community background

Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous
ayebawl's avatar

This was a heap of fun! A really good challenge, well done XCezor for suggesting it.

I went with the Cobra Mk3, mainly because I had one in the hangar that was already partially engineered. I finished off the engineering and added some Powerplay weapons- Cytoscrambler burst lasers and Packhound missiles. I havent used them a great deal so I wanted to see how they would perform.

The build I used is here :-

https://s.orbis.zone/qRk8

As the video shows I ended up being my own worst enemy, with some fairly basic errors nearly sending things sideways. This is my 2nd attempt - my first attempt I forgot to turn off report crimes, and the local police force jumped in to assist. Even though it isn't specifically banned in the rules it felt a little cheap so I did another one.

The Cobra build I used proved to be very capable. It ran pretty hot and it was still slighty smoking when I returned to the station to claim the bounty, but there wasn't any significant damage.

I havent made a lot of videos before and it was an interesting process. Great experience!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ma69eqG7tAk?feature=oembed

Add your social media post here

Alex Sinclair's avatar

Love the soundtrack choice!

ayebawl's avatar

It's one of the tracks you can hear being played in starport and settlement bars. Odyssey has a surprisingly long playlist and there's some real bangers in there

AndyRice's avatar

Well, I made it. And honestly speaking it's easier than I expected, probably because Threat 6 bounty is easier and Cobra Mk3 is more powerful than I expected.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JP1Uq0kNRQM?feature=oembed

I'm not good at combat so the fight is not very beautiful lol, and I don't know why the target is marked as Threat 3 in the signal source, but you can confirm that It's indeed a Threat 6 target in the mission panel.

And here's my build:

https://s.orbis.zone/qRdo

Here're some basic idea for this build:

1.Use thermal resist shield: Cobra Mk3 is a small ship, and its armour hardness is low, don't expect it to be a hull tank. And high treat level targets like to use weapons like plasma accelerator and rail guns, these weapons have both kinetic and thermal damage, which means you need more thermal resistance on shield.

2.Use a reasonable weapons loadout: The weapons size are limited to medium, and you need to maximize the potential of your hardpoint to create more firepower. So I fitted two rail guns into the medium slot, because it's probably the most powerful and universal medium size weapons. The modifications are grade 5 short range blaster, since you're flying an agile small ship and it's easier for you to catch larger ships, which means you can sacrifice some distance for more DPS.

As for the two small slots, I install a g5 short range blaster burst laser with scramble spectrum, and a g5 short range blaster beam laser with thermal vent. Those two small slots can't create much DPS, but you can take good advantages of weapons' experimental effect, scramble spectrum disturbs target's sub-system and thermal vent keeps you cool.

Osiliran's avatar

Very nice Andy, the cobra is a dependable little ship isn't it? I really enjoy seeing other use it and discovering its potential. You made short work of that python o7

AndyRice's avatar

Thanks! Now I understand why people still use cobra when they have larger and better ships o7

Alex Sinclair's avatar

Good stuff. Seeing as we're getting some positive feedback on this reward, we'll have to run it again in the future and make it even more challenging!

AndyRice's avatar

All right! The T6 this time is not that difficult for me, next time I’ll try T8 lol(but tbh FerDeLance in T8 is really a tough nut to crack)

Osiliran's avatar

Alex Sinclair Hi Alex, there's thargoid content that, by signal source, is labelled threat 6, threat 7 etc. Would completing this be acceptable in the absence of a mission? I'm finding it difficult to locate anti-xeno missions at the moment.

Alex Sinclair's avatar

For this one, it's bounties only. But we can run similar rewards in the future and open it up :)

lionriver's avatar

Hi, Commander And Justabout:

In combat, I faced a Federal corvette. I was up against that giant golem, and I was up against a Cobra MK3. It seemed like it was still recharging, and I had to reload the scavenger missiles three times to defeat it.

It wasn't very easy, but I enjoyed doing it. I had two Bloodhound missiles and two long-range laser beams with thermal ventilation.

The battle only starts at minute 3:00 until 12:40.

It was a Level 8 mission.

I hope you like the video

https://edsy.org/#/L=I200000H4C0S00

,K4mG03N_W0K4mG03Q_W0Ei2G07P_W0Ei2G07P_W0,CEg00CjwG02G_W0,9opG05I_W0A72G07I_W0AMgG05I_W0AcJG05H_W0AqqG06m_W0B3_G07L_W0BK4G03G_W0Bb600,,7RWG07I_W015OG05G_W015OG05G_W012GG05I_W012GG05I_W012GG05I_W010iG05I_W010iG05I_W0

https://www.youtube.com/embed/wSxaKJMTHPY?feature=oembed

emoji

Rewards (and other cool stuff) inside!

Not only are there great reward submissions to check out, but some of the best conversations on the internet are happening here - and our members are getting rewarded for having them. Don't miss out!

sunglasses emojiemoji pointing left

Discover

There’s more to love

Help shape the future of our platform as we build the best place to express and enjoy your passions, whatever they may be.

Emoji

© Just About Community Ltd. 2025