Corsair has Mass Lock Factor 7
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mass lock factor
That's likely it, trivial as it is.
The ship has some weird things going on. The lack of change to handling when adding mass is because the optimal mass of class 7 thrusters is considerably above what would be possible to load it up with. Until you get close to the optimal mass, handling doesn't dramatically change. In fact it may be below minimum mass, and that may account for the odd handling.
The mass-lock factor being low I would attribute to it being a medium, however not as low as it currently is. That seems like an unintentional value/ choice given the multirole aspect.
The mass-lock factor being low I would attribute to it being a medium, however not as low as it currently is. That seems like an unintentional value/ choice given the multirole aspect.
Current mlf is a bit riddiculous. It should be higher.
What ever the intention is the same mass lock as a viper is absurd
More absurd than stations appearing in a week? 4 day wars? Commanders single handedly building colonies? Controlling systems of 6 billion pop? It's just fitting in. 
Sounds about right....More absurd than stations appearing in a week? 4 day wars? Commanders single handedly building colonies? Controlling systems of 6 billion pop? It's just fitting in.
Fits the established pattern.....Naaahh...
Well if you want to agree, someone made a ticket - https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/74598
As expected, every released ship has a disadvantage by design to avoid absolute superiority. Yes, I'd like to have the mass lock changed but what would I want to sacrifice instead?
OK but...can't even mass lock any ASP Scout, T6, or Cobra3??? These are all small ships!
Exactly It doesn't need to have a huge mass lock, but it should mass lock most small ships 10 or 11 would be what I would expect.
Mass is the wrong term in the game.
In old Elite Cmdr Jameson's ship was locked sometimes by pirates and/or thargoids.
The pirates locked the in-system-jumps, the thargoids also the hyperspace-jumps.
Planets, stars and station locked also ships, but e.g. an Anaconda didn't.
In ED mass locking by a small moon is the same as by a Super-Earth.
The design of the Corsair in combination with its high max of cargo capacity results in a very small locking mechanism.
If some day (hyper-)jump-locker are sold as modules the factor could be increased.
In old Elite Cmdr Jameson's ship was locked sometimes by pirates and/or thargoids.
The pirates locked the in-system-jumps, the thargoids also the hyperspace-jumps.
Planets, stars and station locked also ships, but e.g. an Anaconda didn't.
In ED mass locking by a small moon is the same as by a Super-Earth.
The design of the Corsair in combination with its high max of cargo capacity results in a very small locking mechanism.
If some day (hyper-)jump-locker are sold as modules the factor could be increased.
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That ticket now has the "Acknowledged" check instead of getting closed as "By Design". So I'm hopeful this abnormally low MLF was indeed an oversight
A pity that the ticket didn't also bring up the Corsair's heat stats as it's also odd being exactly equal to the Courier.
Quick, time to make a ticket about the 'conda's hull mass! 
Since it's only 400t, the Anaconda mass lock should be 12.Quick, time to make a ticket about the 'conda's hull mass!