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Best ship ever?
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:57 pm
by ArkanoiD
Though i still fly old Cobra mkIII (not my first one - got almost "like new" with NEU and MSE on Ceesxe for just 260,000cr !) i am thinking about better and faster ship and i hope to get it just as i get enough money to afford it. So i consider SuperCobra (reminds me MkIV from LinewarsII) and Fer-de-Lance NG. The second one is DAMN fast! But - its shields are not upgradeable, not even generic shield boosters nor to speak of MSE. Any advices? Does anyone drive FdL NG here? Is it practical enough if massive pirate attack or thargoid invasion happens?
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:01 pm
by Rxke
Fer de Lance isn't worth its price, IMHO... Supercobra's a good ship, if you got the money.
So is the Wolf MkII SE, and the Imperial Courier.
(Wolf kinda hard to find sometimes at the shop, esp. the special editions...)
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:43 pm
by ArkanoiD
Rxke wrote:Fer de Lance isn't worth its price, IMHO... Supercobra's a good ship, if you got the money.
So is the Wolf MkII SE, and the Imperial Courier.
(Wolf kinda hard to find sometimes at the shop, esp. the special editions...)
0.6LS! 0.15 faster than Supercobra!
And Wolf MkII is not cheap either..
What are Imperial Courier's data?
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:01 pm
by Rxke
ArkanoiD wrote:0.6LS! 0.15 faster than Supercobra!
Speed isn't everything, esp. in big fights, I find myself slowing down lots of times, (and then accellerating again,) sometimes even coming to a complete stop, when one of those smaller ships start to circle me, when you have a ship that's agile enough, you can then easily get them on your twelve...
Imp C: 100 tonnes, 7 energybanks, can have all the extra's, and quite speedy (forgot exact numbers) the specsheet isn't up at the wiki (yet)
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:02 pm
by ArkanoiD
Rxke wrote:ArkanoiD wrote:0.6LS! 0.15 faster than Supercobra!
Imp C: 100 tonnes, 7 energybanks, can have all the extra's, and quite speedy (forgot exact numbers) the specsheet isn't up at the wiki (yet)
I have OXP installed but haven't seen any for sale nor in the space..
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:03 pm
by Lanx
Rxke wrote:
Speed isn't everything, esp. in big fights, I find myself slowing down lots of times, (and then accellerating again,) sometimes even coming to a complete stop, when one of those smaller ships start to circle me, when you have a ship that's agile enough, you can then easily get them on your twelve...
Agreed. There are basically two NPC strategies: either they start to circle me, then it is better to slow down. Following them is much easier that way. Or they use their fuel injectors (Fer de Lance, Mussurana); then I tend to ignore them and to do something else like scooping up some cargo barrels until they exaust all their fuel and are forced to fly at normal speed again.
BTW, is the Wolf MK II SE avaible in the same oxp like the normal Wolf MK II?
And where can I buy a Mussurana? There seems to be no planet which offers these ships.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:20 pm
by Commander Gralen
Check my av!
I preffer that one, my av, the one i work in,
the one i got to dangerous in,
the one i kill offenders with,
My favorite:
The Wolf mkII SE!!
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:16 pm
by Rxke
A very good ship indeed, but pricey... for about half the price you've got yourself a SuperCobra, which isn't bad either.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:29 pm
by ArkanoiD
Rxke wrote:A very good ship indeed, but pricey... for about half the price you've got yourself a SuperCobra, which isn't bad either.
And for just a few more credits you get an Imperial Courier which seems to be *much* better.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:38 pm
by Flying_Circus
ArkanoiD wrote:Rxke wrote:A very good ship indeed, but pricey... for about half the price you've got yourself a SuperCobra, which isn't bad either.
And for just a few more credits you get an Imperial Courier which seems to be *much* better.
Agreed. An Imp-courier is a murderer: once you fly one of those, you're practically invulnerable, and can carry most of what you want.
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:00 pm
by Commander Gralen
I havent seen one of those anywhere...
But the Wolf mkII SE still looks cool
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:56 pm
by winston
Selz, don't kill me since I've not downloaded the Courier for a while (so it may have been updated). But the Courier OXP I have is desperately unbalanced - the Courier itself looks *much* smaller than it appears to be in FFE, it's way too manoeverable and way too fast. Compared to a Cobra and an Asp, the Courier is a lumbering beast - I think in Oolite, it should be on a par with a PCC.
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:04 pm
by Selezen
Later versions of the Courier did slow it down a fair bit, since during playtesting it was stupidly fast.
Give the new version a try, download it from
here and let me know if it's any better...
Dammit. I just loaded the model and the Cobra model to compare. The Cobra is bigger than the Courier!! I distinctly remember resizing the model to make the Cobra rest between the outriggers when it was up against the bottom of the Courier's hull.
OK, looks like I'll be bringing out a new version soon. I'll resize the model and make it scale properly.
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:19 pm
by ArkanoiD
Selezen wrote:Later versions of the Courier did slow it down a fair bit, since during playtesting it was stupidly fast.
Give the new version a try, download it from
here and let me know if it's any better...
Dammit. I just loaded the model and the Cobra model to compare. The Cobra is bigger than the Courier!! I distinctly remember resizing the model to make the Cobra rest between the outriggers when it was up against the bottom of the Courier's hull.
OK, looks like I'll be bringing out a new version soon. I'll resize the model and make it scale properly.
Will it still be 0.500LS?
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:29 pm
by Selezen
No, it won't. It's 0.375LS now.
I've uploaded the new one. It should be V2.2. The ship is now a more realistic size.
Stupid Selezen.