Mistakes were made! (I died, RIP)

[Deleted member 110222]

I just got a Cobra back in my life. Ooh, shiny. Course, it was only D rated. I'm still poor.

What it does have is 40t cargo, which is great for those cargo haulage missions. Well, I got interdicted, and like a numpty, I tried to kill the pirate. Who was flying an FAS.

Make matters worse for me, for some reason, report crimes was turned off.

Needless to say, my ship popped very quickly, and I visited the re-buy screen. Oh well, lesson learnt, don't fight the premium dogfighter in a cargo ship.

I made the credits back. Re-buy is currently only 70k, and I had 900k.

On another note, my Cobra is so pretty now it has name plates and cool emblems. Will post a screenshot in the relevant thread tomorrow.

 

[Tarman]

C3 is my Falcon. Whenever I feel extra Soloey I get it out of storage. Such a fun ship.

But yes, nothing like flying something else for so long you forget how to pilot the new one. I just jumped back in my Asp after half a month of Vulturizing CZs. My thruster operation is apparently very different in these vessels. Good thing paint is cheap. >_____>

 

[metascrawl]

"Mistakes were made" - love that passive construction, hehe.

I think it's time I got another Cobra. It was the second ship I owned in the game until I 'upgraded' to a Dolphin. What can I say? I was still very green.

 

[Mitch Brewer]

I tend to fight things that I know I shouldn't fight when I imbibe in a few too many adult beverages. Great thing about Cobras is you never really have to fight. Boost, boost, jump.

 

[Xious]

Experience is the best teacher...

With all those missions offering 100k, you should be po no mo pretty soon.

 

[Jenner]

I've made some really dumb mistakes.

Last one was loading up my Conda with new weapons and not checking the power draw. First fight I got in I deployed hardpoints and then... "Sheilds Offline" :/

I took more damage than I care to admit.

 

[Ozram]

What? An excuse for a cobra selfie?
Irresistible!

And good attitude OP; you'll go far.

 

[Faded Glory]

Cobra Mk III is a lovely ship (it was the only ship you needed in the older games ). Shields are on the weak side, but it is fast and agile, and I reckon if you'd had "Report Crimes..." on you'd have probably managed to emerge victorious with a little help from the authorities.

 

[sb413197]

I never owned a cobra but think I will buy one soon. I regret never having owned one (I own 2 cutters, 2 anaconda etc etc) - went from hauler to viper mk4 to aspX and somehow missed that beauty.

Small ships are fun through the whole game, never sell a ship, you'll just want it again some day.....I still miss my hauler...!

 

[Tarman]

I never owned a cobra but think I will buy one soon. I regret never having owned one (I own 2 cutters, 2 anaconda etc etc) - went from hauler to viper mk4 to aspX and somehow missed that beauty.

Small ships are fun through the whole game, never sell a ship, you'll just want it again some day.....I still miss my hauler...!

I kept all of them. Even the Hauler; even the Sidewinder. I would never sell the Adder; plus who would buy a haunted ship? They've been getting tricked out like a warehouse full of rice tuners.

 

[Schmack]

I try to get the pirate to show up at the station, they often will. Then I trap them near the station so they get scanned. They won't open fire on me in the no fire zone, but the feds will scan us both and then you see the pirate deploy hardpoints, you know it's on. They give chase, I stay right on him (thinking he cannot jump if I am right on his back). Sometimes he pops, sometimes he jumps. I get nothing for it but the satisfaction of knowing I beat him without firing a shot. (we should get something for that).

 

[Kingston@#]

not had a cobra MIII for well over 18mths. after finding my nationality flag skin, in the store. had to get another. not had the time to pimp it out yet. so its as standard.
are there any spec tips out there. I would like to turn it into a king cobra. AKA killing cobra. not really interested in running, prefer to take the battle on. kill or be killed its all fun to me

 

[Kingston@#]

I've made some really dumb mistakes.

Last one was loading up my Conda with new weapons and not checking the power draw. First fight I got in I deployed hardpoints and then... "Sheilds Offline" :/

I took more damage than I care to admit.

mmm totally done this myself. I will admit. I lost my ship. lol..

 

[DNA-Decay]

Cobra Mk III is a lovely ship (it was the only ship you needed in the older games ). Shields are on the weak side, but it is fast and agile, and I reckon if you'd had "Report Crimes..." on you'd have probably managed to emerge victorious with a little help from the authorities.

Shields might be weak, but it has good armor and is nimble and quick.
I put G5 Dirties in and I'm clocking 500 plus. Big and small pulses on starboard - big and small MCs to port.
I haven't run her much lately, but this thread and the armor one are making me think I should give it another go in the CZs.

 

[CMDR MERANGO]

Quite often, the most important aspect of any mistake, is ensuring we learn from said mistake.

Good luck CMIV