No regrets buying this banger with Arx for early access. Awesome and fun ship. It’s becoming my new daily. The ship kit components look very cool as well.
honestly i have mine very multi role, operations limpet/ 32 cargo and repair limpet with 3a afmu 3 PA and 2 rails with around 900 hull and 543 shield thermal resist fast charge/bi weave only 44ly but i love the loadout as it lets me do anything from exobiology>pirate stuff>weekly power play missions>combat etc super versatile
My commander has been in hibernative naptosis for the last couple of years. The Cobra Mk III has been my favorite since forever, so I figured I'd give the Mk V a chance. Even though the Mk IV was extremely disappointed. I got the Stellar edition, since I'm practically out of Engineering mats, and now I'm going to collect up the Engineering mats, Guardian stuff, and Thargoid stuff in it.
The mk5 is just insanely good at basically everything. As an explorer, as you demonstrate you get a very nice jump range, but also get that very low resting temp and excellent SCO performance. As a miner it replaces the AspX (imo) as the best ship for short mining outings. As a multi-role, however, it fits everything you could possibly want along with a very respectable 32t cargo, a decent array of weaponry and excellent shields for its size. I'm honestly amazed that this ship was released in this form, it's just so much better than any other small ship.
I'll wait for in-game credits, like the Mandelay, but I admit, both ships are on my wishlist. I use a stripped-down Hauler as my bubble-bus, sometimes a DbX. My Cobra Mk3 is my preferred ship for Rescue missions - my skill-level (hah) just isn't up to taking anything bigger into burning stations confidently. Great video on the MkV tho'
Can some RUclips content creator please make a list of now really obsolete ships? Like, who's flying Sidewinder, Asp Scout, Keelback, Type-7... and if yes, what's their role now. o7
Mandalay : 31st october + 6 months = april 30th / may 1st Cobra mk5: 11th Dec + 6 months = June 11th depending if it's 6 months or 132 days (365/2).... so the dates aren't 100% accurate more like a rough estimate but I'd say "good enough for government work". Edit: I looked up the real timers, and they WERE supposed to be 3 months (no idea where I got 6 months from tbh) but type 8 got delayed and delayed, so mandalay MIGHT come as early as feb 1st, and mk5 apr 1st.
Not really. Like I said, small ships have no real usage save small scale cargo hauling and smuggling to Odyssey settlements with small landingpads only. Other than that - medium ships do everything better and are just as nimble as small ones (the difference is barely felt). So unless you really like to fight the odds in small ship in PvE or PvP combat - you better buy yourself a medium ship. Cobra Mk5 may have her usage in exobiology where the smaller footprint the better, but that would probably need more experimenting. Maybe bubble taxi, but then again - why not choose imp. courier with its insane boost and excellent shields instead (basically gank-proof vessel)?
Dang ehh Im pretty sure the enhanced thrusters only comes upto a size 3 so even though this is a small ship it cant use the 700mps thrusters most the other small ships use.
My mandalay Jumps farther and I don't have to sacrifice any utility to do it. I don't even have to downsize anything. I don't think the Mk5 is gonna be my jumping ship. It's really great for what it is though. Love the Mk5
I'm not to happy with the fact I paid 25 quid to get it early and it's already in the ship shop for credits what's the point in early access if it's already for sale for credits 🤷 and no I'm not a cry baby but it's true
No regrets buying this banger with Arx for early access. Awesome and fun ship. It’s becoming my new daily. The ship kit components look very cool as well.
it is a great little ship
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honestly i have mine very multi role, operations limpet/ 32 cargo and repair limpet with 3a afmu 3 PA and 2 rails with around 900 hull and 543 shield thermal resist fast charge/bi weave only 44ly but i love the loadout as it lets me do anything from exobiology>pirate stuff>weekly power play missions>combat etc super versatile
these ship will be all things to all people
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My commander has been in hibernative naptosis for the last couple of years. The Cobra Mk III has been my favorite since forever, so I figured I'd give the Mk V a chance. Even though the Mk IV was extremely disappointed.
I got the Stellar edition, since I'm practically out of Engineering mats, and now I'm going to collect up the Engineering mats, Guardian stuff, and Thargoid stuff in it.
