The Diamondback Scout [Elite Dangerous] | The Pilot Reviews
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- Review of The Diamondback Scout from Elite Dangerous. A DBX for the lower class. Or is it? The Diamondback Scout might have some hidden talents when you underestimate it. The Pilot Reviews The Diamondback Scout. #EliteDangerous #ThePilot #
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I wish there was more gameplay around stealth. That would make the Diamondbacks more relevant.
You just have to know how to do it
Sensor beam absorbing stealth plating for the hull? Increases heat build-up but, except at point-blank range, you appear on no scanners at all when in active configuration.
Theres the stealth mega ship hacking thing but yea, not much else.
@@DarthWall275 the courier is good what are you talking about
@@alratekk2631 What
"Size three fuel scoop was meant to get you across the bubble. Not to Colonia."
My first trip to Colonia was in a Diamondback Scout with a 23 light-year jump range and a size three fuel scoop. It was painful, but I promise you it can be done.
"Meant to do" and what Elite Dangers players use them for are often very different things.
How many time to get in there?
The fact that you can do it really doesn't mean you should
@@ВладНеумный Truth. Of course I never did just because I could, but because I was a naive little welp back in those days.
I sometimes equip a smaller scoop, simply because I can gain a lot of exploration data on the FSS while scooping.
I only found your reviews recently, and I already love them. Unlike other reviews, which discuss stats, ideal builds and whether you should get one, you instead talk about how it *feels* to fly one. The mix of power and agility in the chieftain, or the reluctance to go home while flying a DBX. I'm reminded of car shows like Top Gear, you talk about these ships as if they have a soul, and that they exist today.
The beautiful scenery you use looks much better than a static docking hanger too.
This is a perfect summary of The Pilot's reviews.
Thank you very much.
@@ThePilot_ This is the EXACT reason why i watch every vid you put out. Even if i have my own opinions about a ship, it's good to hear how you see it!
@@cyberpunkzombie9461 i agree so much
The DBS is my favorite ship. It is agile in combat, runs cold, has great jump range, 4 utility slots, 4 weapon slots, and has a very modest price. Once it is engineered, it’s a very fun and versatile ship... you can easily get 600+ boost with 40+ Ly jump in the same build, while running good weapons and armor. It’s perfect for anyone who enjoys rail guns, and is hands down the best stealth craft in the game. I’ve taken this ship 20,000 Ly in one trip and never regretted it. I do agree it appeals to pilots who enjoy a challenge. There are better ships at combat, and better ships at exploration. But there is no small ship that balances combat and exploration as well as the DBS. You can get in this ship and do whatever you want...and mid trip you can change your mind and do something else. it’s the best small ship in the game when it comes to versatility.
Bought a diamondback scout thinking it was same as the DBX. Never noticed the difference until I saw your DBX video lol
Faker Hex jump range. Internal slots. Size.
Same here lol😆
This comment saved me from doing the same
the dbx is an actual exploration ship. the dbs is a combat ship for professionals
@@dreyone6156 I cannot for the life of me get a DBx-s to be a viable combat ship (without engineering) and I absolutely love my DBX.
I have one of these for stealth. Its called "A Really Bad Idea". Every time I take it out it usually lives up to its name.
git gud?
4:30 - The DBS or DBX intended to be a shuttle for something like a Type-9? There definitely was a Diamondback-sized flat deck on top of the T9. Something to consider with carriers soon to come.
Additionally, both DBs have the 'flying diamond' shape that Lockheed Martin IRL discovered was ideal for dispersing radar beams without reflecting them back.
the dbs is a combat ship. its not suited for anything but combat (well, except maybe smuggling) the dbx is a proper exploration ship
@@dreyone6156 and dbx is not a half bad fighter from what i've heard
@@mrexists5400 oh it’s not bad at all.
I have a few hundred hours in elite and I always thought the heat spectrogram was showing an abstract Repräsentation of "Heat" like in how likely it is that NPCs attack you etc. Not literally how easy it is for enemy weapons to target you. Thanks for that great review, I don't play elite that much but your videos are always a joy to watch!
This is in my opinion one of the best looking ships in the whole game. It's like an apache gunship in space.
