Star Citizen: Should you buy the Anvil F8C Lightning? 

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With the large Quantum tank, you can drop a VK-00 in there for extra speed.

One thing the vanguard has over the FiC are beds

I melted some stuff that I wanted to get rid off anyways to get the F8, but if you complete SQ42 you will be able to buy one ingame so don't sweat it if you miss out now, btw it's not meta for PVP a good pilot in a light fighter still eat it up no problem at all. I do like it for PVE though.

Had the gladious pirate for so long now, finally upgraded to the Zeus Mk II, so for now I get to try the A1 spirit as well. But I found I enjoy the nimble flight, combat oriented style more for my daily driver. Luckily I found a few gold tickets so I'll be picking this up on payday!

I never saw one of those platinum ticket missions pop over the entire event. I'm glad I just bit the bullet and got the ship through the gold ticket. I was always going to try and get it. I always love the design.

I got one. No regret I love this ship and perfect for my play style. I make my money with bounties and this ship cuts through multiple enemies with remarkable ease I have to say. The 8 hard points can not be underestimated. My favorite ship so far was the Gladius, the f8 requires a slightly different approach though, less maneuverable but more fire power. I have not tried ERTs yet but VHRTs are no problem, the sheer fire power fully customized is quite amazing combined with two S2 shields, and this combo makes the F8 a formidable force. If one is a true SC fighter i say buy it you wont regret it, whats damn 300 bucks anyway, its only damn money. LOL made the purchase in the dark of the night when the wife was asleep to be sure just in case she disagrees.

Yay, I was F5 on your channel waiting for this 😄😄

Bought a Superhornet many years ago, with the promise "its the closest to military spec that you can get as a civilian". I love the big "go fuck yourself" in my face, as an early backer and multiple ship owner.

Great video overall, I think throwing the Super Hornet in the comparison was just to bully it lol. But compared to only the Heavy Fighters, i.e. the Vanguard, Hurricane and Scorpius, the F8C certainly does outperform, but honestly, I don't think it's *too* powerful that any incoming nerfs will be significant. The QT/Hydrogen fuel is surprisingly plentiful, so that's one area that can be adjusted (either tone it down, or bring the Hurricane and Scorpius closer to its level, but not matching it). The max speed, I'm on the fence about, if you're creating the "best" fighter in lore, I believe speed would be a core trait that it must have, but you also don't want it to outstrip *everything* , however I think the SCM speed is fine. Finally, while it has a lot of weapon firepower, the Vanguard and Scorpius can carry more missiles, and the Scorpius, though it needs 2 players, can carry up to 8 size 3 guns, 4 of which are on the gunner's turret which means more firepower and more coverage, say if you were trying to disengage, you can keep going forward while shooting back with half of your total firepower. Overall, F8C is clearly top-of-the-line, but in my opinion, not overpowered. So here's me hoping they don't nerf my new baby.

I too wonder if/when the F8C will get nerfed, but it is supposed to be a highly formidable and the prized ship fighter. For that alone is what makes me think while it might have a small decrease in stats in the next 2-3 months, I think it'll still be one of the top dog fighting ships when used to its strengths which it has multiple.

I was planning on getting a Sabre Comet again at IAE. Figured this was worth the extra

I really like it, but I didn't like it $300 worth. I fully expect to complete S42 and will be happy to earn it in game that way.

I just threw down my first big purchase on this bad boy. The store gave me a warning about it being a pledge only ship and I'm currently updating my client so I really hope it'll be in the ASOP when I log in. I loved flying it for the day when I got my ticket and I only have an Aurora MR starter ship so this is a huge upgrade. I know I could get it playing SQ42 BUT.. after this weekend & seeing how well the game is coming along I thought I'd support the project with a meaningful pedge aside from the £40 starter price. I then intend to melt my Aurora and put that towards a Cutty black which I'll buy during IAE, assuming it's on sale.

from what i heard on stream etc, the fly moddel isn t the final one yet ( not using the new mode) so it will change in a way or another. stilll very cool looking ship... i do wonder about the repair cost

You can run a VK-00 Quantum drive, it has big enough fuel tanks that you don't need to use an Atlas. As another notes most small fighters are better with a Voyage quantum drive than an Atlas.

