The Asp Explorer [Elite Dangerous] | The Pilot Reviews
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Review of The Asp Explorer from Elite Dangerous. The Asp in front of things. A significant step up in survivability from the DBX, but still downright cheap. The Asp Explorer lets you explore the galaxy in it's full panoramic glory. Even if it is a bit noisy. The Pilot Reviews The Asp Explorer. #EliteDangerous #ThePilot #AspX
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Love my ASP X! I'll never sell her. She got me to elite rank in exploration and I refuse to touch-up my 0% paint. That is a testament to the thousands of jumps I've made in it.
💞👍 Mine is speaking to me in the dark! ☺
Don't call yourself na Explorer unless you have 0% paint
@@NietoKT r/gatekeeping
Wait what, I dont have to touch up my paint if I dont want to?
Time to get some scratches on my explorer anaconda! Not before I turn it into a cargo ship/miner, I need more credits first.
I sometimes miss my ASP X, specially with nothing but miniguns on it. The conda has all the utility and modules I could ever hope for, and extra fuel tanks to go FAAAAR before using a class 7 scoop to refill in a second.
And to think I first left the bubble on a cute little hauler lol.
"0% paint"
Is this something I'm just too Imperial Cutter to understand?
"Do I have space madness?"
*Shows a shot of a rave neutron star*
Assuming the gender of a spaceship in this day and age? Madness.
@@edgepixel8467 damn bro you got the whole squad laughing
@@ENCHANTMEN_ me and the boys were definitely laughing 🤔
This is the earliest I've ever been for a new episode of 'Top Gear in Space'
That would have been the episode when they did a getaway in small ships?
ON TONIGHT'S PROGRAM
That is a great way of explaining thePilots reviews in 4 words.
That's actually a great idea, Yamiks as a copresenter, and we need a super skilled but mute pilot as as the Stig.
@@SaruwatariMasahiro Preferably some one who excels at FA Off Combat
"...The same people people who self flagellate whenever they have unclean thoughts about the Krait Phantom."
* link for your video for the Krait Phantom appears.
👌😂
The AspX does do three things which make me prefer it over the Phantom for exploration.
- Its supercruise maneuverability is _amazing._
- It lands pretty much _anywhere_ due to its compact shape.
- The cockpit provides _the best view you can ever get_ without immersion-breaking freecam.
This ship, in VR, skimming over a planet's surface, in the shadows, with lights on, with flight assist off, and with the ship pointing towards the planet but the velocity vector all over the place, moving your head towards where it's moving, rather where it's pointing, is awesome!
I have never FAOffed in VR. I'm fairly sure I would throw up...
The reason many people (me included) adore the view from _inside_ the Asp Explorer so much is because of _immersion._
It's just more immersive and it feels more... "real" to see stuff from where your ingame head is.
This guy could make a video about a trash bag, and make me want to buy it
Me too! 😂😆
Check out the asp scout video
The best "Asp In Front Of Things" EVER!!!!!!
I have never been able to put my thumb on what it is with my ASP X.
Im at the point in my piloting career that I have a ship purpose built to out class it in any one category.
Yet I can never find it in my heart to actively dislike my ASP X. It seems that we are fated to a love that could never be.
So, for what it's worth. Congratulations ASP X. You were both my first goal as a new pilot and the first ship I really cared about.
So long for now, partner.
Loved the Asp in Elite II, love it in ED :) Its a terrible shame they toned its engine noise down, it really did sound like a formation of WW2 bombers flying in formation. Wonderful vid, excellent stuff as always! *Engine burbling intensifies*
OrrrrrrrrrroooooRRRRRARRRRRRRoioioioioioirrraaaaaaaaaaahhhhhHHHHHHHRRRRR
When I'd blow up a pirate I'd think, "Ha, you just got destroyed by a Cessna!"
My wife walked in the room when I was flying mine. She thought I was farting continously. 😂 Or making the sound with my mouth. When I showed her what it was, she said " My God, how can you sit here and listen to that". Upgraded to the Phantom not long after.(when update hit) But still in my fleet.
