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Create a tier list for trade ships!

Posted by Alex Sinclair in Elite Dangerous

Cargo holds at the ready! Once again, we're asking you to take part in one of the internet's favourite pastimes: ranking things. To win a prize, take a selection of ships and rank them from best to worst at trade-readiness. This time, we're doing things a bit differently, so please read carefully.

We're looking for image submissions only for this bounty. Use Tier Maker or an equivalent service to make your tier list, and submit it as an image to this bounty along with any explanatory text you feel might increase your chances of winning a prize. This time, we intend to combine all of your tier lists into a definitive master tier list, and so we want you to use five tiers only: S-Tier, A-Tier, B-Tier, C-Tier, and D-Tier. With S-Tier being excellent and D-Tier being unsuitable. It's not essential, but we'd also appreciate it if you included the names of the ships, rather than just the images.

So we can authenticate your post, be sure to connect your social media account before you enter, and share that social media post as your entry; see the 'format, rules, and guidance' section below for instructions.

Image credit: Matt G, as seen in the article: The best Elite Dangerous screenshots: planets from space.

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Created at 12:36pm, 27th September, 2024. Page last updated at 9:10pm, 8th October, 2024.
Deadline at 11:00pm, 8th October, 2024.

Submissions (9)

yan5743610/8/2024

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For a good trades traves one main thing to have is a good shield because there is a lot of pirates around the bubble, so I must have in mind a nice and resistant ships. There is nice medium and small ships for who are starting in trading but it won't last long and wont give you good profits so Clipper, Type-9 and 10 e Anaconda are the best ships you can get!

JHenckes10/8/2024

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I've tried to make a list based on my personal experience! The Imperial Cutter is my favorite ship, it's great for almost everything in the game, so it will always be my top recommendation.

The new release, the Mandalay, has a chance of being a good ship, from the specs that have been released recently, but I don't think it's essential. At least she's beautiful!

I'd like to highlight the ships that are pretty bad in general, which are the ones in my D rank. They're incomplete and often fragile or extremely slow. They can be used in specific professions, but they still won't be the best choices.

I hope this is a useful list 🙏🏻

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Hunter10/8/2024

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This is my personal tier list for trade ships in Elite dangerous

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S-Tier:

Imperial Cutter: Outstanding cargo capacity and defenses, making it the best trading ship.
Type-9 Heavy: Huge cargo space, ideal for large-scale trading.

A-Tier:

Type-10 Defender: High cargo capacity with better defenses than Type-9.
Python: Versatile, can land at medium outposts and carries decent cargo.

B-Tier:

Type-8 Transporter: Improved cargo and defenses over Type-7.
Type-7 Transporter: Solid mid-tier ship for traders with larger cargo needs.

C-Tier:

Type-6 Transporter: Affordable and good for early game trading.
Anaconda: Decent cargo but better suited for multipurpose use.

Slamscape10/4/2024

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S-Tier

These ships all have high cargo capacity, Imperial Cutter is fast and is tied with the Type-9 for the most cargo space at around 700+. The Federal Corvette also has a respectable cargo amount, although it's probably a bit on the expensive size. Python has less cargo but is a medium ship and therefore able to land at more places than the other two ships due to landing pad size.

A-Tier

These ships are great also but but don't have as much cargo as the S-Tier. The Type-9 also has 700+ cargo and many people swear by it, but I personally don't like it's very sluggish maneuverability and low speed. Anaconda is also a great choice, it's a more of an all around ship than just a pure cargo hauler though. Type-7 is great for it's cost, although it's now overshadowed by the Type-8. The Dolphin is the best cargo capacity for small ships, and it's speed and low running temperature make it a great smuggler.

B-Tier

They have okay cargo capacity and will work for specific circumstances or for something like rare commodities but are overshadowed by the tiers above.

C-Tier

These have low capacity but make okay starting cargo ships

D-Tier

The Hauler is not good at hauling much. The DBX is an explorer but can haul some cargo, it's a bit slow for the amount it can haul though.

F-Tier

Combat ships, or cargo so low not worth trying

USCSS10/3/2024

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S-Tier (Excellent)
Imperial Cutter:
Has extremely high carrying capacity, strong defenses, and high speed but is expensive and has low maneuverability
Anaconda:
Has very high carrying capacity, exceptional jumping range, and is versatile but is expensive and has average maneuverability

A-Tier (Great)
Type-9 Heavy:
Has very high carrying capacity but has low speed and poor maneuverability
Python:
Has high carrying capacity and is versatile. Has good defenses and a decent jumping range but is expensive and has average speed

B-Tier (Good)
Type-7 Transporter:
Has high carrying capacity and is affordable but has poor defenses and a limited jumping range
Asp Explorer:
Has moderate carrying capacity. It has excellent jumping range and is versatile but its carrying capacity is limited for trade

C-Tier (Average)
Cobra Mk III:
Its carrying capacity is moderate, it is versatile and affordable but its carrying capacity is limited and its defenses are average
Adder:
Its carrying capacity is moderate. It is versatile and affordable but its carrying capacity is limited and its jumping range is average

D-Tier (Unsuitable)
Sidewinder:
Its carrying capacity is very limited and its defenses are poor
Eagle:
Its carrying capacity is very limited and its defenses are poor