asp outfitting

[Warjo]

1.) EDShipyard.

Ah, that's a nice site, thanks. I wish i had known that sooner

 

[Astronut57]

How good is the ASP in battle? As good as a Cobra? How much to fully outfit with the best shield gen and top weapons.. I'm thinking of getting one but I love my Cobra. Now if only I could get more cargo space in it..... If any of you Cmdr's has one could you post pics of the outfitting prices.. Many thanks in advanced.

Cheers

The Asp is a Cobra on steroids With 'A' grade thrusters, power plant, FSD, sensors, power distributor and shields it's as good as or better than my 'A' rated Cobra in combat.
I've kept my Cobra but I haven't flown it since I fully upgraded the Asp. I too was reluctant to leave my Cobra when I first got the Asp but it's now my fallback ship parked up at home base should disaster strike which isn't likely now I have amassed more than enough credits with the Asp. It's obviously a lot more expensive to equip but it's well worth it. I think so far I've spent around 20-25M Cr on it.
Pop a 64T cargo rack in the class 6 slot and go for 5A shields with a shield booster in one of the utility mounts - this will give the equivalent of a greater than 6C but less than 6B shield if I remember correctly.
Here's my current build:
http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=60g,0...7u57u5,2-7_7_7_6u6Q7_8I,0AA7Sk05U05U05U03w2UI
I don't remember the prices but you'll need a few million CR to start upgrading. I did a bit more grinding with the Cobra to get around 5 or 6M Cr before I switched over to the Asp and started upgrading.
Best systems to find everything you'll need are High Population High-Tech systems.

edit: prices are in the edshipyard link

 

[Jack Schmit]

ive a type 6 and 6.4 million at the moment is it realistic to start an asp now

I'm in the same situation and I wouldn't. You may be able to get the ship and equip it (well... START upgrading it at least. if you sell off the T6) But then you'd be in a dangerous situation if you started getting killed.

 

[Cmdr Havelrockofgold]

I have had the T6 for awhile now and i have accuilated almost 9 mil in redits and my T66 is worth another 2.5 mil cr roughly should i switch overr to an asp or keep my current setup?

 

[jacozilla]

For trading? Not that much.....the FSD will be expensive though (A5 is 5,1 millions)

If you buy the FSD at Lembava, get an additional 10% discount to the already reduced 15% ship/module discount - obe stacks after the other, so A5 FSD only costs 3.9 million