Imperial Courier or Imperial Eagle for dogfighting?

[Regi]

Howdy everyone! CMDR L. Colt here!
Just wanted to ask you guys something...
So, lately I've been having alot of fun with these two ships: The Eagle and the Imperial Eagle.
I love how fast and maneuverable they are! Darting across asteroid rings was never so fun!
Then, I decided to go bounty hunting with a friend and had a blast dogfighting with the Eagle/I.Eagle.
Now, however, I have a question...
Is the Imperial Courier faster than the I. Eagle? Is it better at dogfighting?
I honestly have no idea and I'd rather spend the credits with some more knowledge and feedback from my other fellow commanders.
Thanks in advance and fly safe, commanders!

[Ottomic]

Eagle. Courier is more of a multirole. Yeah, it's bigger and hits harder, but the iEagle can boost in excess of 700ms.

[Lywelyn]

so can the courrier, both of them are decent at dogfight

most difference is courrier got stronger shield / weaker hull and 3 class 2 HP while the imp eagle got 2 class 1 and 1 class 2 HP with average shield / hull

[Agony_Aunt]

I'd say probably Courier, but eagle if you want to dance more.

[FoxxSim]

Originally posted by Ottomic:

Eagle. Courier is more of a multirole. Yeah, it's bigger and hits harder, but the iEagle can boost in excess of 700ms.

And a properly engineered Courier can boost at 810 m/s.

@OP: As others have stated, the Courier has better firepower and shields, but sacrifices hull. It all comes down to your play style. Give it a shot if you want. If you don't like it, you can always go back.

[Eviscerador]

Courier has best shields in class (on par with Vulture), more firepower, and almost the same speed as the i eagle.

You lose a bit of maneuverability, but I still can dogfight elite eagles and vipers in mine.

My combat courier can boost to 560 m/s with the proper engineering (and way over 600 m/s in light weight config) but imho anything over 500 m/s is overkill.

The only problem with the courier is that the hull is just made of paper, so if you find yourself without shields, just RUN.

Currently the I Courier is my main ship after a lot of visits to engineers, and I'm having so much fun that I'm thinking about selling my FDL, since it made it obsolete.

[Turih]

Both ships are the fastest ingame (iEagle having higher top speed) and if built properly you can blow any bigger ship without being shot at.

Courier is a better choice for combat, it has great shields for its size but paper hull. 3x c2 hardpoints provide satisfying firepower.

[Zi]

Calm down your hype and use the Viper :)

[Eviscerador]

Originally posted by Xi:

Calm down your hype and use the Viper :)

I would pick the Courier anytime instead of the Viper. In fact, I will say that the Courier is more close to the Vulture than to the Viper.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

courrier!

[Ottomic]

Wow, surprised at the amount of courier lovers here. It's one of my favorite ships, but I have trouble running it. Figured I might as well try and get some help with it while we're at it.

This[coriolis.io] is a build I've been lately thinking about. It would go with a c4 overcharged PP to make up for the extra 20% power, charge enhanced distro, lightweight weapons with heat transfer on the laser and clean drives. Opinions? Suggestions? What are your builds?

[Aris]

courier can boost above 700 with weapons and shield thats being effective as bomber, torpeodo boat, healer in a many vs many pvp.

the eagle cannot due to min shields when you get hit you will die