Cobra Mk4 as purchasable DLC

[Frizbee]

So I'm aware that the ship was made available on PC only for those who purchased Horizons in the first year, and that's my bad for not getting into Elite earlier. However, is there any possibility of adding this ship for others, even as a paid DLC (or purchasable using Arx)?

[mav001au]

Not at the moment no it's not available at all

But you could make the suggestion in the elite dangerous forums

[malorob]

time will tell,,,,,, i too just mist out on the type 4 and i herd it makes a great explorer ship now with the extra slots added

but many other ships the community is waiting on to be released eg: panther clipper

[mav001au]

Originally posted by malorob:

time will tell,,,,,, i too just mist out on the type 4 and i herd it makes a great explorer ship now with the extra slots added

but many other ships the community is waiting on to be released eg: panther clipper

Loved the panther clipper and puma clipper in frontier elite 2

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

whilst nice to have, I rarely used it and it just gathers virtual dust like all lower teir ships as one generally doesn't *need* to use them again once one has "levelled up"

my point being, don't fret, your not missing out in any way other than "the grass is always greener" FOMO feels.

[Frizbee]

Originally posted by -OrLoK-:

whilst nice to have, I rarely used it and it just gathers virtual dust like all lower teir ships as one generally doesn't *need* to use them again once one has "levelled up"

my point being, don't fret, your not missing out in any way other than "the grass is always greener" FOMO feels.

Oh I can already afford "better" ships, and am almost at the rank for a Federal Corvette. I just like the look of the Cobra, and would like to have it as my "small landing pad" ship of choice.

And I'd be willing to spend a few Arx to get it.

[Jeebs]

If it makes you feel any better, I've had E:D since the year it launched. I wound up taking a break from the game and came back after Horizons had been out a while and missed the deadline to get the Cobra Mk IV by a matter of weeks or so.

From what I hear though, we're not missing out on much. As I understand it, the Cobra Mk. IV is to the Cobra Mk. III what the Viper Mk. IV is to the Viper Mk. III... a heavier variant that should be better, but actually isn't. Maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part though, to tell myself I'm not missing out on anything.

[5hadowfax]

Originally posted by mav001au:

Originally posted by malorob:

time will tell,,,,,, i too just mist out on the type 4 and i herd it makes a great explorer ship now with the extra slots added

but many other ships the community is waiting on to be released eg: panther clipper

Loved the panther clipper and puma clipper in frontier elite 2

Tiger Trader was good too

[Asphe]

I want the Harrier. I flew the 'raptor' series of ships mainly and did everything from the main quest to nuking enemy bases (shooting of a nuke then accelerating to fly over the target just before the missile hits...).

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Letting folks but the Cobra 4 with Arx sounds like a good idea. If there is an issue about exclusivity... maybe give all Horizons owners a unique skin? Or a new flight suit.

[Princess Pilfer]

Yeah, my understanding is that the Mk4s are just...bad.
Trading agility for armor is a bad choice with turret mounts as gimped as they are, it just means an enemy can get below or above to and stay there while shooting though that extra defense and there's nothing you can do to get them back in your sights for long.

It's...honestly pretty standard for that to happen to ships in game as far as combat abilitly goes. Diamndback, Cobra, Viper, Challanger and Crusader, the Gunship and Dropship.

They just keep doing the heavier armored variants without addressing their fundamental problems and so they just keep being basically flat out inferior to their lighter counterpart for the same job (combat.)

[5hadowfax]

Originally posted by Asphe:

I want the Harrier. I flew the 'raptor' series of ships mainly and did everything from the main quest to nuking enemy bases (shooting of a nuke then accelerating to fly over the target just before the missile hits...).

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Letting folks but the Cobra 4 with Arx sounds like a good idea. If there is an issue about exclusivity... maybe give all Horizons owners a unique skin? Or a new flight suit.

I don't think it will happen.
The deal was it was an exclusive, not to be repeated.

[Stockardrosss]

i can now buy cobra mk4 i had missid it before. but now with new oddy in front i can buy it. :-) and mabye elite title will help ,too u can go to the world where every ship is in the station port

[mav001au]

Originally posted by 5hadowfax:

Originally posted by mav001au:

Loved the panther clipper and puma clipper in frontier elite 2

Tiger Trader was good too

Indeed it was

[malorob]

I never got to play Elite 2 but i found this on youtube and there is so many ships that have been left out of elite today.

Funny that in elite 2 the sidewinder is better than the eagle.

There is so many ships in Elite 2 we just do not have in elite dangerous and from what i seen for good reasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5fptWFWCg

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Asphe:

Letting folks but the Cobra 4 with Arx sounds like a good idea. If there is an issue about exclusivity... maybe give all Horizons owners a unique skin? Or a new flight suit.

FDevs already gave them an unique ship. There is no reason to fix one exclusivity issue with another one, angering their playerbase along the way.

[ScottyPippin]

Originally posted by malorob:

time will tell,,,,,, i too just mist out on the type 4 and i herd it makes a great explorer ship now with the extra slots added

but many other ships the community is waiting on to be released eg: panther clipper

Praying for the Panther Clipper sometime in Odyssey <3 I want my thicc trade hauler