The freagle!

[Luciuss]

The Freagle is great for dogfights. If you maneuver well, you will kill everything, except bigger ships with rotating turrets.

The only problem with that ship is the power plant - no way to equip all 3 hardpoints. Any ideas where to find a Power Plant upgrade? i looked in ~20 outposts already and had no luck yet. I hope they change the shopping system to be more like in eve, where you can see where you may get your desired item.

 

[Doomus]

If you upgrade anything on it, get a weapon on a gimble mount, it makes a huge difference.

^THIS

 

[Hugh Man]

The only problem with that ship is the power plant - no way to equip all 3 hardpoints. Any ideas where to find a Power Plant upgrade? i looked in ~20 outposts already and had no luck yet. I hope they change the shopping system to be more like in eve, where you can see where you may get your desired item.

Can't confirm it myself yet but I heard that an upgraded power distribution unit should already enable you to use all 3 hardpoints and is easier to find than a power plant.

 

[IcyLemon]

Can't confirm it myself yet but I heard that an upgraded power distribution unit should already enable you to use all 3 hardpoints and is easier to find than a power plant.

I don't think so. The power distribution only affects the SYS/ENG/WEP pips. Either by giving you more or increasing the rate at which they recharge. In terms of weapons I imagine it would only help them cool faster. The power draw is unrelated.

 

[Psycho Fox]

So,..... Do not take any rant about ship/game/devs/FD/others opinions too seriously!

Get out there, and make your own experiences........

I have put one beam, 2cannons on the eagle at Beta,..... Predator.

Good choice of armaments. In my humble opinion it is the best set-up to have. I LUV MOI 'AGLE!

 

[Unknown Terror]

Love my Eagle. I played the Viper a hell of a lot pre-Gamma, it was a nice ship but now I remember how versatile the Eagle is I think I might just skip the Viper altogether this time around.

 

[JonnyC0mbat]

There is nothing wrong with the Eagle, it's a superb fighter. I've taken down a Python last night with 2 crumby loaned pulse lasers and a gimballed multi cannon. Helps to get the jump on your target though, and if you get ambushed it's just better to run for it unless you can dart behind an Asteroid or a Fed patrol.

 

[Retrograde]

By the time you get to it, you may as well keep it.
Mine is >150LY from my starting point.

This was a bug, and it has since been fixed server-side. Unfortunately to resolve it, you have to clear your save. If you restart with a new save, the Eagle will be placed in the same system you're in. Go to System Map to locate it.

 

[crushdepth]

No you definitely need to upgrade the reactor to upgrade this ship or even to put a third gun on it.

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Try hi tech systems, took me whole to find one as well

 

[Hugh Man]

I don't think so. The power distribution only affects the SYS/ENG/WEP pips. Either by giving you more or increasing the rate at which they recharge. In terms of weapons I imagine it would only help them cool faster. The power draw is unrelated.

No you definitely need to upgrade the reactor to upgrade this ship or even to put a third gun on it.

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Try hi tech systems, took me whole to find one as well

I see. Thanks for the clarification. Forget my post then.

 

[EAGLE 5]

The Eagle turned out to be one of the best surprise out of Gamma. Being forced to take it or take the long way up I decided to stick with it and I was not disappointed! That thing can dance! plus 3 firing slots is excellent for a small craft. I used to skip it and go to the viper but now I got mine a nice paintjob from the store (Urban Camo Mig29 sort of look) and want to seriously deck it out for out and out dogfighting once I get enough cash.

 

[Sgopher81]

I am making my way up to my free Eagle, but I'm kinda enjoying my kitted out Cobra!

Can I sell my Eagle for some easy credits?

 

[Toumal]

I'd like my Frorca and Franaconda now please, thank you!

 

[Tiamat]

I don't think so. The power distribution only affects the SYS/ENG/WEP pips. Either by giving you more or increasing the rate at which they recharge. In terms of weapons I imagine it would only help them cool faster. The power draw is unrelated.

Check your stats on that. It has been a while since I upgraded a power distributor but I am positive the wepons draw slightly less power and they definitely cool faster.

I spend most of beta 2.5 onwards in an Eagle and loved it. I finally sold it for a Viper to see what all the fuss was about and whilst the Viper is faster I got the feeling that if I ever gut a skilled Eagle pilot attach himself to my tail I would be in trouble.

 

[Bruce Warren]

I stripped mine bare to extend the range and used it to get over to sol.

While the eagle is supposed to be a fighter, it's not too shoddy as a poor mans trader. if you swap everything for cargo racks I think it'll carry 14 tons.

 

[EAGLE 5]

My only complaint of the Eagle in general has been how easily it overheats... but with that I've also hit 200% temps and it didn't explode which is nice. It is getting a little better with more heat resistant upgrades though but stock it's basically an ember with a fuse on it.

 

[Ryzz]

Haven't used an Eagle since Beta 2, but I hopped into my Freagle last night and did some bounty hunting and had a HUGE smile on face the whole time! I'm definitely going to hang onto mine and upgrade it as much as possible when the game launches.

It's a beautiful little ship, and I can see it becoming a firm favourite amongst commanders who want a cost-effective second ship for short range combat hijinks.

 

[cmdr awesome]

This was a bug, and it has since been fixed server-side. Unfortunately to resolve it, you have to clear your save. If you restart with a new save, the Eagle will be placed in the same system you're in. Go to System Map to locate it.

Aww, that's boring. I like the fact I've got a long way to go to collect it, having adventures along the way. I'll get there, but have found a great trading milk run so am a bit distracted at the moment.

 

[Hokum15]

Hi all New here, just got my Gamma access yesterday.

Yes I like the Eagle, I'm using mine as a fast courier and after only a an hour or two I've made enough credits to upgrade the lasers to gimbal mounted ones and have a about 10k in the bank too.

I have a question having only played the (rubbish) tutorials and not having any other manual have people noticed getting interdicted a lot in high speed travel? I didn't have it for ages then suddenly I'm getting it almost every time I go on a courier mission.

 

[TheDayman]

I miss my Viper... :-( Eagles used to give me a hard time due to their maneuverability but the Viper's superior speed dictated the range, and those 2 medium mounts paired with gimballed multi-cannons on the smaller mounts would tear through an Eagle on the first pass.