Viper is a beast

Wow just bought a Viper tonight!

What a brilliant little ship. Not only is it super fast (with boost over 500m/s!) but it's kitted out with 2 class 4 and 2 class 2 hardpoints :eek:

I've only enough credits so far to kit out the two class 4s but when I got 4 guns this thing is gonna be badass!

It's already damn cool. Ok versus and eagle it can be quite tricky cause they are both super manoverable ships, but against anything else, it rocks!

No more Cobra Mk3's running away to joust at you - you can just boost on it's ass and own it :)

I recommend it.
 
I really really really love the viper. It can't take too many hits but DAMN it's a fast and furious fighter. Cargo space is minimal but still more than a Sidewinder.

The increased speed also means you'll be able to experiment with some different fighting styles. I completely agree, the Viper is awesome.

The cockpit internals, not so much. I mean it's spartan and all that, yeah, but it also looks a little bit uninteresting from the inside.
 
don't use all 4 hard points or you never can make normal jumps :)

i did fit my viper with everything and had 4ly jumps maxed out with full load out, lol, i couldn't reach far unless i burned half of my fuel or sold hard points, i am planing on using only both C4 for reasonable jump distance.
 
Thanks for the advice guys - I didn't know until now that fitting hardpoints affected ship range. Why is that? Extra ship mass or something? It's not obvious nor warned when you fit them.
 
Thanks for the advice guys - I didn't know until now that fitting hardpoints affected ship range. Why is that? Extra ship mass or something? It's not obvious nor warned when you fit them.

Yeah it's the extra mass, c4 weapons weigh 9 tonnes, over twice that of c2. The viper can hold 4 x c2 weapons and maintain a decent jump range when empty of cargo. I suspect a full load will curtail it quite severely though, it's best used as a hunter killer if enweaponed or a light, fast trader if you leave it weaponless.
 
Yes 4 x c2 weighs less than 2 x c4 - I presume it also has more killing power against small ships (but perhaps less against large ships).

Can't get into the Viper myself - can't see out the top, so dogfighting is just looking at the scanner - not my cup of tea..
 
man, i cant wait till i have enough creds to switch to the viper. Still hauling in my hauler right now.
 
Love my Viper. Haven't tried it in combat yet. It's like the Eagle (which I love) but with double the cargo space. :) Sounds nice, too! Bought mine in Chango Dock I think, for a very reasonable 75k.
 
Viper in action at Eranin II.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F50ztPu-eA

I haven't flown a Cobra yet, just the Sidewinder, Eagle, and now the Viper. I've had a few redouts and exceeding g-force limit warnings in it.

To be honest, with some of the high-g maneuvers you can do in it I think there should be far more redouts and blackouts experienced than there currently are. I think that's still a work in progress though.
 
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The viper is such a sexy beast I blew up a hauler just by boosting past it out of a station.

I especially love the way the "turbo" burbles and crackles when you slow down.
 
Ah well... it was fun whilst it lasted.

No fault of my own but some bast*rd NPC when docking bashed me into the toaster rail, which my expensive viper promptly blew into bits.

Not having the 7136CR needed to rebuy it, I had to resort to the free sidewinder .... ;_;

I really am thinking I can't be bothered to grind my way back again. Maybe when there's new content to the beta.
 
But the viper combat AI still get killed in a duel by my standard sidewinder :(
AI for good ships should be better than sidewinder AI.
 
I got the Viper yesterday, and oh- yeah (think rocket from guardians of the galaxy).

Its basically the combat version of a Cobra... like if the cobra and the eagle had a badass baby.

Its got the hardpoints of a cobra, the speed > the Eagle, and the cargo bay of half a hauler.

And its FAST. what they dont say about its boost is that you kick up to 500m/s.. then slowly coast back down. slooowly. meaning you haulin-A the whole time.

And its boost is insanely strong (probably going to get nerfed), as it can do something other ships simply cannot: slam from full reverse to full fwd instantly. Say you are reverse kiting another player, running in full reverse, trading shots. You find yourself on the losing end of that shootout, time to disengage. Simply line up slightly off center, and hit boost. while zipping past the enemy, dont forget to put thrusters back to fwd in the meantime.

Think Serenity when the pilot says "bet you cant do.. this!", because thats exactly what it does. :D
 
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