what ship next?

[[VR] Mad Mike]

I have a pimped sidewinder and eagle. My long term goal is to have every ship in the game. I have 630k but thinking of getting it up to a million before stowing (not selling so won't be making any money back)

Am thinking of having a dabble in trading but I do like bounty hunting so need summat with teeth. Should I go right to the cobra or is the adder wrth a look. I know the cobra is the better ship but..........

PS I play solely in vr so need something which h is nice to sit in

 

[Dortmunder]

Cobra is good for both Bounty Hunting and Trading. Fairly cheap as well.

Never bought an Adder, didn't really like the look of it

 

[Jesters09]

I have a pimped sidewinder and eagle. My long term goal is to have every ship in the game. I have 630k but thinking of getting it up to a million before stowing (not selling so won't be making any money back)

Am thinking of having a dabble in trading but I do like bounty hunting so need summat with teeth. Should I go right to the cobra or is the adder wrth a look. I know the cobra is the better ship but..........

PS I play solely in vr so need something which h is nice to sit in

I went cobra, but the adder wasn't available when I came to upgrade.
I have flown both though now and the adder is a lovely lil ship.
For combat, I'd have say cobra hands down, adders last about 5 seconds against a cobra in a fight.
Pimped cobras are very capable, which is why I suppose it is an iconic ship.

D class stuff if want max range and are trading, A class if hunting anything big like Elite condas.

 

[MuthaF Jamal]

Cobra is good for both Bounty Hunting and Trading. Fairly cheap as well.

Never bought an Adder, didn't really like the look of it

Cobra is indeed a must craft.

Adder is like little Cobra - if it weren't on a slow side it would be just awesome.
It is still great craft - very maneuverable, got much better power supply than eagle, and packs more than enough punch for bounty hunting yet has quite some cargo space too.
Basically, a budget Cobra - i was very much glad i changed from Eagle to Adder at the time.

 

[Ogidch]

I fly a Cobra a very capable at bounty hunting and trading, I swap the shield bank out for an extra 16 tonnes of carge every now and then, this gives me 60 tonnes in total.

I flew the Adder before that and stepped into it as quickly as possible by selling the Eagle. I found the Adder very good for bounty hunting and running cargo, with the shield bank fitted you can run 18 tonnes of cargo. Its a pretty manoeuvrable ship as well, lacks top-end compared to my Cobra though. I used a gimballed multi-canon in the medium hard point and fixed pulses on the two small hard points.

 

[Whiterose]

Cobra. 40 tons of cargo space, 2 medium and 2 small hardpoints. I use it for trading and bounty hunting. The engine noise is so much better than the Hauler. FSD upgraded to 15 Ly at the moment but it can go higher. I will be happy with my Cobra for a long while, continually upgrading it.

 

[Painkiller]

Hi M&M (Mad Mike )...as you know, this games gives you full liberty on what to do everyday or hr. For now I am doing trades in my Lak-6. I have upped its cargo to 96 and I do not use it for combat (or trying to win from getting interdicted). Until now I was dong trades with MK III that was also fitted for combat but on my trade routes there were almost NONE of combats ) ...so instead into one trade route I get 10-20K cryo, now with Lak-6 I get 80-100K . When I'll get borred of trading (that is quite a repetetive thing to do) I will jump into Cobra and go in space, asteroid belts, nav beacons and shoot at wanted ships.
As I read from forums, ASP is a good fighter so I will get that ship and see how cargo runs go. I don't want every ship in the game but I do want a good ship for the thing that I do, trade or combat. If you don't have combat experience, dont' fly Cobra, rather fly a ship that you can afford to loose many times.
if I would into your place, I would take eagle and go into hunting. If you feel that flying eagle has become easy for you and you spend most of your combat time staying behind NPC and shooting at it, that means your combat skill have evolved and you are ready for next ship ...and why not to be Cobra Mk III after

 

[Kramster]

I bounty hunt in an Eagle
I have a cobra for mining/exploration (used it for trading until Type6)
I have a type 6 for trading (was going Asp but once you get it equipped the insurance becomes an issue, at least for me)
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Not really done warzone stuff but will probably trick out a viper for that.
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I really liked the Adder, used it to trade to cobra, in the end though I prefer the Eagle/Cobra combo
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Cannot comment on the bigger stuff they don't seem to be interesting enough for me to try

 

[neXib]

Sort of sounds like the Adder would be better than the Hauler for moving cargo too. I have the same amount of space and less guns in my Hauler

 

[Muthax]

Cobra with 2 C2 beam lasers and 2 C1 cannons or auto-cannons is a mean machine

Before buying an adder, check a video where you can hear the engine, I sold mine for an eagle after a couple of hours... couldn't stand it

 

[Ben_BigBen]

Adder is pretty economical on fuel and repairs compared with the Cobra. Been loving mine for all types of jobs, even taken out a couple of Elite Anacondas with it too. I've nearly got to that point where I'm thinking; "OK, so I've A rated everything - what ship shall I buy next?" Will probably go Cobra although a pimped Sidey might be fun to buy as a second ship.
Engine tone hasn't ever bothered me and I play with decent headphones

 

[Pyrion]

For fighting i recommend the viper. Downside is the abysmal FSD distance, but in a fight the viper is great. You can really chose your fights, nobody can chase down a viper. You should upgrade the thrusters though, viper's turning rate is not so stellar.

