Sidewinder vs Eagle

gerrelli

gerrelli
Eagle vs Sidewinder
Is there any point in buying a Eagle, the cargo cap is the same right? And it has one additional hard point, so why not just stick with the Sidewinder and keep the money to buy the Cobra?

Also, when I buy a new ship can I sell my existing one or do I just lose my previous purchase?

Thanks! :)
 

nicomak

nicomak
gerrelli said:
Eagle vs Sidewinder
Is there any point in buying a Eagle, the cargo cap is the same right? And it has one additional hard point, so why not just stick with the Sidewinder and keep the money to buy the Cobra?

Also, when I buy a new ship can I sell my existing one or do I just lose my previous purchase?

Thanks! :)
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for the last question, you are now given some money back for your ship, but the sidewinder is free so.... you wont get anything for it.

The thing is the goal for everyone will not necessarilly be to earn massive amount of money asap, and even if it is, playing an anaconda, will never gave the same kind of gameplay as you would have with an eagle or any other ship.

for the moment there are little to do, but i imagine an eagle could be a nice choice for a certain type of missions.

it also seems to generate less heat than other ships, so that it could be a good choice for stealth attack.
 

Joe nose

Joe nose
It's a bit faster, and seems to manoeuvre a bit better than the sidewinder also. It's simply a better fighting ship without being any worse at trading.

Depends how badly you want a cobra; I am fairly limited in terms of my gameplay time but didn't regret investing in an Eagle in PB1 at all.
 

Aleksej

Aleksej
I would go for Cobra directly, the difference between Eagle and Sidewinder is not that big, eagle has just 1 additional hardpoint is a little faster and more maneuverable. Surely it can boost more often but the fast heat build-up is Eagle's downside. Although Eagle heat generation is bugged and in about 10 minutes of the gameplay in the same area total heat generated drops to 0. Another disadvantage of Eagle in comparison to Sidewinder is that it seems to be more fragile.
 

space_invader

space_invader
Aleksej said:
Although Eagle heat generation is bugged and in about 10 minutes of the gameplay in the same area total heat generated drops to 0.
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Not since a new patch.

Anyway to the author of the thread, Eagle is fast, maneuvarable, fragile ship with three class 2 hardpoints. Cobra MK III and Sidewinder can take more damage to the hull but they can't match agility, splendor and esthetic beauty of an Eagle. Since gimballed had been balanced I feel almost invincible in my Eagle. Had couple of encounters with Cobra pilots, won them all. And Sidewinders?! Pffft...they can eat Eagle's dust.
 

gerrelli

gerrelli
Okay thanks everyone, whilst the Eagle is marginally better the sidewinder like Joe Nose I have limited game/testing time so it makes more sense for me to save for the Cobra. Every Cobra I've encountered in Anarchy I've taken out without a problem in my Sidewinder, Anaconda's in the Extraction Zones proved to be a little harder.

I get that we are testing the beta and I'll be the last to complain about bugs but equally we didn't get the beta for free so we have paid for the right to enjoy ourselves and make our own game decisions while we test, there are thousands of other commanders testing the Eagle so it' getting plenty of usage and Frontier are finding the bugs as, based on this thread, evidently they have fixed the overheating problem.
 

1984Softy

1984Softy
Eagle is the middle class fighting ship for traders you should go from Sidewinder to Hauler to Cobra. At least for now.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
I find that the Eagle has a fantastic aesthetic. In the image below, I could look at it during the hours

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Bromley86

Bromley86
without turning this into another griefing thread, I've seen anecdotal evidence on the forums that Eagles are left alone more than Sidewinders by people looking for trouble in the wrong places.
 

Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
Sidewinder vs Eagle is an interesting and fun fight.

Better maneuverability and an extra weapon with poorer cooling against two weapons and turn rate.

If a Sidewinder gets close enough to kiss you, your Eagle is dead meat. Keep him at range though - and the Eagle probably wins.
 

John_Koening

John_Koening
Well i like the eagle but should i stick to the sidey?what Commander Koening i will be without an eagle?can you sell your starting sidey?or best idea is keep both for having ships around?
 
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