The Eagle [Elite Dangerous] | The Pilot Reviews

[@arecibo732]

im here as fast as an eagles health drops in a combat zone

[@joyce_rx]

_frantically attempts to boost away while crying_

[@cultofthevoid5677]

You don't generally take these things to combat zones. You take them to nav beacons to get a few bounties without being too worried about insurance costs in case something goes wrong.

[@Tensho_C]

@@cultofthevoid5677 then buy something with the bounty money that can handle more hits as soon as you can afford one. Well at least I did

[@cultofthevoid5677]

@@Tensho_C I have a vulture so that's not a problem but I still almost prefer the maneuverability and challenge of flying the eagle.

[@LedoCool1]

Fight in imperial eagle then. I ground combat zones with it.

[@Martynyuu]

I wish a big ship could hold a small ship in its bay like a eagle or sidewinder :D

[@junagu557]

There's something about the Anaconda being able to do so, but only special versions of it. Read the Inara shipyard section on the Anacondae.g. ;-)

[@hydralizk6631]

Junagu WHAT?! No way! I’ll have to look at that

[@MrTimjm009]

@@junagu557 cant find it . Is it engineered though ? I would imagine so . Need to do the engineer grinds first then

[@EdgyNovaHD]

Tim Marchant Unfortunately you currently can’t drop small ships like the sidewinder. It’s only mentioned in the description of the anaconda that it can drop a sidewinder from its fighter hanger :(

[@ManRay93]

Sorry im a bit late... but its possible to buy a hangar for the anaconda and so on... rare markets who sell it but its possible

[@sommermort3618]

The eagle is the best looking ship for the cheapest price

[@austinm5630]

Would've made Henry Ford proud.

[@thanatos5729]

I only use it for the engine sound

[@shoemannclara]

The imperial eagle is only 101k tho

[@isziahs5951]

@@thanatos5729 does it have the same engine sound as the imperial eagle?

[@interruptingcow2418]

Imperial eagle looks better.

[@cameronroxby7140]

Me : Oh boy let's see what ship I want to buy next. Also Me : *20,000LY from the Bubble*

[@ShadowIsatis]

How far from the bubble are you now? It's been a year since your comment.

[@ninoboy213]

@@ShadowIsatis They got lost in witch space...

[@westwing23]

pretty sure he went back by now due to thargoids

[@proggz39]

I found my gf in the witch head nebula (that’s the name of some future obscure anime)

[@AshyGr33n]

Still remember that ine time I was tired of cargo grinds in my Type-9 and swapped out my Eagle for a spin. I subconsciously boosted through the mail slot and never felt so fast in my entire life.

[@SynchronizorVideos]

I've been doing the space trucker thing in a Type 9H for awhile now, and I'm back re-watching this because I'm thinking of building an Eagle just to have fun in. Basically going straight from a road train to an MX-5. I expect it'll be quite the shift.

[@onefastsled]

@@SynchronizorVideos the first thing you always notice is just how small the cockpit is, station services are instantly in your face

[@alien_marksman]

Eagle Mk.II a Fighter that as newer more capable designs emerged started to show it's fragility. So it found a new use as a Racer. Much like the P-51 Mustang from Old Earth a couple Millennia ago.

[@geroni211]

"Its a ship you can buy and outfit for the price of a size 6 cargo rack" really put things into perspetive in a funny way, I liked the video, although I am starting to notice a trend with you and small combat ships :p

[@jamielonsdale3018]

Because the faster you throw it the sooner it rips itself to pieces or?

[@elmateo77]

yeah, but credits are so easy to come by in ED these days I'm not sure that matters...

[@anonymoussoap8310]

I hope the “imperial” eagle is next Didn’t know the eagle had such a cool history behind it.

[@joyce_rx]

I love the imperial eagle. I've taken down so many condas with it just by dancing around them

[@ThePingedOne]

Eagle has gained the nickname “paper plane” among independent pilots involved in combat.

[@NilesBlackX]

If you can't stay behind whatever you're shooting _with a maneuverability rating of 10/10_ you should probably practice flying.

