Ahh good to hear from a kindred spirit..after one month I stopped chasing credits cos I had the ship I wanted, buffed to the max - the vulture. However, to keep it interesting in that awesome beast, I had to only do activities with top end difficulty ie assassinations, authority kills, SSS (4 vultures & 3 anacondas were my favourites!..anything harder was impossible!)
After 3-4 months, I thought why not try the FDL? cos it sure looks good but it just didn't suit the way I like to fly and hunt, so I got rid after 2 days!!
I love the eagle, but it just takes so long to kill the big stuff, although it can be done close up - the real problem is wings, where this problem of limited firepower is exacerbated by its pathetic shields ..FD has made the best ship in the game unusable for anything but the simplest tasks!
I then changed to the DBS which I still really love..it is great at everything, although weak shields has cost me in SSS - it is not capable of taking 4 vultures or 3 Anacondas (unless there is a glitch with the ships ie only 2 fire at the same time..& one time 3 anacondas didn't fire at all while I collected the easiest 500k bounty ever! LOL)
Yesterday I changed to the Courier, 'was initially very disappointed but after some great advice from this forum, I realised the way weight affects this ship is incredible!! - I nearly sold it because agility and speed is everything for me in a ship, but now I am keeping it (my DBS will remain in the hanger at Wolf 906 for sure!), although I'm still experimenting with loadouts to get it exactly the way I want it - this one could be the ship I've been looking for..everthing the Eagle should have been!