Cobra Mk V and more...

[metatheurgist]

Energy bomb? IIRC that was pretty much the only thing that would kill Thargoids in the original game, I always carried one as a “I’ve been hyperdicted” panic button!!

Thargons maybe, not the mothership. Never needed one either way. Deliberately triggered 'goid encounters just to farm thargoids.

 

[Inscydeus]

I get irritated enough by the seat being on the side of the cockpit …

If it must be on a side, make it the right hand side, I'm British. I keep the greens on the left on entering/exiting a star port too, so if you ever see someone flying upside down, it might be me.

 

[Kamiyoda]

Thargons maybe, not the mothership. Never needed one either way. Deliberately triggered 'goid encounters just to farm thargoids.

I know nothing about the orginal elite, whats farming thargoids do

 

[Riverside]

I know nothing about the orginal elite, whats farming thargoids do

Elite FAQ

It's not something I knew about until long after my BBC days and I don't remember ever using it (deliberately) in Elite+ (PC) or Oolite. You can force a mis-jump that puts you in interstellar space surrounded by Thargoids. There was a bit of luck involved whether you had enough fuel to jump to a destination star because (as in ED) the fuel required to make the original planned jump was consumed making that initial mis-jump. In the original game your Cobra MkIII had a 7.0ly fuel tank range & you could make up to 6.8ly jumps so if you had a misjump it could leave you stranded & needing to either re-load your last save or use the escape pod if you had one.

 

[metatheurgist]

I know nothing about the orginal elite, whats farming thargoids do

Unlike the current game, Thargons were actually little ships that could be scooped and sold for up to 80cr. That was a lot for that game so deliberately triggering them just to get thargons was a profitable venture, if you could survive combat with them reliably.

 

[Kamiyoda]

Unlike the current game, Thargons were actually little ships that could be scooped and sold for up to 80cr. That was a lot for that game so deliberately triggering them just to get thargons was a profitable venture, if you could survive combat with them reliably.

Lmao your just in witchspace scooping up Thargons to sell I'm crying

 

[metatheurgist]

Lmao your just in witchspace scoopingup Thargons to sell I'm crying

Prob explains why they're so interested our escape pods this game.

 

[Kamiyoda]

Prob explains why they're so interested our escape pods this game.

Even Thargoids respect the grind

 

[Inscydeus]

Even Thargoids respect the grind

Yeah, this whole time we thought they were invading, they were saving credits to buy a mothership.

 

[Narfiam]

I'm not very hyped about a Cobra MkV, it's another multipurpose medium ship and also it looks more like bigger Viper MkIV than a Cobra. I'll but it anyway when obtainable with credits, but just because it is new.

 

[kofeyh]

Even Thargoids respect the grind

Thargoids having to collect 300 cmdr pods to unlock caustic on their Hydra cannons. You know they ain't doin it for fun.

 

[Nadreck]

The other thing about the new cobra: three seats. No way to make good use of three seats without a fighter bay. Thus i would expect this ship to be one more medium ship with fighter capability. And thus might be a real rival for the Krait MK II.

Not necessarily, there is one use for a 3-seater with no SLF bay: multiplayer on-foot missions. A bit niche though, given that the Crusader (which does have SLF capability) has 4 seats. So if there's only 3 of you, and you really want something smaller and probably faster than a Crusader, I guess there's a role for the Cobra V.

 

[Sylow]

Not necessarily, there is one use for a 3-seater with no SLF bay: multiplayer on-foot missions. A bit niche though, given that the Crusader (which does have SLF capability) has 4 seats.

You are sure on that? When i check Inara, it says 3 seats.

 

[Nadreck]

Odyssey added a 4th seat to the Crusader, and the bigger ships (T9/10, Anaconda, Beluga etc). Looks like Inara is still reporting those as 3-seaters too.

 

[Surprize960]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1861847679954727006

Source: https://x.com/EliteDangerous/status/1861847679954727006

 

[aardappelianen]

and its actually a small ship after all !

 

[Cmdr. Numa]

I really sad right now. They put an exploration cockpit on the MK V and then gimp it with size 4 FSD, limiting it's jump to low to mid 60s at best. My explorer will stay the Krait Phantom after all, because the Mandalay has a fighting ship cockpit.

 

[Cmdr Snuffler]

I really sad right now. They put an exploration cockpit on the MK V and then gimp it with size 4 FSD, limiting it's jump to low to mid 60s at best. My explorer will stay the Krait Phantom after all, because the Mandalay has a fighting ship cockpit.

All ships can't be long range explorers. 60+ Ly is huge for a "non" explorer.
Have they released the full Mk V specs?

 

[Sublime]

I think some hype may have evaporated when they corrected the size from M to S..

Edit: someone post the internals please?

 

[Surprize960]

Have they released the full Mk V specs?

Hardpoints:

3x Class 2
2x Class 1

Utility: 4

Optionals:

1x Class 5
3x Class 4
3x Class 3
1x Class 2
2x Class 1


Internals:

Armor Class 1
PP Class 4
Thrusters Class 4
FSD (SCO) Class 4
PD Class 4
Fuel Class 4
Sensors Class 3
Life support Class 3