 

[fergal]

I have a pimped sidewinder and eagle. My long term goal is to have every ship in the game. I have 630k but thinking of getting it up to a million before stowing (not selling so won't be making any money back)

Am thinking of having a dabble in trading but I do like bounty hunting so need summat with teeth. Should I go right to the cobra or is the adder wrth a look. I know the cobra is the better ship but..........

PS I play solely in vr so need something which h is nice to sit in

The adder is a good little ship. Its quite maneuverable and has room for any loot your bounties may drop.

You are using VR. Don't touch the adder. The visibility in it is atrocious. Its a shame this ruins the whole ship.

 

[kungfubiker]

for bounty hunting it has to be the Viper, its an evil piece of kit and properly tricked out its virtually unbeatable (.....wait for the shouts over that one lol)...the FSD is not great but 12ly is pretty acceptable imo. for combat/trading then its the Cobra all the way.....just my four penneth worth.

good luck and happy hunting commander

 

[Cmdr. Numa]

My long term goal is to have every ship in the game.

Just how long term are you thinking there ? The costs are extreme, hundreds of millions to buy all ships, even billions to kit them out. Getting there within a resonable timeframe requires trading and moving up in tonnage fast. I went Sidey, Hauler, Cobra, T6, Asp so far. Kitting the Asp out now, since it's the first really decent ship with enough room to do things with. Then I will save up for a T7, eventually a T9, hauling high profit cargo.

 

[Kortossis]

Cobra with 2 C2 beam lasers and 2 C1 cannons or auto-cannons is a mean machine

Before buying an adder, check a video where you can hear the engine, I sold mine for an eagle after a couple of hours... couldn't stand it

A cobra with 2 X C1 Beams and 2 X C2 Multi cannons is much more devastating, I got both set up gimbaled. Makes quick work of just about anything I fight. C1 Beams take out shields just fine on gimbaled setup, and the C2 cannons just destroy a hull in no time at all.

 

[Arithon]

If you are using VR, the Cobra is great. It reminds me of my 1989 Honda Civic Coupe (CRX) - but a lot bigger. The black carpets with grey piped edges. Sloping panels and bulkheads in textured plastic. Soft-glowing consoles. If you stand up, you can see the nose of the ship outside. The glass canopy slopes down from the roof around 3ft over your head down to the dashboard edge 5ft in front of you. The canopy looks to be around 16ft wide. The co-pilot seat is to your right an arms length away and there are two bulkhead tables either side of the pressure door behind you, topped off with textured galvanized steel plates.

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The Viper feels like a race-car cockpit. Small and slightly confined, compared to the roomy Cobra.

The Lakon Type-6 is huge by comparison and I've spent a lot of time using it on the Oculus DK2. You sit on floor plate with your command chair in the middle suspended in a glass box. Peripheral vision is excellent and you can see below your ship which is something you miss when docking with the smaller ships. Your co-pilot is seated below you, out of sight in the lower cockpit and there are ships readouts on glowing blue screens on the bulkheads behind you.

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The Lakon Type-7 is even better. It's enormous glass cockpit is like a greenhouse stood on end. It's like flying a combine harvester! I've missed more than one station because I was admiring the view of a planet while on approach. The view goes further back than the Type-6, as the glass cockpit is two thirds out of the main ship body, compared to only a third on the Type-6. Also the cockpit itself goes back a long way. There are steps leading up to a rear section with an area on both sides, which are probably for a navigator or co-pilot, but from the command chair it looks like a bar! Drinks anyone?

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You have to take your hats off to the designers. These ship interiors are amazing.

I picked up an Imperial Clipper last night but haven't tried it on the Rift yet, so I am really looking forward to flying around this evening. The sound-effects are super sexy. It sounds and looks like something from the 2009 Star Trek universe.

I haven't tried an Adder and I had progressed beyond the Hauler before I got my Rift last month. I will no doubt go back and have a go with these ships as well as the Eagle at some point. Currently I can earn enough in one trade run to buy any two of these ships, I shall probably start a collection when I have picked a "homeworld" for my various ships to live.

To the OP, I would say "Cobra Mk III" should definitely be your next ship. 325K CR for a fantastic ship. Spend 4M CR on it and you have an unbeatable all-round winner. Fast, tough as old boots, 20+ LYr range, 32T cargo even with scanners and other toys. It's the ship I go back to "to get things done".

 

[Muthax]

A cobra with 2 X C1 Beams and 2 X C2 Multi cannons is much more devastating, I got both set up gimbaled. Makes quick work of just about anything I fight. C1 Beams take out shields just fine on gimbaled setup, and the C2 cannons just destroy a hull in no time at all.

Good point, I'll have to try that, seems even less power hungry

 

[gazzareth]

With that amount of cash your choice is a base level Cobra or upgraded Adder. Personally, I would go for the upgraded Adder and then the Cobra when you have a little more so you can afford a better setup. Both are great ships though...

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Thanks everyone lots of great feedback