Oh, the Phantom is SOOO much nicer than the AspX. Mine does 64 LY, laden.
Yeah, I actually really like the shape of the AspX, it looks perfectly angular and utilitarian, but I refuse to believe Lakon cares so little about the sound of their ships to release something that farts across the galaxy like that. I choose to believe every Asp I've touched is defective.
There she is, *my* ship
My miner, my explorer, my courier, the ship that took me to Colonia *AND* back.
The ASP Explorer, the only ship you’ll ever need
Asp Explorer Captains unite! I stripped mine of everything and made it into a long range exploration ship. And I called it the "von Humboldt".
And then flying this baby in VR... It's like flying a Helicopter, when you can watch down at the landing zone through the glass canopy below your legs. I never have to look at my instruments.
The Phantom wants to have a word with you!
@@g_geezer3277 Very true!
Renegade Gunslinger I’m sad I missed out on the colonia rush. Oh well, bubble isn’t that bad.
Just got to Colonia this month with my asp x. Loving it!
If I had to pick a single ship for the rest of my career, the AspX is definitely in the top 3. If you’re a new player, this ship should be your first goal. It’s the master key to the entire galaxy.
Yeah I've been playing for a few months and I don't think I'm gonna buy another one until I can get a Corvette lol
I did most of my money in commerce, but I enjoy exploring and combat the most. I started on a hauler (60ly jump range, no engineering!!!), then moved to a DBX that I still keep as a taxi for moving inside the bubble, then a DBX that I sold to buy myself the Anaconda. Fully outfited, with a class 7 fuel scoop, extra fuel tank, some cargo space, field repair units, scanners, a fast recharge shield, 2 SRVs and 2 ship launched fighters it still get 41ly of jump range, with only a mildly engineered FSD
I want to go back to commerce with it, so I can outfit it for NPC combat with a TON of armour and all the autocannons it can fit. Then go back to exploring and finally go to Sagitarius A* and stick around in Colonia for a while
Im scared of neutron stars (barely survived one with an adder, 1% hull left when docking) but im going to have to learn to use the highway if I want to get to Sag in a couple of weeks at most, playing only one or two hours a day (as I still want to play other games)
I must be in the minority here but I've always considered the fact that it makes a prop plane noise in space an absolute feature, and when I first got it it was my second favorite engine noise, just behind the Diamond Back.
I spent years out of the bubble, this was my ship. I went back to the bubble, bought all the big ships, money coming out of my ears. But I have never found any of them to be half as well rounded as the Asp. This ship can do it all. To all new players, this is the ship you want to set yourself up for everything in the game.
My girl. Taught me exploration, pirating and mining with some combat in there as well. Super forgiving and made me a lot of credits too! 😍
Ah, the Asp Explorer. Definitely the ship I’ve spent the most time in during my three years playing this game. And, as much as I love the Python, the AspX is still my favorite ship pound for pound.
Dud use cutter or anaconda, your gonna forget your asp and python , or maybe even Diamond back explorer if you want to explore
@@Srnab-ge1pq Yeah, I have a Anaconda and a Cutter. Great ships. Especially the Anaconda for my money. It really is a "do it all" beast. I just have a preference for the handling of the smaller ships. Their nimbleness just fits my personal play style better. And the DBX is the exploration I use when my brother and I wing up. Great little all around ship.
I just got Elite last week and dumped 80+ hrs into it already and I must say, your videos on the ships is some of the best Elite content I've seen. Frontier should pay you and feature these at their home site.
Well done
Imagine if they had these playing at some of the space stations. You would have people permanently buying new ships.
This was the ship I went bounty hunting in for So long. With so many hard point placements I got to test out all kinds of different weapons.
(And I like the engine sound. I come from a family of pilots. XD
MY DAD USED THIS SHIP FOR A YEAR STRAIGHT AND HE ONLY GOT A KRAIT MK2 YESTERDAY AND THEN HE JUST SWITCHED BACK.
whyyyy, i hate the asp X. I bought the Krait mk2 and sold the asp and never looked back.
westwing23 his opinion buddy, idk why either
Krait is love. Krait is life.
