I’ll confess. I am half posting this to help assist in generating conversation in this community.

But I am genuinely curious: Is it worth it to change out coolers / power plants? I changed out my Taurus’s quantum drive and it was hugely helpful, so I’m kind of exploring what other upgrades I could make.

What component upgrades have you tried? Were they helpful or noticable?

Thanks all!

  • i_love_FFT
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’ve also noticed that seeing the power to “stealth” reduces the overall power available to some fraction of what the power plant provides, sometimes reducing a bit to low… I haven’t tried it, but i would expect a better power supply to be able to be used in stealth mode (reducing power signature) all the time.

    I don’t know how much it has an effect on stealth, but it’s worth noting!

    Also, stealth power supply can power up faster: you can fly “in the dark” until the moment to strike!

    • ChrisStarwalker@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Have you tested lately with a friend to see if your detectible range changes when you click the stealth button? I was told that button doesn’t really do anything anymore but haven’t tested it in a long time. That’s good to know about the stealth power supplies powering up faster. I hadn’t thought about powering the whole ship down to be more stealthy and then powering back up quickly to strike. That’s a cool idea. I was thinking about getting a Razor EX or something for those times I want to scout a pvp area without being detected, so I’ll consider that when upgrading the components.

      • MrAegis
        2·
        1 year ago

        You can actually see how detectable you are if you go into your Game Settings, scroll all the way to the bottom, and enable “Emissions HUD - Display Signature Values”

        It doesn’t tell you the exact distance you’re detectable from (since this can depend on the sensors/sensitivity of the ship trying to detect you). But you should be able to tell if it makes a difference or not.