[@ThePingedOne]

@@NilesBlackX never said I couldn't.

[@NilesBlackX]

@@ThePingedOne this is directed not at you, but to those who call it a paper plane. It's more of a glass cannon It's not a heavy armor ship, because that's not really necessary with this level of maneuverability. Can you imagine if it had a tanky hull with this profile? Would be incredible Edit; but would also make zero sense

[@themightyquinnm190]

You could honestly convince anyone to buy any ship with just purely your voice

[@ConfusedRaccoon]

Voice audio seems a little compressed in this one? Might be me though. Top notch as always though.

[@ThePilot_]

Fighting the flu this week. Thought I was able to get rid of most of it. Good ear.

[@WartimeFriction]

@@ThePilot_ No no, I don't hear the flu. It sounds a little like you're talking in a much smaller room or you have your microphone in a tin can. It's a very minor drop in audio quality that comes and goes throughout. No big deal. I probably wouldn't notice if I wasn't wearing headphones

[@ThePilot_]

@@WartimeFriction It's me choking on words and Adobe Audition trying to piece it back together. Same room. Same mic. It's a compressor issue.

[@Tonatsi]

I agree with this notion. You dont sound ill; its just that theres a metallic compression that you can hear in the back of your voice that makes it sound like it's been through a low-quality mic

[@ElfInflicted]

Yeah, I heard it, too. If the compressor is trying to keep up with inconsistencies in his voice, I can see it coming out a little wonky. Probably not noticeable to most folks. Not a big deal in the end, I still enjoyed the video.

[@chrisdufresne9359]

Your use of "Earth-That-Was" is giving me Firefly flashbacks

[@Hauerization]

Bought an eagle recently solely for the prupose of adding to the collection, but now Im having rather (cheap) fun with it. Thanks for a great video per always!

[@K-Anator]

It's a great ship to let my little brother mess around in. Costs nothing to replace, and it doesn't handle like a aircraft carrier.

[@Hauerization]

@@K-Anator Precicely my thoughts aswell - Im so green to combat, I dont wanna practice in something to steep when it comes to insurance.

[@elroyscout]

Yeah, currently involved in the Mbambiva war in Powerplay (GO FEDERATION!) After the tick, going to shelve all the big and medium ships, jump my carrier to a good system take my Eagle out for some bounty hunting

[@BC-dn6oq]

I’ve always thought that the Eagle Mk 2 you buy from shipyards were second hand - a ship so popular and produced in such great numbers that you could pretty much find one anywhere.

[@CharlieFoxtrot]

I would think it would be the Viper mkIII, the Crown Victoria of space

[@concertinacultist9971]

The Mosin Nagant of ships

[@darklight6013]

In the right hands this ship can beat the hell out of you. I was in my Vulture and... this dude overtured me so goddamn fast i cannot even look at him... I know he was there just because my sensors and his kicks in the ass... told me that. Escaping in hyperdrive was the only option.

[@DblDg1252]

I only own 1 eagle, and it doesn't have guns, they add unnecessary weight. That bird can turn on a time and go so fast the paint peels off in space. I know the viper has a higher top speed, but it cant turn, its like taking a dragster to a road rally, and the eagle is an incredible rally craft. My racing station is crown orbital in pareco if anyone wants to race

[@lukedudley5030]

Is your eagle engineered? We have races too but only non engineered ships to make it fair.....I use imp eagle myself....paper thin that 1 or 2 small crashes can kill but its fast and fun :-

[@n..m507]

Ahh, I can go to bed happy and rest easy now after another great review by The Pilot. Love my own paper plane Eagle Mk2, floats like a bee, and stings like a butterfly. o7 all!

[@Maddock_]

As one of the few who started their career in an Eagle, I can say I had tons of fun with it and your review really does it justice. Looking forward to the one about the Imperial Eagle!

[@y_ffordd]

This was the starter ship in Elite Frontier, which came in a paler green, its a great little ship to fly but Im not good enough to take it to the fight, so I use it as a bubble bus.

