During the Thargoid offensive, we had some gankers come after me and my friends pretty consistently while we were trying to kill the titan. 4 of us vs a dude in a fer de lance which in retrospect was really good but no quite good enough vs thargoids. we kept forcing him into thargoid area and though not really trying to kill him ourselves... we wanted the thargoids to kill him but he kept coming back to eventually we all just fired our lasers at him and to this day we dont know which one of us killed him. I hope he learned his lesson.

Dont be a ganker..be a rat.

Evening Commanders, This is my list, keep in mind, Im not trying to beat on a dead horse with all the same stats, so ive gone for a different approach..

1. Mandalay; up to 86 ly if engineered right and stripped, plus great asthetic for exploring.

2. anaconda (jumpaconda); up to 65 ly stripped and fully engineered. also Just a massive ship to explore with and allows for one or 2 srvs and a fighter if you want to scout the area before landing. as well as protection from the environment if you get attacked.

3. The orca; 76 ly, but its just ugly, and i dont like ugly, doesnt look good for screenshots and its more of a liner than an exploration ship. do what you will but it just doesnt fit, it only gets 3rd place since it has 76 ly jump range.

4. The Krait Phantom; ive personally messed around with it and its very agile and very good at exploring, but it has a 54 ly range and the wingspan hits everything when your on the surface, otherwise very good looking ship and nice landing capability.

5. Asp X; now...yes its a good started ship but its too fat and heavy for a medium explorer. with a 63 ly range and open cockpit view...the only downside is that is doesnt have a lot of room for extra modules with make the quality of life better while exploring. looks good though. i love this one but it doesnt quite compete anymore with a mandalay out now.

With the new system out and live for all to have fun with (abuse) X...

Powerplay 2.0 offers commanders a new way to interact with their environment and the factions present in the game. The powers along with the two new factions and brand new president winters have become more interesting and less stagnant with the new interactions the players can have with them while playing or being out and about.

All factions now offer all bonuses from before and powerplay modules along with specific bonuses for specific tasks based on the players playstyle such as piracy or trade. Players must earn merits either by (what the old system used to be) buying whatever that powers equivalent of undermining or reinforcement propaganda is for delivery to specific state systems, or get involved with the economy and earn merits through regular everyday things that you want to do.

Start by analyzing what you like to do whether its fighting pirates or taking down super carriers and earn merits by doing those activities, the more system to fortify, the more super carriers you will see in your powerplay zone. Just adds to the ambience of the powerplays space.

Early game and late game rewards dont vary too much other than unlocking all the modules though out the ranks and attaining all bonuses through out the powerplay ranking without switching powerplays. allows you to truly stay loyal and immerse more into the game via power. Honestly this is a plus when we talk about taking advantage on the system, find what makes the most merits for you and do that to unlock everything or do what you love and immerse yourself deeper into the lore.

I was out on one of the guardian sites trying to figure out how to even activate the obelisk, aimlessly wandering around the site just shooting things getting bored then suddenly, I hear this humming buzzing sound around me and i look over with my turret and it turned out i shot the drone on accident and started a minor war which then brought me to find out how to activate the obelisks...but i was pretty freaked out when i heard this sound in a dark environment by myself while it was night time..

Actually, just because its fun and I like to see what kind of crazy builds i can make, Ive been running a federal corvette to give me the feel of running a mining corporation with a whole crew. I run almost all cargo space minus two slots for fighters and crew to pilot those fighters. mining lasers, seismic launchers and abrasion cannons for all rounded action and some pulse lasers and frag cannons in case i have to fight the occasional pirate. all modules i can engineer have been engineered for minimum heat dispersion and reduced weight.