Kinda reminds me of a sort of Star Wars themed star ships, like a clone wars drop ship. I love the way it looks and is my personal pick over the asp explorer for example
I personally love the DBS as a combat vessel. It never occurred to me to build it as a stealth ship, though -- with thermal vent beams as you're doing. I use its insane heat efficiency as a perfect excuse to equip PAs and rails. Go FA-off, and you can easily park in the dead zone of an Anaconda and blast it to pieces. Sure, it takes some skill, but it just feels great to take down much larger vessels with an undervalued little beast such as the DBS.
David vs goliath
oh my friend you have been using it wrong this whole time. trust me stealth build it and it becomes an unstoppable force. your enemies will be squinting trying to hit a 2 pixel grey dot on their screen while you hammer away at them with long rail railguns from 6km away. with the right outfitting it has effectively NO radar signature
This was my first ship that I ventured outside the bubble with.
Opening song is "Mass Hysteria - STRLGHT"
your welcome.
The quality of your ship videos has been top notch right from the start, absolutely love them.
The DBS was in its prime back when stealth builds were really a thing, before shield booster engineering made shield tanks way more robust, before Emissive Munitions hard countered stealth, and before night vision countered stealth even harder. It's still a fun ship to fly, but its advantages are mostly gone.
just a friendly reminder that with the correct weapons you can basically 1-shot a prismatic shield by sniping their shield generator. You can use those torpedos or mines with that experiment effect to go through the shield. once their shield is down your dbs's railguns will insta-kill their modules, provided you can stay on target
shield tanks are only strong when not facing opponents specifically outfitted to kill them
Sadly, for me, ED is too full of "I want to like it" and not enough "I like it".
It is an acquired taste
Laniakea2203 I agree. When I first got the game (three days ago), I thought maybe it wasn’t for me. But after just three days I feel like even just going into super cruise, even with super cruise assist, is fun for me. But I suppose we’ll see how it ages.
@@milesgilbertpiano how is it now?
Pixel Life Simulator still damn good lol.
@@milesgilbertpiano good glad. To hear what is the best thing you have unlocked yet
Dude your content keeps getting better and better and you always do a great job of putting in a touch of gravity into your channel. It’s a big universe but we’re all in it together. o7
Great vid as always. 1500 hours in and I never in a million years would have considered a scout. It's fun niche builds I keep coming back for
Thank you for completely reigniting my love for Elite Dangerous. I wasn't doing so well when I started a while ago and stopped playing it altogether, but I'm on it now. Your video's a so well made!
Your videos are really good. What are the plans for this channel for when you go through the whole anchorage?
PS
I take it you've watched a lot of Clarkson-era Top Gear.
Just a bit...
I'll put out an announcement when I do close out the list.
Algorithm fodder
[update post viewing]
I've never flown the DBS but thanks to your review I'm tempted to try one.
Great video as usual, keep doing what you do
In 1990, I was obsessed with a game on my Apple computer; Space Rogue.
The DBS reminds me of the Sunracer ship you fly in that ancient video game, so I equip it near identically. Extra cargo bays, beam lasers, extra hull strength, and electronic counter measures allow me to fly in the grey area of missions.
My father's favourite quote was: If at first you don't succeed, cheat. I think I now know what he'd fly... just for the challenge of it.
His self awareness is over 9000!! Love your videos man, always make me want to sail the ship you're showcasing.
pilot: "its great at running cool"
also pilot: (RAIL GUNS) 🤣
Icky yup, it works better like that but let s ruin it s advantage and put the meta weapon like a moron.
You guys are idjits. Great at running cool... So run high heat, high fucken damage guns.
thats the whole reason why the dbs is probably the best railgun platform in the game. it can fire railguns pretty much forever without overheating because it runs so cold. most other ships run into heat issues using railguns, but not the dbs
The DBS has been my favorite combat ship for many years. Nice to see I've been using it correctly :)
I have the DBS right now and I love it for dodging npc pirates while collecting catographic data and mining gas giant rings. If I do get interdicted I can hold my own one on one thanks to heatsink, ECM and a point defense turret. I use medium seeker missiles and gimbaled light pulse lasers.