Purge the fowl heretic from existence.
@@xAo2xSmurf cutter is god xD
i grinded with the asp scout for 2 days and got the krait mk 2 and the only thing I miss is the cockpit
Heretic! How could you detest the soft purring of the this adorable flying Chonker?
The sound of the ship, is the main reason i like it.
The open cockpit of the Asp really shines in VR. That's when you really appreciate just how much space you can see.
Last time I was this early, this ship was only a wireframe image on my TV... Edit: I understand the "Getting sick of a ship after being in it for so long." I really do. After doing DW2 in a Beluga, I couldn't stand to even get into a Saud Kruger made vessel for months on end. The Asp is a fine little ship. I have one for a change of pace from the Beluga/Conda/cutter visials. Plus the seat is really good in the Asp.
You just gave me an idea, on the next distant worlds I am going to take a ship I have no intention of using for anything else ever again! ha!
Hmmm dunno.. i kinda like the connection formed to the ship after being on it and experiencing so much in it.. i spent 4 month on my ASP and i think she's a wonderful. Badass little ship that flies wonderfully
Still taken the Krait MK2 for the pegasus run but you cant blame me for wanting an SLF hahaha
OMG the opening, that opening is beautiful!
Thanks. :-)
So true...
You know, your videos always create this sense of longing in me. I want to see distant worlds, I want to explore what is out there, I want to experience the wonders of the universe. All together with my ship, my companion. It's a special kind of future nostalgia, that's as good as I can describe it. Thank you for your videos, they have very quickly found a place in my heart. I hope you keep on making them and I hope you never loose the love you clearly have for what you do.
My Asp Explorer, Vanishing Point AE-21. I love this ship. It's the first ship I took outside the bubble. At the time, I had no engineering, kept my hardpoints (didn't know at the time that I wouldn't run into *anything* out there), fitted a worldview-changing 6B fuel scoop and an extra fuel tank, and set off toward the outer rim. After so long in the black, coming back home to Filipchenko City and hearing the flight controller key up with that familiar chime, and "Lakon, Victor-Alpha-November: Station services are prepped for your arrival. Welcome back, CMDR." - it was wonderful. That trip is one of my favorite gaming memories.
Nowadays, she's fitted with a core mining kit. I bought a Krait Mk2 to take on that job because I prefer my Asp X being a nimble jumper, but I still miss my Asp when I'm out mining. It was just more fun to whip around the icebergs in my "prop plane" than it is to lumber through them in the big Krait, which almost seems to resent me for taking it to a ring location that isn't RES. My Asp was just happy to be out of the dock.
Can't recommend the Asp Explorer enough. If you're in a Cobra looking for your next home, pick up the Asp X.
She's a great ship. I used mine for many months until DW2. Then I realised that there were too many compromises, too many sacrifices. Sadly she stayed behind and was replaced by the ship that cannot be named. I have many fond memories. We crossed the Formadine Rift and we went to Sag. A* together. I ranked up with the Federation and Empire on data missions thanks to her speed and excellent jump range. Together we made Admiral and King. 'Resurgence' is my trusted friend and our bond can never be broken. I learned all about engineering with her and the Guardian sites were easily reachable. She will forever stay with me and will be a premium vessel in my fleet. If you haven't tried the Asp Explorer, I implore you to. Elegant, Trustworthy and just the 'extra bit' to get you out of trouble and home safely.
The ASP, based on my few months of binge-playing seems to be so loved because people got stuck with it. It was once the only real choice for a true explorer, it was on the edge of a massive paywall leap for anyone who hated grinding for hours, and was generally just a decent ship for its price and size. Now its outclassed but for so long it was the main ship of Elite Dangerous that it really is the face of the game.
The Asp Explorer IS Elite Dangerous, as far as I’m concerned.