How do you get this? I cant find on pledge store

Hello all, I'm new and need help, when I get my ship and try and take off, it says i'm blocking a loading bay then it impounds my ship. I'm running out of money because it keeps doing this

I want one, but I have already spent way more on SC then I should have. The lack of a CCU option made me decide to wait and hope a CCU option becomes available later. And considering that I have the aries, which were heavily nerfed. I am going to wait and see.

Top turret needs an option like the Buck, 2S2 or 1S4

Had to get a new MB and Processor, so I didn't even know this was going on. I need to get back in game to try and find a ticket... I really hope that it is easy to find the ticket...

so, they returned the shields to 2 size 2?

Hey @STLYoungblood, we want the real thing now, the RSI Zeus should you buy video 😁

are the tickets still available? I can't find any more.

Thank You as Always for the video STL. I feel like they continue to do the Vanguard dirty. My first & forever favorite ship that caused me to buy into the game and spend further copious amounts of money.

Should I buy? No Do I want to buy? Yes Do I need to buy? No Did I buy? Yes

I got a F8C and parked it with all of my other fighters, except for my P-52 and Warden at MIC-L1, ready for the next Xenothreat. ;-)

What location is this at the start of the video anyone?

Thanks for another video!

I kind of want one. One day hopefully

Only real downside I have seen is the guns on the wings that get shot off fairly easily. Still if you lose a wing you still have 6 guns left. Fun and cool looking ship.

Still have to think about it till November 7. To get it or not. Even after 2-3 nerfs it should still be better than a LOT of ship's since it was pitched like that. Its basically " ultimate" fighter ship. If you bought it, you no longer have to get any other fighter....ever.

The Vanguard does have an advantage the F8 does not. If you lose a wing on the F8, you lose weapons and thrusters, and you start tumbling. The Vanguard can lose both its wings and the rear fins and not have its performance degraded by much.

other than the inventory space being very small and there being no actual cargo space this ship is one of my favs

Yup, got 4-5 spare tickets. Not like CIG would make it hard to give them money.

I was thinking about buying it (and probably melting it when IAE hits) but eventually decided just to pass on it. When you factor in the CCU game the $240 warbond price is in Carrack or BMM territory and I can't justify spending that much on it.

This ship has enough QT fuel to fit the fastest military Drives like the VK-01

Is this still possible to get?

It a nice ship i can still buy it but i chose to spend the same amount and get a galaxy which i love the way that ship looks but the up side is i get a carrak as a loaner until galaxy is flight ready it's really a no brainer for me as i dont do many pvp combat if i choose to ive got many small medium and heavy fighters in game

So the F8C Lighting either chairman's club or wait until SQ42 is out, but what about how to get the F8A lighting?

A friend pointed out to me that the top speed - 1337 makes it the most leet fighter in the game... :)

you didnt post this till the golden ticket event ended...

this will most likely end up being in my polaris.

The moment I first saw this ship I had to have it. I would own it even if it was the worst fighter. In my opinion it’s the best-looking ship in the game.

Best heavy fighter, its a must buy item!!

this ship is a beast, love it

Curious if Blades with Ships like Hurricane and Scorpius would make them on par with it. I'm thinking if they're like the Superhornets turret at least they would be right?

is this a good upgrade if you only own a mustang alpha?

This ship has a medium tank, no reason to choose an atlas over a vk00. Range is not an issue, you can jump from crusader to microtech and back on a single tank.

one of the rare "yes"s from STL

Vanguard and F7C Super Hornet.. = my hangar.. not sure how to feel about the F8C. I've already accepted the F7c is.. a flavor fighter.. My vanguard needs another shield gen tho

I'd buy one with a CCU, but not for $300 entirely. Need some ships for in game.

If I melt my F8 C Lightning will I be able to rebuy it with credits?

I’m completing SQ42 so I’ll save the money

Is it good for VHRT?

This is kinda a little late to get the F8C now. Cause it already ended. But otherwise, good info

I want this ship

No CCU?

There is no way that I can believe they are not gonna nerf it. But it's a damn fun ship to fly as is, and that part is probably not gonna change. Gotta agree with the review! But i also already got mine o7

Ha.. it's a joke. Top speed is offcourse 1337.. Ask Noobifier if he gets it..