That intro makes me grin like a madman. Well said. Some of my best ED moments are with my DBS. Winning a 2v1 against an FAS and a Krait. Proceeding to pummel the poor FAS with dumbfires until it blew up, all the way helplessly drifting through the void because the drives left this world a minute ago. He didn't leave the game. For atleast a minute. Until he blew up. I still feel bad about it. Or winning a duel against a buddy by disabling his weapons. Even though he's a better pilot than me. I love this ship. Because I love cheating by exploting niches. Perfect for me. Nightvision kinda killed it.
It's funny to me that this video comes out today because it was only over the weekend that I was talking in one of the FB groups about making a combat DBS. Great video Pilot as usual and I loved your stream with Yamiks the other day too
This is what a recon ship should look like, you say that just as a convenient Federal Dropship pops up in the background.
I have no idea what you're talking about. ;-)
I wish I had more dollars to give, to you and the other creators, it was the coolest thing you asking us to help... any creators.
That's kindness.
It always a nice day to see one of your videos pop up in my feed.
The DBS used to be an amazing small fighter, even with a shield. It had the best blend of speed and manoeuvrability in the game. It was the introduction of Enhanced Performance thrusters which killed it, as suddenly all the other small ships with Class 3 or smaller thrusters went from being slower and/or less manoeuvrable, to more. The DBS lost it’s speed and agility advantage, but still isn’t tanky enough or hard hitting enough to take on bigger ships.
it can still hurt those bigger ships pretty good for a ship of its size/price, in the right hands
@@dreyone6156 it's a handicap though. I have a Krait Phantom which has roughly the same or slightly better speed and agility, much more armour and firepower and runs only slightly hotter (my stealth DBS runs at 14% heat when not boosting or shooting, my phantom runs at 15%). There is simply no advantage to the DBS, other ships can do everything better.
The DBS will always have a special place in my heart, but it needs a buff to be a competitive choice
@@Coyleravane undoubtedly it requires a lot more skill to use, but it's better heat efficiency is it's strength. It might not completely balance it against the other ships, but in the hands of a skilled pilot and outfitted correctly, it still gives them a run for their money. I can get a dbs down to 10% heat when idle not cool running. Even colder if I turn off life support and some other modules that aren't needed in combat. That, combined with its smaller hit profile is it's advantage. It's probably the hardest ship to hit in combat in the game. Compared to the krait, which has a much larger hitbox and slightly worse heat efficiency, it has the advantage in being harder to hit. I actually like attacking ships like the krait because they have such a big hit box when attacking them from above or below. It's practically impossible to miss them with the DBS's railguns, even at range
@@dreyone6156 The hitbox is a valid point, but I don't think the heat is enough of an advantage. The krait phantom is only 1-2% hotter with a similar build., and can also be built to run below 10%. I have dirty drives on mine and it still runs at only 15%, and I can get it below 10% idle just by de-activating un-needed modules like my fuel scoop, AFMU, FSD interdictor etc. and with the larger powerplant and hardpoints I can run short range, thermal vent beam lasers and have my cockpit frosting over even in the middle of combat.
I'm not saying it is unusable, but I don't think it has any advantages even close to outweighing its disadvantages any more. Before engineering, it had a real niche, with the best balance of speed and agility of all small ships, but ships like the viper and courier now get access to the enhanced performance thrusters which really gives them a big edge over the DBS, while the gulf in hitpoints and firepower to medium and large ships has only got bigger.
IMO the DBS is now effectively a "challenge mode" ship, one you use because you want a challenge, not because it is the best ship for a particular playstyle.
@@Coyleravane It's still an extremely annoying ship to deal with for gankers running gimballed FDLs and mambas. Unless they go back to the station and rearm with emissives (which they will sometimes eventually do after I piss them off enough), they actually have a really hard time fighting the DBS.
