robfm81 wrote:just bought a viper to get me going and lasting longer against better ships - saving for a cobra
if you can, keep the Viper when you buy the Cobra - yes, have your cake and eat it too. you might find that the Viper's got better shields and speed than the Cobra does, and its closely positioned weapons are a bit more damaging at close range than the Cobra's wider spread ones. it's also a smaller target.
the Cobra is an excellent multi-role ship, but the Viper is a purpose-built fighter and you might regret it later if you sold it.
also, the Viper only needs about a fifth of the cash to A-grade it than the Cobra does - the Cobra costs about 6 million, from memory the Viper only costs around 1.2 million fully kitted out, depending on your chosen loadout of course