Upgrading to Cobra

Hullo everyone!

Since it looks like no Alpha 4 this weekend and I have some spare time today I thought I'd get myself a Cobra.

Messed this up before and died shortly after discovering no, it doesn't remove your current weapons and add them to your new ship - 100 or so credits and a pulse laser is no fun at all ;)

So, if I sell my beam lasers etc, will I get the same amount I paid for them back as the system stands at the moment?

I am assuming the pattern should be:

1. Get ship cost plus around ~10-15% cost for insurance.
2. Sell weapons and equipment
3. Buy ship.
4. Re-purchase weapons and equipment.

Anything I'm missing?

Thanks!
 
Hullo everyone!

Since it looks like no Alpha 4 this weekend and I have some spare time today I thought I'd get myself a Cobra.

Messed this up before and died shortly after discovering no, it doesn't remove your current weapons and add them to your new ship - 100 or so credits and a pulse laser is no fun at all ;)

So, if I sell my beam lasers etc, will I get the same amount I paid for them back as the system stands at the moment?

I am assuming the pattern should be:

1. Get ship cost plus around ~10-15% cost for insurance.
2. Sell weapons and equipment
3. Buy ship.
4. Re-purchase weapons and equipment.

Anything I'm missing?

Thanks!

Everything is right, except insurance costs are about ~5% of the ships price with installed equipment varying from about 1000Cr for basic Cobra to about 7000-8000Cr for fully equipped Cobra.
 
And when you fly your shiny new Cobra out of the station turn around and target it. Reverse to 5001m and then hyperspace from a stand still.
Seems to avoid the blowing up thing if you do that.
But if you do blow up do not, repeat do not use the menus. As soon as you explode get Task Manager on the case and kill the ED process.
Reload the game and do what you need to do again.
If you use the menus you'll lose your ship and all the bits and all the cash you spent on them. Not fun.
 
you don't get any credits back when you swap out equipment - it seems!! I upgraded to a Cobra with 2 beam and 2 missile racks which seems to be a good combination. Stilll not sure when the Alpha 4.0 will be released - should be 26th April for Alpha backers?
 
And when you fly your shiny new Cobra out of the station turn around and target it. Reverse to 5001m and then hyperspace from a stand still.
Seems to avoid the blowing up thing if you do that.
But if you do blow up do not, repeat do not use the menus. As soon as you explode get Task Manager on the case and kill the ED process.
Reload the game and do what you need to do again.
If you use the menus you'll lose your ship and all the bits and all the cash you spent on them. Not fun.

lol interesting, wonder how this was stumbled upon. great find though whoever it was as its just another exploit that can be fixed by release time.

you don't get any credits back when you swap out equipment - it seems!! I upgraded to a Cobra with 2 beam and 2 missile racks which seems to be a good combination. Stilll not sure when the Alpha 4.0 will be released - should be 26th April for Alpha backers?

who said 26th?
doubt it will be released on a weekend.
 
you don't get any credits back when you swap out equipment - it seems!! I upgraded to a Cobra with 2 beam and 2 missile racks which seems to be a good combination. Stilll not sure when the Alpha 4.0 will be released - should be 26th April for Alpha backers?

You do get credits back, it just doesn't show the sale value in the UI right now.

And who said 26th?? The current word is that Premium Beta starts end of May, and Alpha backers should have that build to test and debug around 2 weeks before... so you're looking at mid-May surely?
 
Thanks guys. I'll use that hack if the game eats my Cobra via bugs, I think that's fair use so to speak :D

you don't get any credits back when you swap out equipment - it seems!! I upgraded to a Cobra with 2 beam and 2 missile racks which seems to be a good combination. Stilll not sure when the Alpha 4.0 will be released - should be 26th April for Alpha backers?

The 26th! This is a new and unusual rumour! :eek:
 
Michael said Alpha 4 in May.
Don't hold your breath.
Alpha access ends today.
Absolutely no hint or mention from FD that Alpha 4 begins the day after (on a weekend).
 
Michael said Alpha 4 in May.
Don't hold your breath.
Alpha access ends today.
Absolutely no hint or mention from FD that Alpha 4 begins the day after (on a weekend).

No way Alpha access ends today. Today is the last opportunity to join Alpha. Not that we won't be able to play Alpha beginning tomorrow.
 
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