Certainly, against skilled pilots in larger ships (or just ships that are outfitted with emissives to counter the stealth) the DBS is at a pretty big disadvantage, but against your average seal-clubbing ganker who uses gimballed weapons and whose only kills ever are unarmed Asp Explorers who were landing at Farseer, the DBS is quite a menace
They just sit there angrily trying to hit it with their gimballed multi cannons, beams and frags and only manage to do 5% hull damage every few minutes. It's pretty hilarious. The frags are probably the most dangerous out of those three since some of their spread will often still hit you even when successfully evading their fire, but the damage you take from only a portion of their "pellets" is quite low compared to a full volley.
Aside from emissives and frags the only other weapons to really worry about are rails and missiles. Seekers and packhounds can really mess up your modules and take no skill to use, but simply toggling silent running throughout the fight is usually enough to deny them a target lock. Railguns are the biggest threat, and only when they're used by a skilled player with good aim (since they only come in fixed form) and hitting a DBS with them can be a lot easier said than done. A couple well placed railgun strikes will quickly destroy your power plant, however.
TL;DR version: DBS is a great little counterganking ship as most gankers are not particularly skilled players and rely heavily on gimballed weapons to do the aiming for them. Gimbals cant lock onto a properly flown and outfitted DBS, unless they are also running emissives (which most of them are not, unless you piss them off a few times and they specifically equip them to counter your build)
Took my engineered, FSD boosted DBS called Starlet out to Sag A* (first time there). ~50 LY jump range, no shields. The best thing about the journey was the ship. I love the Diamondback Scout. All it needs is a ship kit to give it some cool antennae on the nose.
Happy Tuesday! Great video! I don't really use my DBS but I love my DBX.
the dbx and dbs, although they share a common chassis, are two very different ships for two very different purposes
Just bought the DBS as my 2nd ever ship. First was the Viper mk3.
Seems to me for what I need it is near perfect. My exploration is across relative tight knit systems. I’m building my cash pot and this thing let’s me taken on almost any low level mission, so I can efficiently grab a cargo delivery, courier run, assassination, massacre (all the except maybe mining and Passengers). And just crack on through them. It’s stealth helps keep most people off, it’s combat means I can handle myself if I do get caught. It’s range, for the price, seems to be exceptional.
It won’t last me forever. I’m sure there are ships that do every one thing better, but for now, to get things going, I can’t think of anything better.
Great video mate. I’m only just getting started, but I think I’m gonna be here for a while. And I’m gonna need a LOT more of your expertise!!
Just joined the patreon! I like your vids alot. Wish I watched your stuff before I traded in everything I had for a type 7 and then realized it was complete bullshit for trading unless you're in a wing. Le sigh. Keep on going on my dude!
Will do, bud. Thank you!
Love the intro music on this one!!!
Remember folks, they can't see you if they're destroyed
The DBS has a particular niche: Planetary missions. Sure, ANY ship can land on a planet and deploy its little toy car. The DBS is special in its surprising toughness, stealth capabilities, and its narrow fire pattern. Throw on a lot of point defense systems, and you have an ideal ship for 'less than friendly' planetary ops. you can dumbfire rocket generators, or get out of dodge with the alarms blaring and a patrol craft hot on your ass. You can also easily smuggle out stolen goods found planetside along the way and comfortably stealth your way into the black markets as well.
also great for stealth pvp. as long as you dont run into emissives or skilled rail users lol
This somewhat makes me think of a Thopter from Dune.
This ship is great for farming data from installations and megaships. You can't carry a ton of limpets (you can synthesise) but you can sneak in and out very effectively even if there is a battle raging.
Actually works pretty well as a cold-orbiting AX vessel. Just slap on two small thermal vent beam lasers and two medium Gauss cannons, fill as many module slots as you can with heavy hull reinforcements and module reinforcements.
Doing my part, cmdrs.
And so can any of you
I love this ship so much, i find it very fun to fly around systems
this ship reminds me of the retro side scroller jets and guns and it represent retro games combat ships perfectly and about the jumping it has a VRY SMALL signature even with the best of scanners you ant pick up its signature until its very close
Great review, as usual !
Really enjoy your videos mate, hope you have a good new year!
Another brilliant video as usual. Thank you.
When the concept art for the Diamondback was first revealed I thought it was going to be a smuggling ship. Turned out it doesn't have much cargo capacity. I still wish the final ship design looked more like that concept art though. I haven't played in a few years, but I flew the Scout exclusively since its release.
