News Peek of the Week: Cobra Mk IV

newman1702

newman1702
RGS said:
I do agree that two separate maps would be required, but the work involved in porting over the Mk. III skins to the IV should be minimal at best IMO and I think it'd be pretty harsh to expect existing owners to pay full price again, particularly for the £10 skins.
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Oh, I absolutely agree, just saying I'm not surprised they're still charging separately for them. Despite the similarities they will treat the Mk.IV as a separate ship and sell skins separately. It is what it is. I'll test out he Mk.IV and probably only invest in a skin if there's a chance I'll use it for more than novelty's sake. I do love my orange rattler currently parked in Alioth :)
 

Father Cool

Father Cool
I thought I'd have a play. A very quick subtle change to the Mk3 as per FD's attempt.

I like mine better but of course tastes vary so what are your opinions?

cobra Mk4 Concept.jpg
 

xXCheeChowXx

xXCheeChowXx
In MHO A Spaceship that can land on planets, some with atmospheres, should have some good aerodynamics and be sleeker. Those "boxlike" wing structures would not lend themselves to entering a planets atmosphere without causing some extreme heating. Also flying through "air" they would produce tons of drag and affect the 'Aircrafts" performance very badly. Maybe some re-doing of the polygons in that area would give it the look of a fast purpose-built interplanetary Space/Aircraft....Just MHO.....Retired Aircraft Mech of 22 years.
 

RGS

RGS
Got to say, despite initially not being keen on the design/modifications I do find myself looking forward to this ship a fair bit and coming round (to a degree) to the changes. Maybe that's just at the thought of a higher end 'Super Cobra' that still looks very similar to the original though :).

I'm particularly interested to see how she looks from above and whether I'm right about the slight V-shape. If that is the case it might help to sell the winglets for me and I think, look quite decent.

Really hope the stats are good and that she can compete with an Asp/Vulture (not the jump range of the Asp; not quite the killing power of the Vulture). More fire power, armour, shields, modules and cargo vs. the Mk. III, at a loss of acceleration, top speed and/or manoeuvrability would be pretty sweet. This would still make the Mk. III better for fast escapes and smuggling, plus of course there should be a pretty substantial cost difference. Fingers crossed the new HP will be a medium (can't really imagine it'd be large...).

Also looking forward to how FD deal with this ship from a lore standpoint/ingame description regarding it being limited to only a select few Commanders. Should be a nice story here I think ;).
 

macbernick

M
Hi, are you sure guys this ship will be available only to those who have preorder Horizons ? Or will they get it for free but still available to buy for everyone ?
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
macbernick said:
Hi, are you sure guys this ship will be available only to those who have preorder Horizons ? Or will they get it for free but still available to buy for everyone ?
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Look at the flow chart to see the different profiles benefiting from unlocking the Mk IV. To add that if you pre-ordered ED Horizons and have already ED original, you unlock the Mk IV. You can also find information at the following link. In all cases, the Mk IV will not be free. It will be necessary to buy it into the game with Cr -----

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=54172&d=1438971393 ------ https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=172800
 
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macbernick

M
Patrick_68000 said:
Look at the flow chart to see the different profiles benefiting from unlocking the Mk IV. To add that if you pre-ordered ED Horizons and have already ED original, you unlock the Mk IV. You can also find information at the following link. In all cases, the Mk IV will not be free. It will be necessary to buy it into the game with Cr -----

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=54172&d=1438971393 ------ https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=172800
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Ok I see, thanks for you answer
 

SAB380

SAB380
Will be interesting to see the stats ....more interested than this than any other upcoming ship.
We don't have a high end small ship yet, with the FDL being medium size ...and pointless for anything but PVP.

Hopefully its a significant upgrade from the standard Cobra and represents a serious step up in ability.
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
SAB380 said:
Will be interesting to see the stats ....more interested than this than any other upcoming ship.
We don't have a high end small ship yet, with the FDL being medium size ...and pointless for anything but PVP.

Hopefully its a significant upgrade from the standard Cobra and represents a serious step up in ability.
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The Cobra MK3 is THE go to low tier multi purpose ship in the game imo. I do not personally think it needs a big step up in ability...... my main thing is i hope the cockpit ip upgraded somewhat so i feel like I am flying in a new, but related ship.
 

RGS

RGS
Mad Mike said:
The Cobra MK3 is THE go to low tier multi purpose ship in the game imo. I do not personally think it needs a big step up in ability...... my main thing is i hope the cockpit ip upgraded somewhat so i feel like I am flying in a new, but related ship.
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I think it needs a substantial upgrade. Sure the Mk. III is good value, but it's quickly surpassed by better ships. I hope the Mk. IV will be able to stand alongside the Asp and the Vulture in terms of capability. Given the vessel is specifically for veterans of the game, there really is no need for another low tier ship - That would kind of defeat the point IMO.

I also hope to see a few modifications to the 'pit ;).
 
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