Anyone else here have a love for the CM4?
It gets a lot of bad press, but for me, i find it be a great ship for piracy. I think it would make a decent low cost mining ship as well.
I'm sure people can point to a dozen other ships to show why ship X is better for Y. But in the price range i'd say for Piracy there are not many competitors. The DBS doesn't have the internals, the Type 6 just lacks maneuverability and combat ability.
The two closest contenders are the Viper Mk 4 and the Cobra Mk3. Both decent candidates. The VM4 sacrifices some internals for a bit more robustness. The CM3 has a little less internals but more utility slots and better speed.
But for me, its the number of internals (8) that is the winner. Plenty of space for cargo, collectors, hatch breakers, and still room left over for the luxury of a docking computer.
If i was the sort of person who wrote lengthy posts to FD demanding they change some aspect of a ship, the only thing i'd really want is 4 utility mounts. After a cargo scanner and chaff launcher, there is no room for point defense or anything else.
But considering that my targets here are traders, and possibly small escort ships, i'm fine with this. Its not like i'm pirating medical convoys with their pythons and anaconda escorts. I'd only consider that sort of monkey business in a wing of 4.
As for weapon hardpoints. 2 pulse lasers are fine for getting shields down. I've loaded up the 3 small slots with missiles. If they try and run, then blow their thrusters with the missiles. 2.1 now stops ships jumping if thrusters are offline.
And finally, the thing that made me really fall in love with it the most. The model and texture. Have you looked at one closely? the texture is like that of a snake, with the midnight black paintjob, it feels and looks like a pirate ship.
So, anyone else love the CM4? And if so, what do you use it for?
It gets a lot of bad press, but for me, i find it be a great ship for piracy. I think it would make a decent low cost mining ship as well.
I'm sure people can point to a dozen other ships to show why ship X is better for Y. But in the price range i'd say for Piracy there are not many competitors. The DBS doesn't have the internals, the Type 6 just lacks maneuverability and combat ability.
The two closest contenders are the Viper Mk 4 and the Cobra Mk3. Both decent candidates. The VM4 sacrifices some internals for a bit more robustness. The CM3 has a little less internals but more utility slots and better speed.
But for me, its the number of internals (8) that is the winner. Plenty of space for cargo, collectors, hatch breakers, and still room left over for the luxury of a docking computer.
If i was the sort of person who wrote lengthy posts to FD demanding they change some aspect of a ship, the only thing i'd really want is 4 utility mounts. After a cargo scanner and chaff launcher, there is no room for point defense or anything else.
But considering that my targets here are traders, and possibly small escort ships, i'm fine with this. Its not like i'm pirating medical convoys with their pythons and anaconda escorts. I'd only consider that sort of monkey business in a wing of 4.
As for weapon hardpoints. 2 pulse lasers are fine for getting shields down. I've loaded up the 3 small slots with missiles. If they try and run, then blow their thrusters with the missiles. 2.1 now stops ships jumping if thrusters are offline.
And finally, the thing that made me really fall in love with it the most. The model and texture. Have you looked at one closely? the texture is like that of a snake, with the midnight black paintjob, it feels and looks like a pirate ship.
So, anyone else love the CM4? And if so, what do you use it for?