[@jamesburleson1916]

The Eagle was the first ship I bought in Elite, and I still love it dearly. I only wish it was as good at fighting as it is at flying. Perhaps I need to engineer the piss out of it and learn to use fixed weapons (I've always been more of an explorer), but if I never do, I'll still love it for all the things I did in it before I moved on to other ships.

[@EezeeEmporium]

The last experimental build I tried had 2 mine launchers engineered to damage the shield generator directly. Fly in front, bait them to hit the mines, use the railgun from miles away to snipe modules.

[@Griffstar77]

Brilliant video as always. The shot of it passing through the sign was magnificent!

[@toryalbertson877]

This, is a great way to start my day! Love all the background info. Thank you Pilot.

[@SgmScraps]

Several years ago a group of friends and I bought ourselves a wing of Eagles to go bounty hunting for a CG. We figured it would be risky, and being newish players we wanted to cut down on any rebuy costs. We didn't lose a single ship, and several years on not only was it the most fun I ever had in ED , but my Eagle is the only ship I have that hasn't been destroyed. I love my Eagle

[@conner8528]

Feeling like I'm watching a professional documentary, amazing as always CMDR

[@CarburetorThompson]

Using the Eagle is worth it just for looks. They fit in with most of the Starwars ships better than the rest of the Elite line up.

[@bluntcommando7183]

Corvette fits in the best IMO

[@CarburetorThompson]

@@bluntcommando7183 I wouldn't doubt that. I'm sure if you took enough time looking at all the expanded universe stuff you could find a ship that looked just like it.

[@biggest_monkiest]

They remind me of Klingon warbirds

[@a-aron3847]

Oh, I was actually going to request a video about the eagle since it's my favorite ship and I wanted to hear your opinion on the ship. What I got was a video that greatly exceeded my expitations! Love your work man.

[@Gouranga_Man]

I love the eagle. Yeah it pops quicker than a teenager on prom night, but the fun before the inevitable pop, makes up for the rebuy.

[@marksmith9369]

Heh! My screenshot of reaching Combat Elite is in my G5 engineered Eagle, but you are correct speed, skill and understanding of this ship is what makes it great.

[@irishaley2804]

These videos really helped me appreciate this game so much more. Seeing someone passionate about their ships has made me realize another aspect of why people like this game and continue to play. I was struggling to find a satisfying amount of enjoyment from this game till watching a few of these videos. Having just bought a krait mk2 after being in an asp explorer for about 3 years, I had realized the enjoyment was already there. I had looked back and started missing my asp, and reminised about all I've experienced and accomplished in that ship. Although I may not have accomplished more than others in the past 3 years the experience was all my own. With that being said I can't say that any other game I've played makes me feel as sentimental about my time playing it as elite dangerous.

[@skytheannur6168]

Only time I fly my Eagle is with the other Eagles of "Bastille Squadron"

[@timogavril6934]

2:24 I might ask a noob question but what kind of mission/ship/megaship/starport is that? you could go inside and do stuff?

[@ThePilot_]

Combat Zone around stations have holes you can fly through.

[@korbin58]

Imagine running a fully engineered corvette, only to get interdicted by one vulture and 7 eagles all running railguns and missiles

[@kiba775237]

to me the thruster sound of the Eagle sounds like the vipers from Battlestar Galatica. i honestly love the eagle and would love a new Mk of it at some point but still keep the David Vs Goliath feel of it

[@oneofdavidsmightymen]

Love these videos they’re so well made and the commentary matches precisely

[@papagoose1979]

You held together fairly well in one during our little bounty hunt the other day. At least you didn't run away with your tail between your legs like I did! (Hey, my krait has a high rebuy lmao).

[@kchalu]

My favorite ship in the game. I've spent nearly all my time playing elite in the Eagle.

[@FrazzleCat]

Ayup. The _Eagle_ was the first ship that I bought, both because it was so cheap and because its jump range allowed me to exit the newbie system. A shame that it has that awful default green color, but these days I keep an iEagle in the garage with the midnight black paint job. Like any sports car it rarely leaves the garage and only for brief trips, but it's fun to fly.

