CUTTER VS CORVETTE VS ANACONDA | ELITE DANGEROUS 

Everyone has their own view on the big 3 ships...I see the Cutter as a Support ship,The vette as a Strike ship and the Conda as somewhere in the middle,but none of this matters because the engineers can make a T-9 into a capital class XD. More importantly...Don't hate people for the ship they fly. o7

Anaconda: Long range exploration, general multipurpose Cutter: Bulk hauler or missile boat Corvette: All the pews There, done.

Anaconda: exploration Cutter: cargo Corvette: kill them all

I just settled on having all 3 ships 😀 Anaconda for long range exploring, Corvette for short range combat, Cutter for short/long range hauling. That pretty much sums the video up in one sentence.

i almost thought he said "babies and gentlemen."

I love my Corvette, although I think all 3 ships are great. Can't wait to get an Anaconda next.

Conda for Mining, Corvette for Combat, Cutter for..... what ever your heart desires. I own a Vette and a Conda, too lazy to go grind Imp rank. I love the Conda because of that Front facing open glass port in the front of the ship. I'd like to think of that as the Captain's Quarters.

I know the general consensus is that the corvette is best for combat but I love my engineered anaconda too much. The 3 class 3 hardpoints are better in my view than the corvettes 1 with the 2 huge hardpoints. I've engineered the engines so it destroys a stock a fit corvette in manoeuvring, running a class 3 and class 4 cannon underside, 2 class 3 beams and then 2 class 2 and 2 class 1 beams on turrets, all engineered so I can fire them forever and with higher than stock dps to boot... shields in the 5000s and over 3000 hull. She can jump 35ly and boost almost as fast as the cutter :) I love her....

I have a conda, with its hardpoint convergence and higher hull integrity it can easily match the corvette in a slug match.

I recommend using the cutter in conjunction with 3 FDLs with force shell cannons as a cannonball. Turn off the thrusters, line up and then bowling alley.

The corvette i can class it as (and the forum says it too) A Super-heavy fighter Having the lowest DPS and jumprange the corvette makes up for it by having better shield strength and can turn faster than the anaconda but what stands out unlike the cutter or anaconda is those 3 class 7 internals 1 prismatic and 2 7B shield shells and you are golden darling or if you really like use that class 6 slot and put in 3 shield shells with them being class 7 you can see why the corvette is very good in its role its built for fighting not for exploration or trading. combat is something the corvette loves to do and it is good at it The cutter is good at 2 main roles. Trading and combat having the best shields and hull in the game you can see why it turns so slowly but is very good in combat and having the second best DPS but when modifies the cutter can get over 400 m/s that makes it the fastest (except for beluga liner i think) makes it the fastest ship of that size so this puppy can get trading done if you are willing to get a naval ship only to trade in it. making it a Super-heavy multipurpose and the cutter if you like can be good at exploration too (well any ship can explore even hauler is 1# choice for those people who want to make all of their money by exploration at first) you can call the cutter a slightly beefed up anaconda but you lose jump-range, dps and maneuverability. Then the anaconda. it being a heavy multipurpose you can see what it does. like the cutter it can do everything. having the best jumprange it is very good for trading and exploration. however having the weakest shields it makes up for it by having the most DPS of any ship in the game and a Awesome hull but it also suffers by being the slowest so running away may prove difficult. But what makes the anaconda so unique is that is is evenly good at all roles Traders, combat pilots, -Insane people- explorers can be put at the same location and while flying the same shit at first glance you don't know what there intentions are also (in my opinion) the anaconda is the most sexy ships and when you are low on hull those damage effects are amazing! well my drooling aside if you want the most reliable ship of the 3 go for the anaconda and needing no rank requirement the anaconda is your friend it want to do what you want to do. "you wanna explore?" you say "wanna trade" "wanna go to a RES site and open a multi crew"? the anaconda will always say "you know my answer lets do it"!

