Greetings & salutations!
I have that Elite itch again, as of late. Been a while since I last played the game, not too long but still..
Anywho, currently I think I can afford a very, very crappily equipped Anaconda (my favourite ship) but who would do such a thing, right?
Instead; I used to fly 2 specific ships, namely the Vulture and Python. Both equipped for my favourite activity in the game; PVE combat along the rings (HI-Res whatchamacallit).
Even flew a few other ships before such as the ASP Explorer, Viper IV(?) and Cobra MKIV.
The Cobra IV was the most beautiful ship for me, especially with it's Horizons Desert Camo pack. So much personality!
It did kinda do bad in combat, though. Not horrible, but I was somewhat dishevealed.
Now, I know if I want a low-risk (low insurance) combat ship; the Vulture would be the logical/''sane'' choice.
And if I want a good multipurpose ship; my Phython makes perfect sense.
But when Elite itches me, somehow the Cobra MkIV calles me back the most.. I dunno why.
And I had never truly delved anything in Elite BEFORE besides Hi/Low Res bounty hunting.
I want to do some Engineering missions for the first time (which MIGHT require some cargo space etc?)
And I honestly wanna do some basic* short-range exploration!
^^ Both of those things above, WHILE also enjoying some Bounty Hunting around rings etc and doing some Combat missions with a ship that has very, very low insurance costs.
So, I thought a nifty little(ish) ship with lots of internals (especially for it's size & cost) might come in handy for the purposes mentioned above! (A.k.a Short range space/planetary exploration, Hi/Low Res combat, simple combat missions / First Steps into Engineering).
Hence, I came up with the following build for my imagined Cobra IV.
Here she is: https://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk...wOYBskjmPMIwg=&bn=Multipurpose Cobra MK IV v1
But is it really a horrible idea? (could be). While trying to be jack of a few trades, will I end-up being able to do none with such a ship as the Cobra IV?
Maybe the build needs some changes that you would recommend? As I said before; as long as I can do the above mentioned things ''fairly/moderately well'' in my new Cobra, then I'd be happy.
Normally I would just jump into the game and test it out, but as I said, I have been away from the game for a little while and had horrible experiences in life in a very short amount of time (death, bereavement (more like no chance to do so), economic crisis and more).
So, I thought about asking you fellow commanders here
Besides, I like talking/reading about such things.
Thank you all very much in advance for any replies/insights.
PS! Please move thread if I opened it on a wrong forum section.
Cheers.
I have that Elite itch again, as of late. Been a while since I last played the game, not too long but still..
Anywho, currently I think I can afford a very, very crappily equipped Anaconda (my favourite ship) but who would do such a thing, right?
Instead; I used to fly 2 specific ships, namely the Vulture and Python. Both equipped for my favourite activity in the game; PVE combat along the rings (HI-Res whatchamacallit).
Even flew a few other ships before such as the ASP Explorer, Viper IV(?) and Cobra MKIV.
The Cobra IV was the most beautiful ship for me, especially with it's Horizons Desert Camo pack. So much personality!
It did kinda do bad in combat, though. Not horrible, but I was somewhat dishevealed.
Now, I know if I want a low-risk (low insurance) combat ship; the Vulture would be the logical/''sane'' choice.
And if I want a good multipurpose ship; my Phython makes perfect sense.
But when Elite itches me, somehow the Cobra MkIV calles me back the most.. I dunno why.
And I had never truly delved anything in Elite BEFORE besides Hi/Low Res bounty hunting.
I want to do some Engineering missions for the first time (which MIGHT require some cargo space etc?)
And I honestly wanna do some basic* short-range exploration!
^^ Both of those things above, WHILE also enjoying some Bounty Hunting around rings etc and doing some Combat missions with a ship that has very, very low insurance costs.
So, I thought a nifty little(ish) ship with lots of internals (especially for it's size & cost) might come in handy for the purposes mentioned above! (A.k.a Short range space/planetary exploration, Hi/Low Res combat, simple combat missions / First Steps into Engineering).
Hence, I came up with the following build for my imagined Cobra IV.
Here she is: https://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk...wOYBskjmPMIwg=&bn=Multipurpose Cobra MK IV v1
But is it really a horrible idea? (could be). While trying to be jack of a few trades, will I end-up being able to do none with such a ship as the Cobra IV?
Maybe the build needs some changes that you would recommend? As I said before; as long as I can do the above mentioned things ''fairly/moderately well'' in my new Cobra, then I'd be happy.
Normally I would just jump into the game and test it out, but as I said, I have been away from the game for a little while and had horrible experiences in life in a very short amount of time (death, bereavement (more like no chance to do so), economic crisis and more).
So, I thought about asking you fellow commanders here
Besides, I like talking/reading about such things.
Thank you all very much in advance for any replies/insights.
PS! Please move thread if I opened it on a wrong forum section.
Cheers.
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