ASP drivers..!

[EvilestKhan]

greetings all

there I was jumping and exploring etc as you do..

and while I was doing this I was interdicted by a hooligan in an asp..

let battle commence.

anyways after a 10 min punch up.

40% on my cobra/ 8% on the asp..

the SOB ran away... and disconnected...

GGGGRRRrrrrrrrr

asps who need em!

 

[Tox Laximus]

I will keep an eye out for asp yobbos.

If you disconnect or turn your pc off at the mains just before exploding will the game revert to the last save?

 

[Marcns007]

Your consolation prize is that it would cost a small fortune to repair that Asp with 8% hull left, the Asp has been down graded, I doubt it can take out a fully spec'd Cobra without A grade everything. It is now a large target not able to fire all it's weapons, so a liability without upgrading.
The goal posts keep moving.

 

[Bernie65]

Well, a fully maxed Asp is about 4 times more expensive than a maxed Cobra, say 40m vs. 10m. And the Asp repair cost are insane compared to the Cobra. So i can imagine why he ran. But I believe that a fully specced Asp can beat a Cobra anytime, anywhere, even if it's not quite as nimble, because of better defenses and more firepower.

 

[micky1up]

greetings all

there I was jumping and exploring etc as you do..

and while I was doing this I was interdicted by a hooligan in an asp..

let battle commence.

anyways after a 10 min punch up.

40% on my cobra/ 8% on the asp..

the SOB ran away... and disconnected...

GGGGRRRrrrrrrrr

asps who need em!

as i have said before a noob in a good ship is still a noob!! skill decides battles

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Well, a fully maxed Asp is about 4 times more expensive than a maxed Cobra, say 40m vs. 10m. And the Asp repair cost are insane compared to the Cobra. So i can imagine why he ran. But I believe that a fully specced Asp can beat a Cobra anytime, anywhere, even if it's not quite as nimble, because of better defenses and more firepower.

a fully A speced asp is around 25million rebuy and a cobra around 6 million

 

[Dr Roly]

Last time I checked, an Asp with grade A modules and a decent weapon loadout was 35-40mil, depending on choice of weapons and if you go for A6 shields or not. A similarly equipped Cobra is about 10-11mil. In a fight I'd give the edge to the Cobra. The Asp has much better weapon placement and better distributor for sustained fire. However, the Cobra is much faster, more agile and a smaller target, especially head-on. The Asp's better shield is offset by its large size; from any angle it's like hitting a barn door.
I like the Asp (flying one now) but I'd much rather take the Cobra into a firefight.

 

[Stonecoldamason]

I fly an Asp, its very expensive to maintain, i.e. Mostly b modules a few 'A''s, 10% damage equates to about 30k repair costs, so I tend to avoid conflict if possible, having said that, I don't pirate or bounty hunt, just explore, trade and run rep missions, if I do get in a fight, I don't bottle it, I don't chicken out, I'll give it a go and see how it pans out, if I think its going South quickly I may just try and get out of there so I can avoid my insurance cost which is just shy of 600k, I can afford it easily so not an issue, I don't use the exploit which I hope FD fix, as I think its pathetic, and anyone using it is a waste of space and should just stay on Solo play if you can't hack it. My 6 multi's can inflict serious damage on a good cobra, and I'm not a bad pilot, just don't understand this cheating attitude, as Imo, it ruins the game for everyone.

 

[marx]

I agree. An upgraded Asp is not too shabby at turning, but it does struggle with the larger weight, so it's not as a gile - but more importantly, it's simply too big of a target. If you're only fighting against NPCs, the added firepower, weapon placement and sustained fire of the Asp is better. But when it comes to other commanders who can exploit your weaknesses much better, the Cobra is probably a better choice. Not to mention that losing a fight will set you back financially much less in a kitted-out Cobra than in an Asp.

 

[EvilestKhan]

it was a good bash..

and their I was thinking I would snake an asp...

reading the posts about asps, i'll wait for the fer dee..

mine is 5.5 mil ish keep playing around with it.

 

[shadragon]

Well, a fully maxed Asp is about 4 times more expensive than a maxed Cobra, say 40m vs. 10m. And the Asp repair cost are insane compared to the Cobra. So i can imagine why he ran. But I believe that a fully specced Asp can beat a Cobra anytime, anywhere, even if it's not quite as nimble, because of better defenses and more firepower.

It isn't the ship, it's the driver that wins in combat.

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I fly an Asp, its very expensive to maintain, i.e. Mostly b modules a few 'A''s, 10% damage equates to about 30k repair costs, so I tend to avoid conflict if possible, having said that, I don't pirate or bounty hunt, just explore, trade and run rep missions, if I do get in a fight, I don't bottle it, I don't chicken out, I'll give it a go and see how it pans out, if I think its going South quickly I may just try and get out of there so I can avoid my insurance cost which is just shy of 600k, I can afford it easily so not an issue, I don't use the exploit which I hope FD fix, as I think its pathetic, and anyone using it is a waste of space and should just stay on Solo play if you can't hack it. My 6 multi's can inflict serious damage on a good cobra, and I'm not a bad pilot, just don't understand this cheating attitude, as Imo, it ruins the game for everyone.

Repped for taking the words out of my mouth.