I'm glad people here are saying Anaconda and Corvette are better combat ships than Cutter. More Anaconda/Corvettes to kill and less Cutters to be killed by. :D

Just for the look alone, the cutter is my favorite, but they are all super awesome ships with their own strengths.

corvette armor:666 i knew it was a devils ship

I love the anaconda, I prefer it over the others in almost every way (personal preference)! It's got the perfect amount of slots for anything I look at whether it's pve, pvp, pvx, exploration or trading (to name a few)! It's low price point ment i got it early on and as a result it's Maneuverability feels natural to me, even if it isn't the fastest. The Corvette is cool and all but its reliance on dogfighting is ill suited to a ship of its size. The Cutter on the other hand feels like a absolute dreadnought, especially with a turreted layout! (In all honesty the Corvette feels like an A10 in space, better suited to attacking slower, hardened targets. It's fun but it feels to sluggish to make use of such a powerful payload... now if I could put C4 turrets on it... that'd be another story entirely!)

I really want a Corvette, but I gotta fucking grind Federation rank at Sothis for a few days first. WHAT A CHORE.

For anyone watching this in 2022: Anaconda is still the best explorer, but by such a small margin, compared to Diamond Back Explorer and Asp Explore, that it is hard to justify unless you are past the point of caring about credits. Cutter is the only of the big 3 that can be justified as investment because it is the best miner and 2nd best trader in the game. It is also the best of the large ships for combat because the only viable way to use a big ship in combat right now is massive shields. The Corvette looks cool. That is it; there is no other reason to buy one. It is actually has worse offence and defense than the Anaconda as well as less utility. But to be fair, it does look really cool and that is probably the main reason you want a "big 3" ship.

i do love my cutter for trading ,and the corvette is unbeatable in combat(dont have it) but nothing beats the all around nature of the anaconda =) i like sticking on nothing but shotguns on there(6 packhound missle racks are also fun :p ) ,i know its not effective ,but its fun...

And then there's the type 10 defender.

Is there something Im missing??? How can the anaconda get lower shields vs corvette with the same 7A shield gen even thought the vette is 2x the hull mass? I don't understand sometimes the hull mass equation breaks down. Ive seen this on thrusters on the Asp Scout and Asp E with the same 4A thrusters the ASP E is just as fast even though its much heavier almost 2x. This is kind of ruining the game for me... Is there an explanation?

Good vid!

Tip: The type-9 is a good and far cheaper trader as opposed to the Cutter. And as soon as you start engineering the Anaconda for combat, the thing is a beast which can take down a Corvette for sure. I can definitely agree with your opinion on the 3 ships though. Good video :)

If you count the amount of units as say in anacondas case 1x4 , 3x3 , 2x2 and 2x1 In hard points it has 19 units of space for hard points The cutter has 18 and the vette only has 17 In my opinion the corvette has the least firepower

imma use the cutter for all 3

Does this not remind anyone if mentouqr pilot

Or maybe I'll just wait until they come out with the new 4th large ship😈

ANACONDA for president

No Type 10?

Please edit your videos

Get rid of the lip smacking and swallowing noises and you will be almost as good as CMDR Exigeous

It will be interesting to see if 2.3 will bring the end to the shieldless, weaponless high jump range explora-condas......aliens :)

just checked game when I heard "scan detected". Can't be the only one lol. Thanks for the guide btw!

The biggest factor here (and yes I know it’s 3 years old) the conda has no grind to obtain it while the other 2 do. That plays a huge role in which ship is obtainable in a reasonable time.

I own all three of these ships. The Conda is a great all rounder but once you get the Cutter it becomes a long jump range exploration ship (mine is engineered for a 57 Ly jump range). The Cutter is the 2nd Large ship to buy because it is good at combat (at least until you get the Corvette) but is also the best Trader ship with its 720t capacity with a class 6 shield (plenty good enough for PvE). The Corvette is the 3rd Large ship to get because it is specifically built for combat, which it excels at. You won't want to go back to combat in the Cutter after flying the Corvette! But with its low jump range you won't want to travel too far in it, so really only useful inside the bubble. So I use the Conda if I want to travel any distance from the bubble (further than a 1000ly), the Cutter for trade CGs and general stuff and the Corvette for any combat including combat CGs. Where there are both trade and combat CGs, I fly back to Shinrarta dezhra to switch ships (ship transport of large ships is just ridiculously expensive [typically 4 or 5 million credits each way!] and so I prefer to spend 10min flying back to switch ships).

