Freelancer Variants

The Max... I want that!

 

Pretty nice

Dur= "Duration" Exploration Variant, has upgraded sensor packages (note the nose), Fuel pods replace it missile load out and at appears to have the engine scoop they talked about that can limitly refine its own fuel when it is on deep space runs.

Max= The hauler variant, pretty straight forward what they did here, now has what appears to be 4 engines instead of 2 so I would wager it is 4 x TR4 versus the standard 2 x TR5, which with the increased mass probably have about the same speed output.

Mis="Missile" Well this is the fabled gunboat model, from what I can tell there is no change to the over all hard point set up since we don't yet know the sizes of the class 3s, However this looks to be a Idris threat, with 4 forward facing class 2s which house size 5 weapons, 2 torpedoes and additional missiles. The standard lancer has only 2 class 3 slots so I am going to guess this one has 4-6 slots now. Also includes enhanced radar package.


I will cavet that this all based on just visual observations of the video.

Per my needs the Dur and the Mis are intriguing, I don't need a Max since I own a Banu MM, I am going to guess you can interchange the Dur and Mis equipment as I expect the max is the only one with a hull change (similar to the Super Hornet)

 

I'll be getting a Dur, but that Max looks right studly.

 

The Max is thought to be the special hull variant, one thing people seem to be glossing over though is the variants could have hardpoint differences. I thought CIG said that we would not be able to alter hardpoints which are influenced by the hull, think the super hornet versus hornet. Each of these 3 variants could really have slightly different hulls and loadouts. The mis looks like it may have some retractable missile hardpoints.

I like the dur, but I am a bit uncomfortable giving up half my defensive capabilities. I will be curious to see if the max can be outfitted like the other 2, but it looks like it has a class 4 turret int he back instead of the class 5. The drawback to perhaps using the max hull for the other variants will be it is nearly double in size, which present a much easier target to shoot.