Love my AspX, lightly engineered, 60ly jumps, boost to 510+, it's my daily driver so to speak. Got a Python for mining, Type-9 for space trucking (though it will be replaced by a Cutter when I get my Empire rank up), FDL for murdering. I really like flying all the different boats, but there is just something about my AspX, it feels right to me, it's MY boat, MY happy space. It will be the one I take to Colonia, and eventually Beagle Point. I named it 'Longshot' jokingly because at the time I wasn't really thinking I was gonna stick with Elite, the learning curve was too steep. But now in my 2nd go round of the game, turns out the name works :D
This, this was the ship I spent most of my time in when I was still playing. I had tried all the different paths to make money, a living if you will. I was passable at the tradesmen game, but sucked terribly at space combat. It wasn’t until I tried this and geared it out for exploration that I truly started to make some profit and somewhat enjoy myself. If not for the ridiculously long time the travel itself caused, I would have tried it much sooner. Sadly, I seem to have a talent for finding aggressive ships that won’t let me leave. Losing my ship one time too many when I’m so far outside the Bubble just ate to much of my wallet and time. Eventually I left the game, but I’ll never forget my Explorer.
this video was way deeper then i thought it would be, i now have tears in my eyes. Well done sir.
On all my guardian tech adventures the ASP Explorer has served me well. Tried with an anaconda, but couldn't land as close to the sites as I wanted to. Back to the ASP I went.
I took my Explorer to get the FSD Guardian Drive. I went back to help a friend get it but I was in their type 9. Oh my God Landing was a bitch but by then I got pretty good with my SRV so didn't really matter LOL
Fun fact.
Krait phantom Turns like its on rails when at max speed.
Asp explorer, Turns like a tub at a drift race.
also the cost of the ship is nothing in 2019. Friend started playing a week ago and has a billion creds now.
Yeah. My exploration Phantom honestly feels like an SLF. And it's actually _faster_ than one too.
You can't appreciate a cockpit like that until you play in vr.
I used to make the same questions (4:08) ...until I played in vr and man, looking around surrounded by only glass, is beautiful! (unless you are in combat, than you'd rather see tick steel all around :P)
True
I've got about 11 hours into the game, and I just bought my Asp Explorer after my first successful core mining run in my Cobra. The sound reminds me of the droning propeller noise through the movie Airplane and I love it.
This ship was one of the first "real" ships I've owned. It helped me to make money and buy other ships, then took me across the galaxy on my first exploration voyage and helped me to get all the guardian stuff. When I bough Phantom and made it my primary exploration ship I was going to sell it. I still have it in my hangar. Can't let it go. LOL.
It's like a gentle, never-ending fart sound. I've grown to like it
I have been watching this series for a minute now. Man, your editing is something to behold! Great info and beautiful content. Thank you!
One thing to keep in mind with this ship: Its "brakes" are shit. It accelerates well enough once engineered but needs several AU to come to a halt again. Be extra careful with your throttle on planetary approaches :P.
It isn't space madness, the prop noise was there. Im not sure where it went, I haven't been in mine since my first journey to colonia. 38ly range, D rated everything, and opted to drop the shield for an extra afmu at the time. That was a year and a half ago. Ive severely overlooked my asp, the Eistibus, since then. And that's just sad, I grew attached to her after that length of time, so much so I still have the girl, but she's been in storage the entire time. And when the phantom came out, that became my main exploration ship. I may need to dust off the old girl, and give her another chance to stretch her legs.
The Pilot, you need to evaluate ASP Explorers canopy in room-scale VR, where external camera is a big immersion-breaker. It is basically a huge open balcony in Space. I had to bring my Krait Phantom to DW2 for mining CGs, and I hated it's side pylons at every sight I wanted to show my wife on the way.
What VR rig are you using?
@@adamross2256 good old Vive
@@Apolleone I've seen mixed reviews on the Vive, but it looks solid. was hunting VR info a week or so ago. want to find one without the controllers (just as a PC display) but doesn't seem to be one out there.