Honestly the Federal Corvette should've had 2 huge, 2 large and 4 mediums. It should've been the ship that deals the most overall damage, hands down, straight off the bat.

With the guardian FSD booster my Corvette now has a 38 light-year jump Range when fully combat fitted

Ship mottos: Anaconda: "Why do anything when you can do everything?" Corvette: "I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds." Cutter: "Invincibility isn't an ideal, it's a lifestyle."

As it is for now and after trying it with friends in friendly PVP, I would not say that the Corvette is the best combat ship of the big three. I would say that it is the Cutter. The extra shielding means that you can damage the enemy modules before they can target yours and that is the difference between victory and defeat. As for the Manoeuvrability, the difference is not large enough to say that one has the advantage over the other and the speed boosting will actually counter the lack of manoeuvrability as long as you are able to switch from flight control on to flight control off. The conda isn't really competitive in pvp combat in the big 3. So I would say that packing a good puch is important, but the Cutter is a viable option for combat. I would therefor nor condemn the Cutter solely to trader role. It is a fearsome fighter.

Nice review. Two things I'd love to see in subsequent videos however is the 360° turn time at 50% throttle for both 4 and 0 pips into engines. The reason for this is because: a: Ships turn fastest at 50% throttle; b: Most ships lose a lot of their maneuverability when you reduce pips in Engines, except for combat ships which don't lose all that much in speed/mobility when you go 0 pips in eng; Clipper for example is incredibly nimble with 4 pips into engines, but a total brick with 0. The vulture/viper however don't feel much different at all. No idea on the cutter/corvette though, which is why I'd love to see this info added.

I only found one thing truly missing: The spin test should include all three axis, not just pitch. Should also test yaw and roll. Because I know from experience that Gutamaya ships prioritize yaw over pitch (unlike Faulcon Delacey). It means you will have to re-learn fighting when changing between them.

I got my Anaconda 2 weeks ago, and I must say with a little engineering it has become an amazing combat ship, I sometimes even forget to launch my fighter lol. And very important the really low Hull Mass allows you to fully equip it for combat and still get right there into the "Optimal Hull Mass" of a Class 7 shield, meaning you can get the best performance out of it. And if that wasn't enough, you can even equip a Class 6 thruster and with engineering you can get a lot of it while sainvg money, power and weight. I haven't tested the other two yet, but I feel the Anaconda will still be the better ship, and probably the most balanced one. And its really cheap to restore if you get killed, not like the other two (it didn't happend to me yet).

I own several Cutters and the Corvette (used to have a Conda but abandoned it somewhere). All engineered to the teeth. Tried Corvette many times in the war and at the Haz RES. Kill ratio is not too good when compared to the Cutter. Yes, Corvette has more "punch" and better turn rate, but it is sooo slow. I can't even count how many targets flew away from me. Cutter on the other hand doesn't turn for s...t, but it is the fastest of them and it comes with the best shield in the game (I'm using engineered bi-weave). If you can catch it - you can't hurt it. If you can hurt it - you can't catch it. And if Cutter is chasing you, God have mercy on your soul. As for the Anaconda, it is one of the best multi-role ships with great exploration potential, just not too elegant and a bit too fragile to my liking.

Off topic, but I gotta say: The Corvette is a badass looking ship, the sharp edges really show off its purpose... It actually reminds me of my Z days, back when I had a 1988 Nissan 300zx. Man I loved that thing, and deeply miss it. :C The Cutter though, ohmygawd... The Cutter is an absolutely GORGEOUS craft! I seriously can't keep my eyes off the damn thing. For functionality, I really have no need for it, but there's no way that's not up high on my list of ships to get, ASAP! Whoever designed it, good on you, and thank you!

