Anyone else think the Cobra V is OP?!

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Archvillain

Archvillain
FDev have noted that the new generation of ships benefit from the technological advances of years which puts them, on balance, slightly ahead of the old ship designs

MkV perhaps even more than the others, but the Mandalay is also a significant upgrade over anything else for exploration, etc

So, OP by design for in-game reasons (and for out of game reasons too) :)
 

Nugstar

Nugstar
Flimley said:
Your answer could be here.

Is Cobra mk5 op?

Cool ship, but I don't know if FDev didn't overdo it by making the agility and controllability of this ship arcade-level? Better agility by 20 points than Eagle. Not that I'm nitpicking, but do we want new ships to go in the direction where they're super easy easy to control and literally have...
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Aside from the agility of the Cobra V it's internals are bigger than some mediums...
 

Willyum-71

Willyum-71
Well, I know those pre-turns were certainly OP... and here I thought Operation IDA was all about trading and station repairs... You guys are absolutely brutal in ship combat. GG's
 

Nugstar

Nugstar
Willyum-71 said:
Well, I know those pre-turns were certainly OP... and here I thought Operation IDA was all about trading and station repairs... You guys are absolutely brutal in ship combat. GG's
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That's a different IDA. We're the independent defence agency. We used to be an anti gank squad. These days were mostly bgs. But we still have Cmdrs who can pew pew.
 

DjVortex

DjVortex
I don't think it's overpowered in combat. I mean, maybe it's overpowered when fighting NPCs in other small ships, but you still aren't going to take down a master-ranked NPC in an Anaconda. Well, at least not in any reasonable amount of time. The medium hardpoints limit how much damage you can output.

(I actually made myself a multipurpose build with the MkV in order to do PP2 missions, for which purpose it's just superb. And while it's extremely capable in combat against other small and even medium vessels, I quickly started just skipping those dangerous+ level Anacondas. Just not worth the time. It's like 10 minutes of combat-grinding, emptying your entire ammo stock on one single ship. Just not worth it.)
 

Nugstar

Nugstar
DjVortex said:
I don't think it's overpowered in combat. I mean, maybe it's overpowered when fighting NPCs in other small ships, but you still aren't going to take down a master-ranked NPC in an Anaconda. Well, at least not in any reasonable amount of time. The medium hardpoints limit how much damage you can output.

(I actually made myself a multipurpose build with the MkV in order to do PP2 missions, for which purpose it's just superb. And while it's extremely capable in combat against other small and even medium vessels, I quickly started just skipping those dangerous+ level Anacondas. Just not worth the time. It's like 10 minutes of combat-grinding, emptying your entire ammo stock on one single ship. Just not worth it.)
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Did you watch the vid?
 

the100thmonkey

the100thmonkey
DjVortex said:
I don't think it's overpowered in combat. I mean, maybe it's overpowered when fighting NPCs in other small ships, but you still aren't going to take down a master-ranked NPC in an Anaconda. Well, at least not in any reasonable amount of time.
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You have to be trolling.
 

Born Free

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i made one with 5 X Enforcer cannons (all class 1 weapons)
was able to get the power using Armored PP grade 5 + monstered
killed an anaconda with it. i think was deadly

having set G5 dirty drive, drag drive, controlling the beast with fixed weapons was impossible. a slight move of the mouse and i was aiming across the screen way past my target. i had to set mouse sensitivity waaaaay down to approximately 15% ... (hit Esc, controls, ship controls, +mouse controls, mouse sensitivity). after that i could keep targets under my reticule

all enforcers had short range G5 (4500 is stock range, so half the range get double damage)
2 enforcers had incendiary experimental
1 had corrosive experimental
2 had oversized experimental

boost speed is around 625 to 630

class 4 biweave with reinforced G5
2 0A boosters G5 1 heavy / 1 resistances with thermo block

1A military armor with lightweight G5
has a guardian hull reinforcement and a regular size 2D hull reinforcment
the regular hull reinforcement is G5 to get the resistances up
 
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Born Free

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it is challenging. part of the challenge is G5 on all the modules. another part is learning fixed weapons.

attempting with an out of the box cobra mk v would be a bad idea
 

the100thmonkey

the100thmonkey
Born Free said:
it is challenging. part of the challenge is G5 on all the modules. another part is learning fixed weapons.

attempting with an out of the box cobra mk v would be a bad idea
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Engineering is not a challenge - it's a matter of taking the time to gather the materials.

Learning fixed weapons is unnecessary. Fun, but unnecessary.
 

Born Free

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face it. you could engineer most ships to kill an NPC anaconda. i dont know how you can prove that the Mk5 is somehow advantaged lol
 

Mersozz

Mersozz
As a small ship fan I’m thankful for the addition of the Cobra V.

It’s superior in nearly every category to other small ships. In that respect it might be seen as overpowered, but if the goal is to attract more new players to the game, the Cobra V is an ideal ship.

I’m hopeful that down the road we see a DBS MkII; that would be fun.
 

St0rmFury

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the100thmonkey

the100thmonkey
Born Free said:
face it. you could engineer most ships to kill an NPC anaconda.
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We don't disagree.
Born Free said:
i dont know how you can prove that the Mk5 is somehow advantaged lol
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I don't see how you can't think it isn't.

Try the same in a Viper Mk. III or a Cobra Mk. III. Sure, you'll win - it will just be harder work and take longer. The Cobra Mk. V is quite clearly the best small-pad ship in the game. Its DPS and insane manoeuverability makes that a certainty.
 
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