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izzop · 11 Dec 2016 at 20:56

[Death];30300355 said:
man upgrades are very expensive for it!, looks like im going to have to get money and fast. anyone got a good trade route, or is passengers a good one to get into?

Have you considered doing some Rare's trading?

The Cobra is ideally suited to it, depending upon your cargo capacity of course.

[Death] · 11 Dec 2016 at 21:18

ill take a look into it, only been playin a week or so since i got my rift, i have 2 16 slot racks and a 4 slot rack in the 2 slot at the moment

Zefan · 11 Dec 2016 at 21:32

[Death];30299808 said:
looks like cobra it is then, thinking i may store my eagle just for some quick bountys to keep cash flow

Swap it for a Viper, much more of a bounty crunching machine. Then upgrade to the vulture

The cobra - although awesome in its own right - might feel a little clumsy in combat coming from these ships though.

[Death] · 11 Dec 2016 at 21:54

Zefan said:
Swap it for a Viper, much more of a bounty crunching machine. Then upgrade to the vulture

The cobra - although awesome in its own right - might feel a little clumsy in combat coming from these ships though.

have the eagle in storage and riding around in the cobra at the moment, bit clumsey but damn it kills stuff fast with the good weapons lol. may trade up the eagle for the viper tho and see how that performs

Zefan · 11 Dec 2016 at 21:59

The hardpoint placement on the Viper is (well, was... when I played last, over a year ago!) far, far superior to that on the Cobra. Boom 'n' zoom combat style means that it can punch well above its weight. I preferred it to the cobra by miles, but of course it's impossible to do any worthwhile trading whereas the Cobra is a rares-shuttling force to be reckoned with.

Devrij · 11 Dec 2016 at 23:10

[Death];30300355 said:
man upgrades are very expensive for it!, looks like im going to have to get money and fast. anyone got a good trade route, or is passengers a good one to get into?

Focus on getting an A rated FSD first, everything else is secondary. I'd suggest doing some missions so you can level up your rep and unlock some decent payouts. Either that or get involved with a community goal that is doing transport stuff if you want something low risk.

One Vision · 12 Dec 2016 at 09:15

Zefan said:
The hardpoint placement on the Viper is (well, was... when I played last, over a year ago!) far, far superior to that on the Cobra. Boom 'n' zoom combat style means that it can punch well above its weight. I preferred it to the cobra by miles, but of course it's impossible to do any worthwhile trading whereas the Cobra is a rares-shuttling force to be reckoned with.

ASP Explorer is much better than the Cobra for Rares once you get hold of it.

IceWind · 12 Dec 2016 at 10:06

sorry i re evalulate what i said before...

i struggle to keep my balance above 1 million

Trig · 12 Dec 2016 at 14:34

I do like the AspEx, decent all rounder tbh..

Might get another one once I get my conda...

Gabbatek · 12 Dec 2016 at 14:37

draconis is back up. gone from 3mil to 100 in about an hour

federal dropship here i come

BaDBoY_uK · 12 Dec 2016 at 14:45

Gabbatek said:
draconis is back up. gone from 3mil to 100 in about an hour

federal dropship here i come

Good to know. Been smashing PP so lost money

Also replied to some folks via Trust

17 Draconis is now also a way to make money

fullmetaltony · 12 Dec 2016 at 15:08

Zefan said:
The hardpoint placement on the Viper is (well, was... when I played last, over a year ago!) far, far superior to that on the Cobra. Boom 'n' zoom combat style means that it can punch well above its weight. I preferred it to the cobra by miles, but of course it's impossible to do any worthwhile trading whereas the Cobra is a rares-shuttling force to be reckoned with.

Cobra can easily outrun anything though, at least when I had one many moons ago. Face something that's too tough? Boost out of there and you're soon out of range and they can't catch you.

Faster than the Viper iirc

D3K · 12 Dec 2016 at 15:53

Is there a way to reduce the activation angle for the side UI menus?
I'm using a Vive and it feels like it's 90 degrees to the left or right.

BaDBoY_uK · 12 Dec 2016 at 15:59

fullmetaltony said:
Cobra can easily outrun anything though, at least when I had one many moons ago. Face something that's too tough? Boost out of there and you're soon out of range and they can't catch you.

Faster than the Viper iirc

Cobra is the true alrounder... I'd choose the CMK3 over the Viper any day

Trig · 12 Dec 2016 at 20:42

So what is this 17 Draconis thing all about then?

BaDBoY_uK · 12 Dec 2016 at 21:10

Trig said:
So what is this 17 Draconis thing all about then?

You spend too much time being knifed by me on BF1 bro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rDODgHSjnw

Trig · 12 Dec 2016 at 22:12

I dont, haven't bought it lol

Where do I pick up Shadow missions?

BaDBoY_uK · 12 Dec 2016 at 22:20

Trig said:
I dont, haven't bought it lol

Where do I pick up Shadow missions?

Oh wrong person then. Too many peeps with name of Trig

Not sure pal. I haven't done this myself tbh

Showboat · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:24

Do you need the expansion for 17 draconis?

Zefan · 13 Dec 2016 at 09:36

fullmetaltony said:
Cobra can easily outrun anything though, at least when I had one many moons ago. Face something that's too tough? Boost out of there and you're soon out of range and they can't catch you.

Faster than the Viper iirc

Ah yeah, I was getting them confused, Cobra is the boom 'n' zoom special whereas the Viper is more agile beast.

Unless something's changed radically with the way you pay for ships nowadays, it should cost nothing to try both

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