@@adamross2256 I have mixed feelings about Vive too. But there is no headset on the market without big flaws. For Vive the downsides are bad lenses with small "sweet spot" and relatively high price especially when you count in Deluxe Audio Strap without which it is pretty much unusable. For Odyssey+ and other WMR headsets it is comfort and bad controllers. For Rift CV1 it is difficult setup without room-scale out of the box and the need to have USB cables all over your room. Rift S is just a joke on customers. Index seems best overall, but expensive. Reverb may be OK. Don't know much about it.
I think if your PC can run VR you should not miss out on games requiring controllers. There are some gems. And there is fun to be had, especially together with friends.
@@Apolleone Spacibo, Timur. That's some great information :)
The genuine love for this game is wonderful. Inevitably, when looking for info on a ship or play style, you come across a piece of art like this. You capture the feel of the game perfectly. Thank you.
Your ability to evoke emotions out of me talking about spaceships is incredible. I still think your python video is the best.
You have the voice of an angel
I just got one of these and I can tell you exactly what that glass canopy is for - people playing in VR. I had the Adder before that and HATED it - now 9/10 times I can find my target somewhere in my periphery, it's wonderful.
My favorite ship in Elite! I got this ship up to 68 LY, traveled to and from Colonia twice and to Sagittarius A once. I love it ❤️
How have i been playing ED for so long without knowing your channel existed? found you today, subbed straight away, good work mate!
This was my 3rd ship, Sidewinder > Type 6 > ASPX, and I agree about the propeller sound, it was really jarring the first I heard.
But she's my workhorse! Cargo runs! Passenger runs! Long jump range! and I just started to mine with it, to try and make some money. =)
She's a good girl. Gonna use her to figure out how to get the money and resources to really upgrade my Vulture for bounty hunting.
I started playing ED on VR recently. AspX is my first ship I used for some "serious" exploration (so about 500ly from the bubble and mapping everything on the way). I really like the great views from cockpit.
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS SHIP! Ahhhh such memories, it got me to elite exploration, and colonia, and the voyager 1 (before the FSS when you had to just point your nose where ghost giraffe said and hope) it got me into the cutter, and was with me on the Gnosis, and the Osiris started the naming trend I still use on all my ships today. To this day it still has more distinct trips than any other ship in my fleet, all on legacy engineered parts no less. One of my favorite ships.
Nice video as always Pilot! The Asp was my Frontier ship 25 years ago for as long as I played that game and I loved it - although somewhat oddly I spent very little time in one in ED, with [other ship] Mk II taking over as my main and later [other ship variant] taking care of my exploration necessities... but I still miss my old days in the Asp. I must reacquaint myself with my old flame.
I loved the sound. I took my AspX to beagle and oevasy sg-0, and loved every jump ands system scanning on the way there. The way back however.... I’m definitely going back into the black and I’m looking forward to spending time with her again.
Bro your vid’s are such high quality, I’m sorry I’m just now discovering
The soundtrack at the start of the video highkey sounded like the discovery scanner, I don't know if it was intentional or not but it made me smile
I genuinely stopped watching The Grand Tour to watch all these amazing videos. I love the AspX (her noise too!). I flew it last night after a while inside a Type-9 Heavy and I screamed from a mixture of joy and fear!
The Asp was my goal as a starting pilot. I wanted to be that off-brand Captain Kirk tromping around the galactic plane seeking new life forms and whatnot.
Soon as I had her I cheaply engineered the FSD and slapped on some second rate gear. Her jump range was like 30ly still, and the fuel scoop literally took 5 minutes to fill the tank. I was also a terrible pilot, nearly succumbing to a high gravity moon halfway along the journey to Colonia. And, yet over the course of the month it took me to crawl my way across, it was a starry eyed experience. Call me masochistic, but every session felt like a decent enough episode of Star Trek: Enterprise; an outgunned vessel bearing intrepid souls in a long, grueling odyssey across unknown skies, a headfirst dive into the black ocean right as you’ve barely learned to swim.
