grade 6 shield cell bank for a grade 6 fighter bay and make the grade 5 fighter bay a cell bank instead for when my friends want to fly both fighters would it weaken the build greatly?
The Kraits a great ship. But I do not recommend all railguns for general combat. While they hit like a truck. Unless your accuracy is true, you're not guranteed a kill.
Would love to see a 3 ways video with the platform of Viper MKiii, perhaps a stealth, AX and high-speed combat pvp builds?
And of course; Welcome back mate, hope the break was restful and have a good Festivus!
Welcome back Cmdr! o7
You’re back hooray!
Phasing PAs are a bit meh in PvP. I would use Thermal Conduit on most PAs at this point in time. Pacifiers are probably still best on the Krait though.
Obviously depends on who you go up against but you're certainly right that thermal conduit is sorta the darling at the moment. If you have a build you'd suggest for the Mark II I'd love to see it and pin it for everyone else. I don't really PvP much in the Mark II and as I said there are a TON of weapon choices that work very well, one of the reasons I like it so much and think it's the best all-rounder.
@@Exigeous I've been playing your PvP build in hazres and the occasional skirmish with other players in CG systems and I have to say it's amazing if you want to do a little bit of both. Yes you have to restock every now and then but you'll be turning in bounties anyways so it's okay. :) Thanks!
I newly subbed a couple of weeks ago I want sure if the channel was a go glad to see your still posting vids
Exi is back! :)
Why did you use 2 collector limpet in your optional internals for deep core mining
I just tried the BGS build and it cooks me the moment I fire my rails, please help
thermal spread on powerplant, heat sinks, beam laser with thermal vent etc
For Miner shields i would go Bi-weave, as there is less chance of you hitting something hard as there is that your own limpets and smaller rocks slowly eat it away, and given how prismatic shields have terrible recharge and you are required to idle for 3 weeks to get them, that's a terrible choice tbh. I'm using prismatics only where i can fit large shield cell banks.
As for collectors, the range benefit of B-rated one is irrelevant for DPM as you won't really have stuff spread further than 1-1.5km while the time cut-off is noticeable (basically you will eat through your limpets faster for no good benefit in-between roids). While i still toss significant portion of limpets away in the end, i'd rather be on the safe side and have a spare.
For everything else, it seems great if you want to withstand in combat indeed. My preferred way is fragile but lightweight speedy miner, livin' on the edge :3
As for PVE combat build, that's damn nice and i'll try it out for sure just for them giggles as my current build with beams and MC doesn't work as good as on larger ships i own.
Also do have a meme-build with all-frags with double-shot, split between thermal (3xClass 3) and corrosive (2x Class 2) which eats shields of Elite Conda on one salvo, however due to limited ammo is not very good for prolonged combat nor for combat zones as them NPCs have artificial HP buffs there (hence the "meme" build) :3
You only need one corrosive frag. Should put drag on other one maybe. Also you don't have to be idle while you are pledged.
@@1robinjr Indeed one corrosive would be enough for the effect itself, i'm using one on either side of the ship just in case i somehow miss a shot.
Though i'll probably try something else on one of those, so thanks for the idea !
Does Drag actually do anything against NPC ships tho ?
From what i can see them ships are, amongst other "cheats", happily flying with 0% powerplant or distributor HP so i would not expect something that affects either of those to work.
As for Power Play; You are more or less idling in the PP itself because there is simply nothing worthwhile to do.
I could go on and on about how the PP is a never finished concept with arbitrary nonsensical restrictions with missing actual content to fill them gaps but, ya'll know this already :3
Came back to this video with the intention of building something similar to the BGS-build (never used rails so that'd be fun to try) and realized you mention you like doing surface missions with the SRV. Any chance for a video with tips about doing those kinds of missions (reactor sabotage, steal data, faction wars defense/offense etc.)? I mostly manage to rack up fines and the occasional re-buy ;)
Consider it on the list.
@@Exigeous Much appreciated =)
From the jump off I was wondering......"Are you completely serious?" But then I remembered what this channel is all about.
I apologize... I assumed that this was a "Yamiks?" Video. So now I assume that this is an actually helpful video, and appreciate the helpful tips and suggestions
Also, I look forward to seeing "TheYamiks" response video to these build options.
Can you show us how is it meant to be used in PvE combat this build?
I've just built it and it seems an overall hit or miss. It either snipes the powerplant and wreks ships with 50% hull left, or I just unload until I get bored in the enemies.
My weapons and core are completely engineered, so I know it's not the dmg output.
The only thing left is I guess the way it's meant to be flown.
he's back!