I'm sorry , I love your videos , I just have one critique . We know the ships under a million credits suck and our for fools for driving them, but some of us are just starting out and come to these videos to learn more about the ship in general , what's it's good for . We can't afford the the better ships but want to get the most of of these . Etc just my opinion thank you bud for the great videos .
Great videos man, keep up the good work!
Also, i'd like to see the Federal Assault Ship next or at least soon.
I'll see you Tuesday. :-)
flew her back in 15-17
hull tank
stealth
velite
epic seeing people still enjoying this game
Thank you again. I'm very new to this game and it's not easy finding good reviews for early game ships. But you sir are an excellent salesman. Im trading in my Adder for this baby!
I lied. I ended up buying the explorer, and I don't regret it. I had my adder so jacked up I actually made half a million buying the explorer. Modded it out with D class gear for maximum speed and range and a passenger cabin. Made back that money 4 fold with one taxi job. Still though. I wouldn't have bought that without watching this.
"It's a ship that lies to you and is exclusively flown by fools...and this one is mine." As a fellow fool, I'll give you my conda before you can touch my DBS.
I love how each of these reviews reads as a love letter to each ship featured. Even if it's not your favourite ship you know how to sell each ship to the right people who would get lots of enjoyment out of it
Wow, I've been using my DBS wrong. It was my first ship I left the bubble in, and my current main bounty hunter ship. Never tried a stealth build, prolly should.
I use my DBS for planetary landings relatively close to the bubble and as a bubble bus. It's got enough range to get it where I want it to in that region, it's cheap enough that I can summon it across the bubble without worrying about it, and it's got enough speed to make planetary landings a breeze. The fact it can carry more than enough firepower to deal with most ground targets doesn't hurt either.
It's just a pity I hardly ever do planetary stuff, especially if I'm not out exploring. But hey, it's enough fun to fly on those rare occasions I do want to dirty the SRV's wheels a bit.
Doesn't everything you said apply to the DBX, plus you get a Size 3 weapon?
Great video though dude, and awesome message at the end. You have yourself a new sub (not that that helps. a lot)
The dbx is all of this, yeah. Budget is the only real reason to opt for the DBS I think. As Geist said, not sure why the DBS exists.
No. The DBX is slightly bigger, less manueverable and much less suited for combat. The DBS has a smaller hitbox, tighter handling and better heat efficiency. The DBX was never designed for combat, it was designed for exploration and if you use it for anything other than exploration, you're using it wrong. The DBS, on the other hand, was built specifically for combat from the outset, and it has never been anything other than a combat ship.
All those bounties I got in my DBX early on in my career must have been fictional then... "using it wrong" my ass
@@viperion_nz are you talking about npcs or players? anyone can kill npcs in any ship lol. I think the DBS will definitely outperform the DBX in PVP combat unless there's a significant skill gap in the DBX pilot's favor
just found your channel, rly cool content! keep it up.
It would actually be nice to have all those hidden game mechanics shown ingame, for example heat or shield coefficient. It was boggling my mind as to why the Imperial Clipper with it's level 7 shield could not compete with the values of some other ships that only had a Level 6 in them. Similar as to why some ships with absolutely identical MW draw and setup had different heat dissipation speeds. Fdev, please...
Edit: That being said, it's not exactly true to say that certain manufacturers have better heat capacities than others. It comes down to individual ships. If you fit a Type 7 with the exact same things as a DBX (downsizing a few things on the T7 and disabling Life support and sensors on both) you will get different heat outputs. Originally I thought this was just something about small ships vs large ships, but other small ships like the Cobra have terrible heat management too. It really comes down on a ship to ship basis, not manufacturer basis.
Absolutely agree, I rely on youtubers to tell me what a ship's thermals are like. I caught myself using my DBX for combat instead of my vulture and was like, "why am I doing this...?" Subconsciously I had noticed how much easier combat is in a ship with amazing thermals.
