Fast fighter builds and tactics for Imp Eagle, Cobra III?

[Brigand]

So, I’ve tried most ships in the game now (haven’t got the rank for the iCourier or other Imp. Locked ships yet) but the iEagle and Cobra III are my favourites I keep coming back to. I like fast.



Now I’ve unlocked Palin, I want to try these two as fast fighters, and I’m looking for suggestions and tactics for how best to engineer and use these ships, both in PvE & PvP.



Currently:




Imperial Eagle, ROU. Barbarous Surgeon

Enhanced Thrusters, L4 Dirty Drives, 474/632 m/s

-with weapons, no armoured bulkheads, no light-weight mods, yet. It was actually faster thant L5 Dirty Drive, due to the weight penalty.



Cobra III, VFP. Brave Sir Robin

L5 Dirty Drives 396/565 m/s
-with weapons, no armoured bulkheads, no light-weight mods, yet.

any ideas welcome!

 

[shadragon]

Lighterer is betterer.

You can reduce the size of gas tanks, PP, etc. to lighten your load to the max.

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Take my word for it - put in the minimal effort to unlock the Imperial Courier.
3 Medium Hardpoints, 3A Enhanced Performance Thrusters.
You will need to dig your eyeballs out of the back of your skull and may perish of a fun overdose in this.
I run one with 3 medium Force Shell cannons and it is a riot.

 

[Threeofseven]

For PvP you always wanna go hull tank with these ships. Here is my iEagle build. For the weapons two OC enforcers and one OC cannon work very well too.

https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/imp...egLCoAziMKYEMDmAbeJJW0A===&bn=Sirius Security

 

[Surprised Brony]

Take my word for it - put in the minimal effort to unlock the Imperial Courier.
3 Medium Hardpoints, 3A Enhanced Performance Thrusters.
You will need to dig your eyeballs out of the back of your skull and may perish of a fun overdose in this.
I run one with 3 medium Force Shell cannons and it is a riot.

This is good for survivability and speed. Imperial Eagle can be faster if built for speed alone, but probably more susceptible to mass from weapons and such.

 

[Brigand]

For PvP you always wanna go hull tank with these ships. Here is my iEagle build. For the weapons two OC enforcers and one OC cannon work very well too.

https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/imp...egLCoAziMKYEMDmAbeJJW0A===&bn=Sirius Security

I'm impressed you get that speed with all that armour. I'm guessing a really good roll for optimal Mass?

Lighterer is betterer.

You can reduce the size of gas tanks, PP, etc. to lighten your load to the max.

Oddly enough, I've played a lot with the size of the FSD, but didn't think about the fuel tank!


How do you use your fast fighters, big game hunters or dog fighters?

 

[Muetdhiver]

An other trick I used is G5 long range class D FSD.

> 60% lighter than class A
> Same range as class A

Pushed me in the 800m/s territory with the iCourrier

 

[monogenetic]

Cobra3; Make it heavy with HD hull reinforcements and upgrade the armor. Many a commander thought they could ram me to death only to have it backfire on them. I never lost my Cobra. I have DD grade 5 thrusters and boost over 550 even with all that weight.