The ASP is like a long distance Winnebago. The DBX is like a Jeep with the doors, roof, AC, and everything else taken off.
Seriously underrated content. These are so damn good.
My Asp took me to Colonia, where I bought another one to use in Colonia along with a Krait MkII for combat. They're still there, and it's about time to go back.
[ENGINE WARBLING INTENSIFIES]
Great video man! It's been too long since I've used my Asp X as well, maybe it's time to fit it for some long haul exploring so I can finally go visit Colonia!
I kinda like the looks of the ASP Explorer because of these two small flippers on the top, the sporty stripes and I find it's engine sounds pretty funny (but not as funny as my Adder's engines when I throttle up/down).
atmospheric landings plz
I'm not often watch video on english language but your video is amazing, loved it so much)
This was my first true mining vessel. And my first real jump capable vessel. And still my favourite long distance mission running vessel.
This video series is great thanks for making them. Your comments about a year in the black with your Asp X made me laugh out loud because I'm in the same situation right now.
Ah yes, the lovely:
the talented:
THE PBRPBRPBRPBRPBR X
6:38 you have a hole in your ship! I hope you kept your receipt.
😂
I can't not listen to those thrusters either but DAT CANOPY. That's why I flew a Type-10 on DW2. Great canopy, no WWII airplane sounds.
I love the way it takes off, especially drifting around parts of the mining outposts. I love her. She feels fun to fly, she sounds great, she can slap something fierce and she makes getting around the galaxy a doddle.
Love the intro! Great music and great video clipping/footage!
(I love the sound of an ASP Explorer...)
Thank God for the mid size mining bit. I was grinding away and then turned into a miner, and now know I'm not alone.
Just started a hundred jump trek to a random point in space, and the ASPX, La Dorado is handling the journey so well, just like the cargo runs I took her on before, and those times I went bounty hunting with it (okay, maybe the last one didn't do too great, still 2 out of 3 aint bad)
The Portsville Dawn. When the music swells, I hear her soul. I see the darkness. I see the light. I am one with her, she with me, as we glide through the cosmos. I want to be out there, out in the black, seeing the universe from my bubble. I will never forget reaching out, pretending with all my might, that I was really out there in my ship, set loose from Earth.
This ship defines what Elite Dangerous to me, and you brought it to life. Keep flying, please. o7
Glad you mentioned its capability as a miner. I was a combat pilot at first, but after core mining was introduced, I hopped into an Asp to grind out half a billion credits for my Anaconda.
As a core miner, the Asp defies everything I thought a mining vessel would be. Instead of a bulky tanker I'm instead flying this little nimble pod around, using specialized equipment to detect and collect only the most valuable minerals
i love the low rumble growl of the asp ex
The ship that accompanied me in my first deep space trip from sol to colonia then Sag. A and back to Sol for now,and it didn't fail me not even once even getting me more than a 100 mil when i got back
VR is the reason the Asp Explorer canopy is one of the best.
Voice, music, editing... and that narrative! You have a gift. It's time to go all in and make a saga... Bravo!
I’m a pilot irl, probably quite a few others here too. I’ve always loved that sound, it’s a lullaby to fall asleep too to me.
This video made me think why I love my AspX and I think it's because it was the first ship that I had that I did more than combat in. I took it across the galaxy and saw dead alien civilizations in it before I really got anything bigger.
Great video, like always dude.
Dude you re video are so peacefull and full of information I must follow you, thks for this
Just bought my first ASP. Have a Clipper, Python and Type 10. Can't wait to grind a little more with this ship.
You make my faviroute ship look even better with incredible angles and music
ASPX is since a few month a good addition to my Fleet...
it is really great at Opalmining or Coremining in general.
the only thing i hate about it is its mass.... it flies like a unstoppable Trainwreck
if you want to use it for mining ... Take Bi-weave-shields with you ....
trust me you want them
That's the main reason I use my python for mining now. It actually stops in a reasonable distance.
