cobra v asp..

Cobras shields are trash tier, ends up spending more time running then anything.

Smaller target. Yay. Thats such a huge boon, considering its not much bigger profile wise. Same top down.

Cost is irrelevant.

Against two separate commanders, if the Asp is not an idiot, the cobra is going to run away. 60 m\ps not that huge of a boon. Only affects you when, guess what, you are chasing cobras. The real boon of the Asp is its ability to mass lock the T9, Clipper, T7, T6, ect.

There is a huge reason why its the go to pirate vessel once you stop being poor. Cobra is a trash tier ship once you have the means to pass it. A throwaway on par with the Viper. Only good for taking on anything up to the T6, which isn't much. Anything else is only humoring you with their time, since you can do exactly nothing to stop them from leaving.

Asp is a straight up upgrade from the Cobra.

Thumbs up for this !

Had an encounter with a cobra this evening. He was polite for a ganster :) but after a few minutes of talking the shooting begun. This was my first player encounter in month. Was at Orrere on my way to Sharon Lee Market to sell my rares. So one fly-by with my Asp an his shields were gone and hull was down to 87 %. He wasn`t able to strip mine (Class 6B). Gave him a salvo of missiles in combination with my two class 2 beam laser and two class 1 guns. He dropped to around 50 % hull and want to go away. So i kicked my afterburner in and followed him. Circeld him and gave him a show of force :) He surrenderd...

I didn`t destroy him. Was a good fight and the first "real" fun in months. After that we disabeld weapons and started talking. He was amazed that i have beaten him. My Asp isn´t fitted for way by the way. So we chatted for a few minutes and left both in friendly ways :) and i sold my rares. 1 million more for my account.

Hope to see more of this. Thanks to you Cmdr if you read this !!! Was fun, a lot...
 
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I believe a properly fitted ASP can achieve 37ly jumps......quite handy when you on the fringe with not alt of star systems about and those that are nicely spaced out. Add to that its got a bigger tank.
 
Etc. In that context would be "anything smaller".
Sole exception being the Drop ship, with its value of 20.

Only thing that can mass lock that is another drop ship, or an Anaconda.

So really, its more efficient to list what the Asp cannot mass lock. Being the Conda, and Dropship.
 
greetings all.

I'm going to take this ship jumping and running..

but exploring.

why would I need an asp?



worst case I lose the ship..

320k max.

Its simply a matter of cost. As has been shown, the Cobra can be kitted out well for exploration. And at much lower cost. But similarily kitted the Asp is a better exploration vehicle. It just costs a ton more to buy, outfit and run.

The only question is how much do you want to spend?
 
I can only go on experience but I find the Asp easier to destroy than a Viper or Cobra (assuming all ships have a skilled pilot) - it's just such a big target and 6A/B shields don't offset the fact you can land a lot more hits.

I've flown an Asp a few times in a conflict zone and always do better if I'm in a Cobra or Viper. In my hands, the smaller ships last a lot longer before taking hull damage.

Ymmv and all that.
 
I'll agree that the asp is better if you have the money.
however if you are looking to make money on your expedition take the cobra.
It not only costs less but has significantly less maintenance costs.
i don't see the point in max jump range when exploring anyway.
if a view is really so important do it in a clipper.
if jump range is your vice an anaconda can trump an Asp.
but because of running costs and the speed of a cobra there isn't a reason to do it in anything else.
id take the cobra.
 
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