@@boiledelephant Almost shocking to see an answer to an old comment that didn't get any traction :D Good to know people are still scouring through comments like I often do. Anyway: When it just comes to thermals, Engineering can make any ship cold. Clean tuned thrusters help a lot, and there is more than one way to deal with laser heat. The Vulture is such a monster when it comes to maneuverability that you're not really missing out much when using clean tuning compared to dirty tuning.
Poor DBS. Must be hard living in the shadow of your big brother's fantastic reputation.
stiimuli Could say little brother as DBS pre-dated DBX.
@@57thStIncident Really? I didn't know that. What a weird family XD
The DBS does not even attempt to be a DBX. It's not an exploration ship. The only things the DBX and DBS have in common is the chassis and the name "Diamondback." They're two completely different ships, built for two completely different purposes. Comparing a DBX to a DBS is like comparing an Asp Explorer to a Fer De Lance.
The DBS is built for one thing and ONE THING ONLY: COMBAT
I know the Viper III is faster and plenty agile but I have found the DBS to be very pleasant-handling and I like its hardpoint placement much better.
Yeah, the DBS reminds my of a locust from the side.
Ah I've been waiting for this one thanks
loved my diamondback scout, changed to it from the cobra mk3, and kept it till i got my vulture
I've been flying shieldless DBS with 4x railguns for couple of months now and I love every second of it. This video made me blush with joy!
With 4 railguns, I'm guessing you don't go for thermal stealth?
@@Datan0de we all (usually) go for thermal stealth, we just toggle silent running to drop our heat and/or pop heat sinks. railguns are the meta even on stealth builds. With the right outfitting your DBS will lose heat after firing railguns very quickly, you might pop up on the enemy's sensors for a second or two before disappearing again
Also would like to add that when fighting shield tanks in the dbs, some well-placed reverb mines will work wonders :) They are effective even against certain gankers who use trainers to give themselves beyond grade 5 shield engineering!
Nice review, very honest. I'm still at work, apparently I'm essential.
I am a creator, not YT creator, but still. This pandemic ruined life for me and many other creators, artists, thanks for call out.
I cant imagine how it would feel to go through a pandemic like this as a creator or a business.
Honestly, I hope you do well, and get out of this pandemic alright.
Hmm I never noticed how much the Diamondbacks remind me of Raptors from Battlestar Galactica
@The Pilot First off I love all your videos. Keep it up man !
And you should maybe update this video to tell people that the DBS is good to kill off Thargoid Scouts when engineered the right way... Because I do agree that this ship's looking good and I want to use it to kill the Thargoid Scouts to give some kind of purpose to this ship !
Alright now paint it bright yellow. Or pink.
yellow and black stripes and call it The Wasp xD
Go home, Eden. You're drunk!
@@ThePilot_ only a little..
So it's a stealth ship type? Now I want to get one and test it out.
they're pretty fun in pvp. not meta but alot of fun. I got a few vids using one on my channel against gankers
The first ship i spent a considerable amount of time in, was my DBS, it was, at the time, everything i wanted, and i wish i had that same mindset about the ships in elite today.
CMDR Vanovan
Well now you have given me a new style of game play to try once i finally get back to the bubble >_< if I ever get back that is.
Thanks Pilot.
I bought this ship a few days ago and i like it.
Playing it in VR.. and omg... the windows... i love the windows!!! hehe, it's awesome! :p
I have both star citizen and elite and imo both are great
A middle ground?! Heresy!
I took my DBS to the Gnosis event. Glad I did. While other ships where being blown away by Thargoids, the plucky cold running DBS just casually lifted off, did a flyby of a nearby Medusa and headed back home without a single problem. God I love cold running ships and the DBS is simply the best at it. I love the DBS. :)
Edit: Its also insanely good at hacking megaship's data ports.
I don't want to hook up Patreon as yet another thing with access to my finances; do you get a good cut from merch? or just a direct paypal even?
Fair enough. Pick a fun T-shirt, if you like. But it doesn't have to be me, if you're uncomfortable with Patreon. But I totally get it. I use Privacy as a firewall for stuff like that. You should check it out.
Long range laser and hammers in a asteroid field. Feel like a galactic sniper
Lmao thank you for the insults of a owner of the ship
I personally more enjoyed it as an exploration ship than a combat ship.