I dislike the lack of choice at the top end. Trade = cutter Combat = corvette Explore/utility = anaconda Wish there were more large ships to choose from... I also wish I could explore in the vette because the anaconda looks like arse xD

600h gameplay, and i still havent unlocked Corvette and Cutter lol thats how i love my Anaconda ^^ Jumprange for the win! But i think i soon will, but atm im busy unlock all the engeneers, and there aswell the Conda just comes in handy, for like to go to Colonia or have everything with you for farm all engeneer mats. Its now able to do 66LY able to repair itself, got a scarab and a scorpion loaded, collector limpets, repair/scoop/hatch limpets, 196 cargo what i change to fuell tank when i need to. its just nice to travel inside the bubble from engeneer to engeneer in like 3 jumps. makes it all so smoother and faster. after 450h comming back, now i did in 150h like 4 times what i did back then. But thats not just because of the Conda, more to thanks is to all the guides from RU-vid 🤣 Down to Earth Astronomy and few others doing a great job how to get things fast and ''easy'' done. i would be so lost without that.

Why do i watch this ? I have 700 000 in my account ...

I was going to get one of these but once I A'd all my core/optionals and engineered my weapons, my Krait MK takes these down without losing shields by staying behind them. I'll buy one if I ever get bored LOL😅

Fun fact: You get more MJ out of a A5 Prismatic Shield Generator on an Anaconda than an A7 Regular, just barely, as the optimal mass on the A5 PSG is 405 Tonnes. (With the Anaconda Hull mass being 400T) It's still really weird that the Anaconda has like 35% more Hull Points than the Corvette or Cutter but less than half the Hull mass. Maybe the internal logic of the game is that because the Anaconda has all those redundant optional compartments, it's like crumple zones on a car? lol

Cutter is a Pirate ship. Mass lock and speed. They can't get away. Just gotta be careful that who they pirate isn't going to fly doughnuts around them.

My take? Anaconda is a ship for EVERYTHING. Cutter is a ship for hauling. Corvette is just for fighting. Anaconda can do it all well, the other two just edge it out in their two specializations.

I have all three but truly love the cutter. I outfitted it with mainly energy weapons (beam and pulse) with multi cannons in the remaining smaller slots. I can stay in a hazardous resources area for hours and rake in millions before resupplying and repairing. The corvette is great but I find that the shields drop more often than my cutters, allowing hull and module damage forcing me to repair or risk a rebuy. The only downside that affects my style is the cutter is more of a floating brick while the corvette feels like threading a needle. You get used to it after piloting it for awhile and really have to learn to anticipate where your ship is going and how fast especially in an asteroid field.

Very useful. I'm on my way back to the bubble with a boat load of exploration data (including the higher value stuff from 2.3) so I can participate in whatever Salome has planned for the 29th. Was thinking about refitting my exploration 'conda for combat, but if I have the money and rep for it, Corvette it is.

I want the Corvette because it looks better IMO. I want to go more into combative gameplay as well, so that maneuverability and extra Huge hardpoint help too. EDIT: The Corvette looks more military than the Anaconda or Cutter, but the Cutter looks the sexiest with all those curves and chrome.

i love the anaconda for a jump ship or a bounty hunting ive achieved my goal 3 times so far struggling to get the other 2 unlocked, the cutter seems interesting.

You can fit hull reinforcement in standard empty compartments as well.

I have a conda for exploring and one for Thargoids, vette for humans, cutter for goids/hauling

Anaconda: Exploration/multipurpose Cutter: Bulk Trader/Bulk Miner Corvette: Bounty Hunter/Military

I never understand why the Cutter gets two Military slots, it is not a fully dedicated Military ship, its Multi Role, where as the Corvette is basically a pure Military ship so I do understand why it gets two Military slots. Kind of wish I could sacrifice the two small for one more llarge on the Corvette as well haha

Fitted and engineered for combat the Cutter can cut through the other 2 in the same time.