The Ares will be rebuffed. Otherwise it false advertising. The ship is anti capital.

But you get one for finishing Squadron 42, right? So this is a weird one. Ah I think I found it. You may get the ability to buy the ship in-game if you do some part of squadron 42 particularly well.

I guess you cant get it anymore?

Its strong but not as OP When the Ares Ion was one shotting everything easy. But in the end when the game will ever go live, we will see all ships balanced.

It's a good all round single seat fighter but a good light fighter pilot will eat it for breakfast.

Funding slowed and they release a mary sue ship they said wouldn't be for sale and justify it with an extremely easy minigame. Smells like desperation.

Pass for me.

Why explain tickets when the event is over at the moment you post the vid....

I thought this ship would never be for sale. Eventually they'll sell a Bengal or a Kingship lol

Buy it with store credit then wait for sq42 earn it through there and melt

Can't you get the F8C for free when completing the SQ42 campaign?

My friend got one first day justifying it as an lti token he can upgrade later XD

I thought the stats on the f8c would be comparable but overall somewhat better than the f7c, to reflect incremental change in technology and evolving naval requirements. I did not expect it to shit all over other ships in a similar role. That's messed up. I hope it gets nerfed hard.

Why are there still people saying it needs nerfing... What actually needs to happen is light and medium fighters need a buff and other heavy fighters need a relook Because ask yourself this what can actually be nerfed in it? Its manuverability that means pitch, roll, yaw are already as low as they can go while still being able to call it a fighter You cant nerf the guns or any of its components because it aint an ares with a bespoke gun it has off-the-shelf parts You could slow down its acceleration but then what is the point of it have 3 main engines covering most of the back of the ship Its weapon capacitor is already piss poor so cant touch that Seriously what is there to nerf without making it 1) not a fighter 2) not a next generation SUPERIORITY ship

Video about 2 weeks to late for me. 😆

Cmon Zeus QnA

Does it need to be balanced? It's supposed to be the state-of-the-art space superiority fighter, right? Shouldn't an F-22 outperform an F-18? Nothing wrong with that. I'm confident I could pick one apart in any light fighter anyways, so yeah...

Next few weeks? Possibility….

If you have 300$ to burn/pledge, and you plan on doing any combat, yes. If not, no.

Finding a golden ticket isn't as easy as is described here. I didn't find one.

😊👍😍😜❤️💯

He said Ares! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😉

Ion is better for pve

CIG will 100% nerf this ship.

A lot of this nerf talk is going to come down to pilot skill and whether or not a ship is performing to it's expected role. The Ares' nerf was due to just how good it was at fighting both small and large ships which wasn't what it was meant to do. Now up until recently the solution to that problem from CIG resulted in the Ares having a hard time with taking out targets in its intended role. But the F8C is performing the way it was designed. It's an anti-fighter ship. On top of that pilot skill plays a big role as to how successful it is. Avenger One has a video where he two competent pilots engage with one in a fury and the other in the F8C, and the Fury pilot (Avenger One) manages to win through multiple rounds. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mxywu52T2Ho.html&ab_channel=Avenger__One&loop=0

Must admit, enjoy flying the Spirit for pure immersion, the F8 is showing its age imo, its from the CIG's past.

Design looks kinda dated compared to modern ships in SC, beleive this was finished in dev years ago. Not impressed melted mine, prefer my ARES Twins, the F8's are now meh as everyone has it. Understand now why CIG dropped it early, its not representaive of Squadie.

I already have it as a concierge reward. They need to bump up the concierge rewards if they keep making "concierge exclusive items" to become publicly available.

Little late to be giving a tutorial on tickets. They're definitely going to nerf the F8. It should be somewhere between the F7 and Vanguard when all is said and done.

lol the awnser is no, i will not buy this ship

it's not so good that it needs a nerf, it loses almost every time against light fighters and even the fury...

They need to nerf the speed of the thing. It's a heavy fighter loaded down with guns, armor and shields that is faster than all the light fighters which PAY for their speed with lighter defenses and firepower.

absolutely not

Too late

the f8 is a base ball thats about to get hit with a nerf bat.

Don't need to buy it, you can get it for free, just need to spend 10k

so glad i sold my account before they decided to but fk the people who backed them the most.

Not with real money.

Is this still possible to get?