If only I could do an Arnold impersonation for a good "I'll be bah-ak"!! :D
is the general BGS and missions build outdated? thermal resistance is soo low and also plasma slug will require more fuel wouldn't it? also a module reinforcement would be good and also wouldn't bi-weave generator be better? prismatic takes soo long to charge i feel like.
Yo plz come back and make more up to date versions of this.
These builds are still viable today.
omg he's back
Wait, what? Where? Who? Oh fuck, HE'S back, that douchebag from RUclips. Ugh, sorry about that!!
:D
I'd drop a pacifier and get the drill missile. The weapons are cool and all, but I can't remember the last time a NPC came at me in the belt. I just let them scan me above the belt and then I never see them again.
i would really like to see the pve build with the 4 rails in action :)
Quad SRB rail kraits are very potent
@@ij6708 I'm a newb and went with stock stuff and overheated myself so much I had to leave a 1 on 1 fight wwith a lvl 0 pirate.
ooof
How about builds for those of us that can't get it fully engineered?
Engineering is my only headache atm.
YES...I don't have the time to grind for upgraded modules. The grind is too much
@@Y-Hopper-Z its not called a grind if you have fun doing it.. I enjoy my time flying around and gathering materials.. A good idea would be to first get any of the end game ships and then do it.. better surviveability and then enjoy.
@@Vampiresquid007 Yeah it's been fantastic the last couple of weeks. I unlocked Farseer a long time ago and quit the game because I was like 'I HAVE TO DO THIS NOW OR I CAN'T HAVE FUN' and it pulled my spirit down. Now that I'm a lot more chilled and get sidetracked often I'm having the best time, especially in the Krait MK2 it's such a great ship.
Engineering isnt as hard as it seems, you just have to make a list of materials you need (raw/data/manufactured) and you can easily pick all of those up, if you need materials that are harder to get, you can go to the material trader (depending on what material you are looking for raw/manuf/data, you can look locations, shopping lists, and closest whatever on a third party site called “Inara”
Great post as always Cmdr Exigeous! I tried the pve build for a couple of sessions now and love the DPS. However with all weapons set on primary - for the benefit of the thermal vent, I still get internal heat damage. Putting the rail guns on secondary didn't help. What did I do wrong Cmdr?
Okay..So, I'm about halfway done engineering my ship, but I had a chance to test out my build so far (keep in mind I've never used rail guns before now).
You definitely want the rail guns on secondary. I think you're trying to fire the rail guns too quickly and you need to wait until heat is under 60% at the absolute most, 50% + would be more ideal. I'm use beam to take out shields and then I don't touch it again. I focus on heat and only fire rail guns when heat is below 60% at absolute most. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, too, but firing all weapons at once most definitely doesn't work for me, and trying to rapid fire rail guns to any degree absolutely doesn't work.
Rail guns are currently at G3 and no experimental effects just yet. They will be G5 + effects tomorrow night and I have a feeling the effects will help a great deal with DPS by decreasing heat generation. Once I got the hang of it, I was laughing my ass off at how quickly I was obliterating ships hahaha...This is my first engineered ship and I'm usually getting my ass kicked, so it's nice to be the one dishing out massive damage for once. I cannot WAIT to see how this build performs when it's fully engineered, I can already tell it's going to be devastating!
If I'm still doing this wrong and someone could recommend how it could be done better, I'd greatly appreciate it! I'm still fairly new to this game and all advice is welcomed.
o7 CMDR
@@JoshuaTarvin yeah i had all 4 on secondary and i hit them without knowing that rail guns will microwave your commander.
Then I hit a shield pack thinking i'd be ok...haha didn't know THOSE also generate a massive burn.
As a new player I think I'll either have to stack heatsinks in all aux slots or simply go with something less....toasty.
@@WebMetlReese I actually had to modify this build a bit. I only run two railguns now as secondary fire, and the primary fire I use one beam laser with two multi cannons.. managing the heat was just way too much of a pain in the ass and didn't make sense to do in the long run. I'm not sure how long I will keep the build I'm using, but it works for now.
Definitely plan on switching out the railguns for imperial hammers though, just need to unlock them.
@@WebMetlReese And yeah lol, definitely want to pop a heat sink launcher before using shield cell. Let your temperatures get down to zero after heat sink and then pop shield cell
@@JoshuaTarvin I have made soooo many stupid mistakes its actually embarrassing now. Last night I ran out of fuel...for the second time and had to be rescued. But if anything, there are some pretty funny stories!
Merry Christmas CMDR Exigeous. I always enjoy all your videos. They are straight to the point and easy to understand. I'm pretty new to the game and I have been focusing on my Federation ranking thus far. Just bought my first Krait MK 2. Got any suggestion for a non engineered version of this ship? Thanks.