2 large hard points do more damage thanasingle huge

I use my Corvette for passenger missions. My Conda for exploring and I don't know what I'll use my Cutter for yet, probably something stupid. Because it's a Wednesday. Or Flag day or taco Tuesday... The options are unlimited!!!!

i choose the corvette cause of 4 reason 1. i am not grinding imperial rank after grinding for federal, i had enough of rank grinding 2. NO EXPOSED CABLES ON THE COCKPIT like anaconda! 3. the cockpit placement of the corvette is perfect, the cutter cockpit is...doesnt give you a feel of piloting a battleship, it's way to the front 4. 2 HUGE hardpoint for MORE DAKKA actually one more bonus reason why i use corvette instead of cutter if i wanna do trading or mining, people suggest me using cutter, but i dont wanna grind imperial rank again, and for trading and mining i got a type 9, that space cow can hold more cargo than i can dream of and can still carry ALL the mining equipment needed

Hey, now for trading, the T9 is almost the same as the Cutter. Mine is 32Ly unladen, 18 laden, 220MAx Speed with boost for 726Tons. The main differences between a cutter and a T9, super fitted for trading are: PRICE a trader T9 cost 120M, a trader cutter is 220M~), LADEN jumping range: T9 does 18, cutter can do 22 for an average of 720tons. Both does more than 30Ly unladen ( T9 makes 33~, Cutter can do 37) SPEED: t9 is slow: 200M/S average, cutter is more like 380M/S I would say go for the T9 if you don't have tons of money, and you're sure than you're only going to trade. Go for the Cutter is spend more than 200M is not a problem for you or if you don't want to fly a super slow ship.

Anaconda: jump range Cutter: shield tank Corvette: death star

Type 10 (which I'd call the 4th big combat ship) has a single class 8 slot.

Anaconda is by far the best. All three ships are very interesting but none is actually worth buying as their cost is insane and they add very little to the best ship in the game which is Python. If you wonder why Python is light years better than those three huge ships , its 3 reasons, well balanced, can land on outposts and the most important is that it does not cost a fortune. Python's only big weakness is short range jump. Anaconda is a must have if you want to do long range missions. Personally I prefer my Cutter , because it looks amazing, huge cargo hull and a huge shield making it great for combat too. But out of the three hands down the best by far is Anaconda. Corvette is indeed on paper the best for combat out of the three the problem is that is put in the corner because of Cutter's enormous shield, sure Cutter lack turning speed but then if you care about turning speed all 3 are terrible at it. Add a huge shield cell on Cutter and this thing becomes practically unkillable at least in PVE, Cutter is the ultimate turtle. Plus if you fight multiple enemies a huge shield will be far more useful than a bit more turning speed. But yeah Corvette is a very good ship for one to one aggressive combat its problem is that it specialise in just that and nothing else. Cutter specialises in trade, minning and multi enemies combat . Anaconda specialises in trade, combat and long range missions (trade / transport) and of course exploration.

Was really disapointed after getting the Cutter, slow and bulky compared to Anaconda, it turns really slow, jump range also bad, Cutter is not worth the price as the most expensive ship in my opinion, Corvette is a good ship except the jump range is so incredible bad, if you buy this ship, expect to never take it out of your system, it's that bad, but it's agile as you wouldn't believe, it's a very good war ship, much better than Anaconda and Cutter. Anaconda is def the best ship of the 3 large, because it can do so many things, I only use Cutter for mining, but you could just as well use a Type - 9 for that, I do about 250 tons, that's all I can bare doing before I'm getting bored as hell, takes me about 2 hours or more. if you want to mine with 500 tons or more it's going to take you the whole day, if your*e up for that, go with a Type - 9 instead of the Cutter, it can do it.