The mk5 is just insanely good at basically everything. As an explorer, as you demonstrate you get a very nice jump range, but also get that very low resting temp and excellent SCO performance. As a miner it replaces the AspX (imo) as the best ship for short mining outings. As a multi-role, however, it fits everything you could possibly want along with a very respectable 32t cargo, a decent array of weaponry and excellent shields for its size. I'm honestly amazed that this ship was released in this form, it's just so much better than any other small ship.
I just use a fed Corvette filled with collectors and limpets. Cargo filled in seconds. Meh.
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I'll wait for in-game credits, like the Mandelay, but I admit, both ships are on my wishlist. I use a stripped-down Hauler as my bubble-bus, sometimes a DbX. My Cobra Mk3 is my preferred ship for Rescue missions - my skill-level (hah) just isn't up to taking anything bigger into burning stations confidently. Great video on the MkV tho'
Can some RUclips content creator please make a list of now really obsolete ships?
Like, who's flying Sidewinder, Asp Scout, Keelback, Type-7... and if yes, what's their role now. o7
its a good idea?
Keelback is one of my top used ships, it's jus fun to use. It's really good at bein shot and not so good at everything else but it's fun lol
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@@cf9590 Hey nice to hear that! :)
@@cf9590 LOL
The joebra.
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61.17 Ly on an exploration build with SRV and 1 AFMU
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Got mine to 68.38 with fuel. Could be 70, but I didn't want to sacrifice the power distributor. Awesome little ship for exobiology :)
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@@RebirthOfTheGods whats there? :3
Lets find out and do it for science
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I got mine about 67 ly. But with barely any boost power. Which with fuel in it, it’s about 64 ish.
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I love small ships so I'd love to find a use for it but I don't see it replacing my iCourier, Vulture or dbx all of which have niche roles.
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When will it be possible to buy Cobra and Mandalay for "in-game money" and not for ARX. Someone maybe knows ?
Probably by February 1st week
@@CMDR_DRACONID agreed
Mandalay : 31st october + 6 months = april 30th / may 1st
Cobra mk5: 11th Dec + 6 months = June 11th
depending if it's 6 months or 132 days (365/2).... so the dates aren't 100% accurate more like a rough estimate but I'd say "good enough for government work".
Edit: I looked up the real timers, and they WERE supposed to be 3 months (no idea where I got 6 months from tbh) but type 8 got delayed and delayed, so mandalay MIGHT come as early as feb 1st, and mk5 apr 1st.
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@@RebirthOfTheGods Why so??
Waiting for large ship release in 2025 and more medium ships with fighter bays
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Not really. Like I said, small ships have no real usage save small scale cargo hauling and smuggling to Odyssey settlements with small landingpads only. Other than that - medium ships do everything better and are just as nimble as small ones (the difference is barely felt). So unless you really like to fight the odds in small ship in PvE or PvP combat - you better buy yourself a medium ship. Cobra Mk5 may have her usage in exobiology where the smaller footprint the better, but that would probably need more experimenting. Maybe bubble taxi, but then again - why not choose imp. courier with its insane boost and excellent shields instead (basically gank-proof vessel)?
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Days until cobra mk5 release: 82 (if ends at march 12)
Dang ehh Im pretty sure the enhanced thrusters only comes upto a size 3 so even though this is a small ship it cant use the 700mps thrusters most the other small ships use.
In game creds. Imma use it for bounty hunting and pirating. :P Hope I can get the USA paintjob my Mk 3 has. It's name is "Space Force One".
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My mandalay Jumps farther and I don't have to sacrifice any utility to do it. I don't even have to downsize anything. I don't think the Mk5 is gonna be my jumping ship. It's really great for what it is though. Love the Mk5
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Love that!
Waiting for credits.
should not be long
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I’m not
It’s not better than my DBX Dolphin or Krait MK2
I'm not to happy with the fact I paid 25 quid to get it early and it's already in the ship shop for credits what's the point in early access if it's already for sale for credits 🤷 and no I'm not a cry baby but it's true
You're saying the Cobra mk5 ist already buyable for Credits?
It's only there because you bought it for ARX. It's not there otherwise yet. It's there in case you want 2. 😊
You unlock it for credits after you bought it with money...others will have to wait!
once you buy it - then you can then buy others for ingame credits
< sigh >
Don't worry; be happy.