I sure do - in fact I linked it in the description. It's very similar as the Krait has such a huge distributor even uneingineered it's a helluva ship! If you have questions once you've flown it for a bit let me know.
@@Exigeous Thanks for the quick response. I sure will be taking notes on this. Have a great day sir. Gracias.
Welcome back CMDR. We'll have a landing pad reserved for you. o7
Thank you for the builds! I'm building the Combat Krait. For the distributor in the video you say Super Conduit, the graphic has Super Cap, and Coriolis has Cluster Cap. I went with the Coriolis build. Is that right?
Yep, go with the build link - I probably just got tongue twisted when I said super cap - it's "Super Conduit" for sure
@@Exigeous No, you said it right, the link has it wrong. Great I'll make the change. I'm just a Miner / Explorer with more Mats and Money then skill. With my low combat ranking the NPCs that spawn against me keep blowing up with a couple of hits! I'm sure that won't last long. Thanks again for your great tutorials.
oh wow im not quite ready for this lol.
I would love to see an FDL build!
RUclips and web is full of fdl builds
the krait mk2 is my fav ship
your IRL setup is an inspiration to everyone CMDR. you should make a video on RUclips instead of posting your setup on reddit.
What a fantastic idea, why didn't I think of that!! Oh, uh, wait: ruclips.net/video/c6voyCgjAFo/видео.html
How do you get enough power with that pvp. I can deal with 8% underpowered. But I'm at 15%. Can't turn any shield boosters on or I lose everything.
Did they nerf the unengineered stuff? I have the same exact unengineered build for PVE combat and I get stomped out within 30 seconds if they aren’t harmless
I'm new and have a Mark II....where can I outfit for combat and how much will it cost? I'm at Alveres Station Perenni...great vids BTW...thanks
Well the builds in this video will answer all your questions, there is an unengineered build and when you go to the link it will show you the total cost.
EDTutorials by Exigeous FYI, the build links are dead.
Yep, unfortunately the URL shortener that Coriolis uses is down at the moment, and has been for a few days - I've opened a ticket on his Github page in the hopes he'll sort it out. If he doesn't in the next few days I'll update the links but as there are a LOT that'll take a while so I assume he'll get it fixed.
My favorite is running all mini guns and praying I don’t get flanked
How are you powering all of this? I cannot get enough power on the combat build. Ive got an 7A power plant with +12% overcharged
everything is engineered out to the max - this is not a build for new players - i just tried running this pve build and I'm a newish player. Went out to grab a single pirate but ended up flying all over still not being able to find a 7a power plant, so I dropped the 6rated shield gen for a 3 rated Bi something and that put me at deplyed .32 away from capping.
Got out there fine, targeted and hit fire on the beam,, then the railguns and my temps went off the scales haha I almost blew myself up..
Don't play with matches if you never seen fire before haha.
Just don't bring the shield cell banks.
Lovely PvE build but ugh, all those fixed weapons? is there a more gimbaled variant for those of us with potato aim? (been running beams and multicannons since day 1 but getting kinda tired of it and looking to mix things up)
Well I'd encourage you to give this a try - as they are all hitscan weapons they are far easier to use fixed than say mulitcannons, etc. Realize that the damage increase from fixed is generally 30% so you get a huge buff by using them, even if you do miss a few shots. You can of course go with the old boring gimballed multis and beams but that isn't gonna make you a better and more deadly pilot is it ;-)
Give it a try for a few days and I think you'll see that it's not nearly as hard as you think.
@@Exigeous Thanks I will, if only because you took the trouble to reply so quickly to my comment on a 2 month old video :)
I've always been curious about builds which don't have higher resistance figures. Would that not make you a lot weaker? Would additional hull not be better than shield reinforcements?
It all depends on the build and ship - if you look at the two combat builds they will have good resistances, normally if you're above 30% - depending on the base, you're good. In PvP the base number is usually far more important as you'll come up against PAs most of the time, with 60% of their damage being absolute, ignoring your resistances. For hull on a shield tank you want about 1500 minimum in case you run up against phasing damage but beyond that you're just slowing yourself down with heavy reinforcements, as unless you also protect your modules you'll just get those snipped out with railguns. So it's always a balance, on a hull tank you'd want super fast regen (so biweave with high resistances) and then yes, lots of hull and module reinforcements. That make a bit more sense?
@@Exigeous makes total sense, I will definitely be giving the combat/missions and PvP ones a try. Thanks for the reply, always love bouncing ship build ideas around
@@cmdrravenwulff5272 Sure thing - if you're looking to discuss ship builds you're welcome to join our Discord where there are many top tier PvP pilots that are happy to help answering questions - discord.gg/ScxyTS8
I seriously thought exigeous died
Have a krait-day!
Why not slot 2 large rails?
They only go up to medium.