The more i look into it the more i feel i did the right choice choosing the Type 10 instead of Anaconda. 7A distrubtor on type10 is not a problem if you manage your pips and enginer correctly. (And no it isnt a 6a its 7a). The conda really lack the 8A slot and with only 1 7A seriously you cant carry anything on that shit.... -.-'

Anaconda = Linux Cutter = Apple Corvette = Microsoft

Cutter is Star Trek even though it's the empire... The Corvette is so Star Wars, yet is the Federation. Lol the Anaconda is by far the less aesthetically pleasing, but it by the most practical.

Try to have a glass of water before you make a video because you're clearly dehydrated. Smacking thise kips and gulping every 4 seconds makes for an irritable watch.

would the cutter make a good exploration ship? maybe passenger runs, im just begining to engineer the anaconda exploration ship but thinking of turning that into a battle ship and using the cutter for exploring

I am close to buying my third anaconda. I have one for mining, one for combat, and the next one will be an explorer

So with engineering, the Cutter can surpass 1GJ of shield power??? Fuck my life...

i recommend all 3 then you got a trade ship a battleship and a exploring ship

Class 8 shields, not even fully engineered, shield rating 3200 on my cutter. The class 8A shield generator is crazy.

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Corvette for looks, style, firepower and general coolness. Anaconda for durability and jump range Cutter for cargo capacity, if you don't mind piloting an oversized woman's pleasure device with engines.

I've been playing the game for 4 or 5 years but with approximately a two year break because of the Odyssey release debacle. I hate the Anaconda. I do own one but it is useless to me as anything but a stor-a-conda for modules now. I have two Cutters outfitted differently and one Corvette purely for PvE pirate hunting. The primary purpose of the Cutters is laser mining and cargo.

if you are a good pilot, you can fly any ship you want.

I am cmdr baguette man and I named my vulture baguette bird. It’s funny because vultures are birds and I’m baguette man.

anna got 2 large more and 1 huge less hardpoints than cutter, so anna got the best dps

I would say, if you are taking a ship into combat that you know has some severe disadvantages, play off those disadvantages. So i would try and say use the cutter as a strike ship and beef up a multiweave shield, so that whether you turn it into a gun platform by ranging out some turreted multicannons and missiles, or you wanna say f--- that guy in particular, and use it's speed to close the gap with as many fragment/shard cannons as possible, the cutter with it's speed, ability to hold high tier repair modules, and beefy shields definitely has a place in combat....just not in dogfights

I miss this game. Think about it all the time, but they killed it when they stopped supporting consoles. I bought the stick for this, too. I loved space combat more than anything. Who knew space legs would be the end!?

Around 3m30s you say Corvette has most firepower. But if you add the hard points up you get Ana19 Cut18 Cor17. You think the Huge factor outweighs the total difference?

I like the Anaconda and Corbet but the Cutter looks just like a fancy airplane.

I want the cutter but I'm only in 40 hrs with 7mil credits D:

The cutter ia great for smuggling too. Mine runs super cold. The only thinf I don't like is that the pilot's seat isn't in the center... It's off to the right... that bothers me to a great degree.

Where's the sidewinder in this video? ?

Anaconda does more damage than the Corvette

One is for hauling the other is for combat and then there's the anaconda a mixture of both with the best jump range in the game if outfitted for exploration and the one you first buy while waiting on either imperial or fed grind to be over.

Despite the shortcomings and weaknesses, I’ll buy an Anaconda. #exploration

God, I hate the empire. Their ship designs are so fucking tacky. I'm not even gonna bother with their political crap.

so just from stats, i'm reading the cutter as more of a hit-and-run strike ship, while the corvette would be better for tanking

Hey what would the downside be to frontier implementing a system where you could rent cargo storage space from stations for cargo so you could hoard?

I like the accent, but i swear all Danish men sound the exact same XD

is this still valid?

But there aren't any good class 4 weapons, so the huge hardpoint are just large.

This was ridiculously helpful, and just what i needed to see. Thanks very much! =)

I like to see this but with Type-10 added in for comparison.