You sold me on this ship within seconds
I also like the DBS, it looks like a real dropship. Something that uses VTOL Engines and not gliding.
DBS has excellent mobility and cooling performance and is very suitable for AX combat.
Personally, I think it is the best AX ship in the small ship class.
I used DBS and defeated Hydra and Double Medusa in solo.
Thank you for reviewing DBS :D
its not bad in pvp too
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I went all the way from the bubble to the orion nebula in this ship yesterday, it was awesome.... except for when I warped into a binary star system, im glad the DBS is good at taking heat
i think the DBX is a little better suited for exploration. While you can certainly explore in the DBS, it's really meant as a combat ship and not much else (besides smuggling). The DBX is the diamondback you want for exploration
The cocpit for this reminds me of the Bf-109, with the square, cramped design with the bars in similar places. Weird
the DBS and Asp Scout are the only ships ingame that should have a cloaking device integrated. i mean a shimmery nearly fully visually hidden cloaking device
I bought it because it was the best thing I could afford after my buddies helped me out with wing missions.... while I was flying a hauler
I went to explorers anch in a Sidewinder.
Might try a dbs stealth. Managed to get base heat down to 11% on a dbx. Great ship for occasional open runs. Had someone try the damaged sidewinder ram griefing at a station only for them to lose lock and ram the station instead.
My favourite lol moment in Elite. Some serious trash talking that day. Hehe.
It's also a decent small class AX ship.
For supposedly being a "explorer" ship, she's been an oddly good friend in climbing up the bounty hunter rung as a beginner; Hell it even looks like an old world style helicopter gunship. It's the first ship affordable to me at my lower skill level in PvE combat that feels like it gives me room to make mistakes without immediately being sent back to the hanger even against just "Competent" level ships. Agility feels strangely good, I find the placement of the Class 2 hardpoints to be way better than the Viper Mk3's (goddamn bottom mount), the shields are kinda eh but tolerable for the targets I'm able to handle right now, I still have a decent amount of Class 2 module compartments even after outfitting it to my combat needs so I could add maybe a little cargo space later on, etc etc. She feels like the first combat ship I've owned that doesn't hate me for my admittedly rusty, subpar piloting skills. Named mine "The Quiet", she's a keeper even after I get more ships.
You don't need target lock to hit with a fixed hitscan weapon. Dual size 4 fixed TV beams only need a few seconds to cookoff small ships with a satisfying "pop".
yes but good luck hitting a DBS from 6km away. It's hitbox is so small that if your aim is one pixel off you'll miss. Even though it can't take that many hits its amazing how long it can survive in fights against more powerful ships simply by virtue of its stealth and tiny hitbox
@@dreyone6156 Yes, range is a huge downside to this setup. Over 2km the damage drop off is so high, it's rarely worth the effort unless something is very squishy. I'm not too worried as with a controller I couldn't even hit a T10 at 6km away with rails.
@@LeadSkillets with long range railguns damage drop off is increased to max range (6km) there is no damage loss at that range whatsoever. You need grade 5 long range engineering and I recommend super penetrator experimental effect to destroy their modules easily
@@dreyone6156 My inability to hit at 6km is due to skill...
@@LeadSkillets practice a lot in the training simulator challenge scenarios it helps a lot. then its just a matter of compensating for the charge up time on the rails. i use a hotas so aiming it is tricky for me as well but as you use it more you improve over time
Should’ve called it the cicada
I called the DBX the Cicada. 😄
I've been playing for a few years. And I love my dbs for combat. Somehow It feels better. Even with a shield, 2 thermal vent bams and your still running so cold you can't be hit. It's fast and mobile. It's not tough but I've never felt right getting shot at anyway. It might not be great at any part of combat, but it's well balanced. It's both fast and mobile. It can pack a punch and take one. It doesn't have heat or power issues. Sure you can't go so heavy on the power plant, but your never going to have an issue as long as you don't try to unblanace it
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Lovely as usual
When I see you have a new ship review I get excited then relise it's one less to review
Ah yes the ship I destroy in seconds just by bumping into it or shooting it