Privateer Ship selection?

[I Been Jammin]

OK. I'm level 30, currently in a Stralsund, after the unfortunate loss of my Arrow Privateer Frigate.
What I'm wondering is:
What ship should I captain throughout the 30's?
I have a Raa Ship deed, just can't use it yet.
MC Stral is a very good ship.
I'm also planning to try to get my hands on the Privateer Refit version of the Raa at Level 37.
Speed and maneuverability matter to me as well, even though I have not done much PvP.
But that's not to say guns don't matter, because sometimes it's dangerous to get close enough to hit his stern etc.
Any opinions on this?

[Seabiscuit]

If you are wanting to be practical just get a mc stralsund at 33 and use it all the way to 50. I just finished doing this a second time leveling my FT to 50, I also did it with my Privateer.That ship in my opinion is the best ship value in the game.

[kaffis]

If speed and maneuverability matter to you, the Raa will satisfy.

[Xavin]

Honestly, don't worry about the refits until they sort out their role and cost, you will likely just end up upset you wasted all your MoVs. At the very least save them for when you are 50, PvPing, and can outfit them with the best mods.

There are plenty of other threads with more in depth information, but here are the cliff notes:

- Choose ships based on personal play style, not your class. The best strategy for taking down NPCs is always to rig for DPS and armor, get within 100 yards and blast them. Anything else is just wasting your time.
- You get more xp the lower level the ship you are captaining compared to the enemy, so getting the 40-49 ships just slows your progress.
- The general consensus is to stop upgrading ships at the MC Postillionen(26), MC Stralsund(33), or MC Raa(39). All of them can get you to 50 without a whole lot of trouble.
- The MC Raa has the highest close range DPS of any unrestricted ship, so there is no point in going past it.
- This advice is for PvE only, PvP is entirely different and requires different ships with different outfittings.