Good ship for a Newbie to go for?

[Loriath]

Well I have now run even more missions for the federation, and my rank remains at 100%. And still no promotion missions (or what ever they are called). And my rep is at 2%.

I am not so sure now, what is going.

And in regards to join you Dudley. I would love to, thank you. I could do with learning from someone, that knows what they are doing. All though I am fairly sure I can land on a planet, most of the time

The mission will pop only in a station where the controlling faction is Federation and you are allied with them. Unless there is a bug preventing it, it should happen.

As far as joining us, add Dudley_Dawg and Loriath in game and when we are all on, we can get together and show yo how NOT to land on a planet

[thebs]

As it stands by the end of this day. With my cobra. I have upgraded my weapons, to something with a bit more punch. And my gear is all now D rated (where it can be upgraded). With this it is doing the missions I want (trading and courier) with ease. I have even done a bit of combat with it. Namely when I got pulled out of warp by an npc, I killed that npc and got the bounty.

So at this point do I continue to upgrade the cobra?, or save for the next ship (I really play this game a lot I know)

Weight reduces jump range, so it's a balance. E.g., An A-rated component usually weighs as little as a C-rated components, more than a D-rated, but less than a B-rated.

Better rated components give you more capability, such as a distributor recharge your boost and lasers faster.

Also keep in mind that going -1 size but a better rating can reduce weight for the same capability, but will cost more than the equivalent capability at a larger size. E.g., an 3A power plant will usually have more capability for the same or less weight than a 4D power plant, but at a much greater cost.

[Samantha Moore]

Well after much thought, and after playing around. I have swapped my cobra for a viper. Still has a decent cargo hold, for when I do my missions. But so much better for when it comes to trying out combat. Gear wise, it is mostly on C rated

Will see how that works for me.

[Serinea]

With the Federation and Empire factions if you look at the status screen you'll see you actually have two ratings listed. The first is your reputation with the faction as a whole, and goes from Neutral to alied (if i recall correctly), the second is your navy rating.

The faction rep will go up and down reasonably quickly, and when it's over about 90% you're "allied" with that faction, this doesn't give you any specific bonuses that i've seen, though i get the sense that i get scanned less in allied systems.

With the second bar, the Navy rep, when it reaches 100% is when you'll start to get offered navy missions. This caught me out for quite a while, i was allied with the federation and couldn't figure out why i wasn't getting navy progresion missions till i realised the second bar was important.

Your navy rank takes a while to build up, but unlike your faction rep it won't decrease.

Hope that helps.

Fly safe sommander.

[Cmdr Kharma]

Well after much thought, and after playing around. I have swapped my cobra for a viper..

*Shakes Head*

[Dudley]

Well I have now run even more missions for the federation, and my rank remains at 100%. And still no promotion missions (or what ever they are called). And my rep is at 2%.

I am not so sure now, what is going.

And in regards to join you Dudley. I would love to, thank you. I could do with learning from someone, that knows what they are doing. All though I am fairly sure I can land on a planet, most of the time

Ah.. you see the "knowing what they're doing"..part, might not be 100% accurate..

Kharma, Lori, Tor... do we know what we're doing..?

[Dudley]

Well after much thought, and after playing around. I have swapped my cobra for a viper..

*Shakes Head*

You know you have a special place in your heart for Vipers.. It's the sound they make when they go boom..

[Samantha Moore]

Well I am now going to dig myself a hole, and make things worse. And also prove how new I am to E-D
I sold the Cobra for a Viper. Decided I want to try mining, so I got a type 6. Decided I did not like mining. So I got cobra again. So to an earlier comment about how good the cobra is, you are so right. After all my messing about, and acting the noob. I ended up going back to the cobra.

On the bright side, I still have a lot of cash

[JohnLuke]

After all my messing about, and acting the noob. I ended up going back to the cobra.

On the bright side, I still have a lot of cash

It sounds like you're having fun trying different things, and that's all that matters.

[Samantha Moore]

yep i am, and i think i know what i want next the asp explorer