I love my AspX. The sound, the versatility, the range. You ask this ship to do something, it can do it. Maybe not the best at it, but it can do it.
Funny thing is, one of the things I love most about the AspX is the prop engine noise.
My two exploration ship were named as follows, DBX was Copernicus and its successor Galileo, the aspX is certainly a mobile fusion planetarium.
She was my first exploration ship and now my primary core mining ship. I love it's agility once I've cracked a rock open and need to blast off the goodies. It's part of the task force I keep on my carrier at all times in case I need that capability where I am. It can be fitted back to exploration with a few changes if I need that option too. My primary long range exploration ships are both the Anaconda and the Phantom but I keep finding useful roles with the Asp. Great ship.
I think its worth saying that as a new player, the asp explorers first impression was how amazing the view is. I play in VR, so drone cameras aren't terribly intuitive. Coming from the adder the view is amazing
old and late but i played elite back in the days where running out of fuel meant explosion. i went from sidewinder to adder and stopped playing for years until a few weeks ago. i jumped back in and bought the mk 4 cobra and bounced around the bubble in it for a while until i took her all the way to maia in the pelaides sector. the fortune in exploration data gave just enough to get my hands on the asp x. That one trip in and out the bubble gave me the explorers itch and now when i call my asp x to the bubble and outfit her properly i'll never look back i fear, a fantastic little ship i hold onto for ever
Lakon back at it again with another master piece of a ship. I spent so many hours in this ship purely because of the jump range. This ship was my go to for long range CG's and I still have this ship kicking around somewhere in the bubble. The ASP X was the ship I flew when I grew tired of my Type 7 (The literal space brick) and it always made me love the game again. I'm a trader at heart and while we don't get any love anymore, that's all there was for me 4 years ago and this ship was a huge part of my fleet.
This is my go-to errands runner/taxi/raw material Hunter, the one constant of my fleet. (It's also a capable core miner.)
Recently picked up one of these and it’s my absolute favorite Core Mining ship at this point in my flying career. One run of Titanium pulled in 25mil, couldn’t be happier 😁
Dude, I am just getting into exploring in Elite, and I built out an Asp Explorer, and I am actually heading to the Omega Nebula as well. Because 1) I needed a place about 5k lightyears from my home system to unlock an engineer and 2) because it had a cool name. I literally just looked for something that I thought would have some neat landmarks tos ee, and a big nebula seemed like it would probably fill that niche.
Love it! I used a Krait Phantom on DW2, but when I close my eyes and imagine myself standing on a distant shore, I'm standing in front of my Asp Explorer. Plus the visual of the twin retro engines along with the Avro Lancaster engine sound kinda fit together! :-) Great vid, thanks again for taking the time putting it together.
Just got the game love it so far. The learning curve is steep,but after rolling my fourth pilot i'm starting to get the hang of it.
Best core miner by a country mile. 500+ m/s makes scanning for candidate rocks a breeze. 96t cargo (plus 6 in refinery) is the perfect amount for single gaming session. Thrust around the cracked open astroid without constantly dragging arse end on some rock. Manoeuvrable enough to never have to worry about loosing the interdiction mini-game. Big jump range lets you easily traverse bubble to get mined goods to market.
This ships took me to Colonia and I was not even back to the bubble when I joined the DW2 and went all the way to Beagle Point and back to Colonia.
This ship earned me my exploration elite, my first billion credits and all the things I needed for me other ships in the fleet.
While I understand your frustration with the sound, I said I came to love that purring sound, and every now and then I go back to it to go somewhere quick.
She is a good ship, we all know it, and while of us will get something else, no one will forget it
It is indeed a great, versatile ship. Sadly I didn't own one for awhile. I cut mining teeth in a Keelback and got a Diamondback Explorer for long journeys. The Asp Explorer is a nice compromise between those two vessels and all three are a pleasure to fly.
The Asp Explorer is perhaps the best space taxi in the game, yielding over 60 ly actual and an oversized scoop at a very low cost. It is also one of the best core miners, as its agility can highly accelerate your mining rate.