Cobra Mk V and more...

[Michael Ryan]

There are definitely some activities for small ships, even scanning megaship or planetary antennas are easier if you have a small ship, because you need to be really close. And for me... I like to clean settlemnets with infrastructure failure by using AX missile racks Small ship is better for that.

 

[Doctor Dread]

Maybe I'll purchase another alt, purely recreational, kinda roleplaying like it's 1984:
An account with just one ship, Cobra 40th Anniversary.

No rush anywhere, no ambitious goals - just wandering around making ends meet like back then.

 

[Mr Lindsay]

Both have 10 opionals

I'm unclear whether the numbers provided in the stream include the slot for the Planetary Approach suite, which would make it 9 for the MkV, but only losing one size 1, so virtually no difference for cargo, etc.

 

[Michael Ryan]

I'm unclear whether the numbers provided in the stream include the slot for the Planetary Approach suite, which would make it 9 for the MkV, but only losing one size 1, so virtually no difference for cargo, etc.

I think all previous announcements told us free optionals (for Python Mk II, Type-8 and Mandalay)

 

[Cmdr Esteban]

As someone who’s been flying only a Cobra Mk III for the past few years and owns no other ships, I’m seriously considering replacing the old bird with this new beastie. I’ll wait for the first reviews, however.

 

[Gleitfrosch]

December 10th is the arx release, is there any info when it will be available for credits?

 

[tolm]

Another Cobra being worse than chad Cobra MkIII but this time early access Arx exclusive for three months. Frontier genius...

Please, STOP with small and medium ships, there are a lot of them, we need more big ships with good firepower already, the big three + Type10 have been alone for too long.

Corvette MkII … smaller, lighter, faster … basically saw the front of the current ‘vette, keep the 2 Huges then 4 medium hardpoints along the top front.

 

[aRJay]

December 10th is the arx release, is there any info when it will be available for credits?

No but March 10th ish would be in line with the other new ships,

 

[Narfiam]

Corvette MkII … smaller, lighter, faster … basically saw the front of the current ‘vette, keep the 2 Huges then 4 medium hardpoints along the top front.

I prefer a new Gutamaya ship focused in combat, not in the line of the multipurpose Clipper and Cutter, all of their specialised combat ships are small. Also it fits in the lore as a "counter" to the Corvette.

 

[Montague]

The Cobra Mk 5 would be great if there was sufficient reason to ever step back inside a small ship once you've got easy access to medium and large ships (and the money that goes with them). As it stands, I honestly don't think I'll bother picking this up. There's literally nothing for me beyond novelty and nostalgia.

It would be wonderful if you could expand the gameplay to give some....ANY advantage to small ships:

I love using a small, speedy ship for scouting out areas to see if there's a gank squad lurking about. If they blow up my cheap little ship, who cares?

I also prefer using my Cobras for ground missions; they can land in areas my bigger ships have difficulty with. And, again, they're expendable if something goes wrong.

They're also fun to fly. Fun is why I play.

 

[Helmut Grokenberger]

Small ships have a special something. Before the Mandalay arrived, my daily driver mission runner was a Viper IV. Best ship in the game. Ever ever.

 

[SergMx]

Small ships have a special something. Before the Mandalay arrived, my daily driver mission runner was a Viper IV. Best ship in the game. Ever ever.

And for me, it's Vulture.

 

[Tzebra]

And for me, it's Vulture.

Dolphin

 

[Cmdr. Numa]

No but March 10th ish would be in line with the other new ships,

I wouldn't count on that. We only have two ships out of ARGHS prison yet. One took 3 months, the other 4 months, and until FDEV actually announce anything it's just guesswork.

 

[SergMx]

I wouldn't count on that. We only have two ships out of ARGHS prison yet. One took 3 months, the other 4 months, and until FDEV actually announce anything it's just guesswork.

Are you sure it's going to be for ARX? Did they clearly say that on the stream? Maybe in honor of the anniversary they'll just give it to everyone?

 

[Cmdr. Numa]

Are you sure it's going to be for ARX? Did they clearly say that on the stream? Maybe in honor of the anniversary they'll just give it to everyone?

Would have been a nice gesture, but no, they explicitly said it will be for ARGHS.

 

[Michael Ryan]

Of course we can't predict anything, based on what we had this year (but wait... somehow people do it constantly if they want to predict something bad...)
But jokes aside...
If all four new ships are 'new generation ships', what was clearly said.... I think we can expect more ships next year too. And I don't feel like this expectation will be too much, especially if it helped earn money this year. Personally I love ships!

 

[Cmdr. Numa]

The Mandalay will fill the last available slot on my Carrier. If we don't get the 40 ship limit lifted, I'll have to grind a second storage carrier on an alt account.

 

[Michael Ryan]

That is solution I like You made me relize that I have storage for 200 ships by now. Go Frontier, go! hahahahah
And even more, we will have own system and base to storage our ships.

 

[ClagMaster]

Cobra V is in the Elite Dangerous Wiki. Its a medium ship, which is a disappointment. Cobras should be small ships as the III and IV are.

I actually expected a Saud Kruger ship for SCO -- say an Orca Mark II -- as the 4th new ship.