[@davee902]

I really like the ship kit that adds drop tanks. They look sorta like your hardpoint torpedoes..

[@MirchiePSNID]

For a new pilot just looking to change out your Sidewinder though, the Eagle is a great choice. It's really fun and entertaining to fly and is pretty much a straight upgrade in almost every way from the Sidewinder... And also it's fun to fly~

[@MrTimjm009]

Who else thinks this ships profile looks like a ship from an 80´s coin op arcade game ? I Love it

[@Modighen]

Myself and a couple of friends were flying a wing of these for a while. While the "Eagle Party" never went any further than Low Intensity CZ, it was rare we ever lost a wingman. And the Haz RES? We went to CZ because it was too easy, and I can't say we're an overly skilled bunch, either.

[@togera77]

this ship literally gives me vibe from the 1998 Incoming game by Rage Software. especially the small alien fighter that you see throughout the campaign (while the Python gives me vibe of the Orbital Fighter, even though the Python is way bigger) plus it has an amazing boosting sound. I just love it

[@Datan0de]

The Eagle is a wonderful ship that's marketed in completely the wrong way. It has no place in combat except as a target drone. No, the Eagle is a racer! Take one through canyons (preferably in VR) and you'll see it doing what it was meant to do. Unlock its full potential with some engineering and prepare to be amazed and thrilled! Just make sure your life insurance is paid up. Great vid as always, and I always love getting a bit of new lore I didn't know.

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

I love it in combat too, that same impressive handling makes it a great ship if you have the skills to stay out of their fire arcs. Not going to do the 4v1's against you a larger ship can often manage.. But you just try hitting the damn thing with one of those larger ships! My current eagle is a daft but excellent build - 3 plasma slug rails and all the internals spaces filled with more ammo.. Does burn through that fuel like anything, but once you finally burn up all the Shields and SCB's its a pretty quick kill... The extra responsiveness as the ammo gets burned up really tells, but even fully massed up it still handles and boosts well enough little can touch it.. (It definitely like all the smaller combat ships works best as a pack hunter though) Last time I did any racing I preferred the flight characteristics and cockpit of the Courier. But like all racing pick the right tool for the 'track'.. All the speed demon ships have their niche.

[@thechillmtnman9726]

Great video as always! Didn’t know the eagle had such an interesting history. And that intro music was fantastic! Thanks for the upload! o7

[@hs0003]

Is it just me or is the voice audio quality lower than the previous videos?

[@ThePilot_]

That's on me. Flu going through my area kinda tanked me this week.

[@hs0003]

@@ThePilot_ Then push the recording and release of the video. Quality audio is as much a part of the experience that is your videos, as the visuals :)

[@ThePilot_]

@@hs0003 That's fair. I probably should have. But I also like to keep a schedule. I owed a video, so I pushed a video. Next time, I'll hold off.

[@grantroberts9102]

@@ThePilot_ Hope you feel better soon!

[@yorkshire_tea_innit8097]

Well a control element with a greater distance from the centre of rotation does give more torque and therefore better control and handling. Hence wings in space and in atmosphere.

[@Fryepod3628]

Exactly the playlist of video i needed and updated pretty recently too. Thank you, subbed

[@Enakaji]

I simply love my eagle and prefer flying it over all the other ships, I named it "Renegade". Its insane maneuverability is simply addictive to me. I'm running 3 engineered Multicannons on mine, High capacity with Auto loader, because endless Dakka never gets old :D and the Red Ignition Paintjob makes it look extra awesome.

[@639wheeler]

Great video as always, you always give me something to look forward to on Tuesdays

[@zacshaheen8286]

Your videos are easily my new favorite ED content

[@billmankin6204]

Ooooh.... reference to Gulf colors made me shiver and think of the old Porsche 917 kurz. Thank you sir.

[@KevinJones-xh5yk]

Love your videos man. Thank you for your work.

[@RomanAroundSF]

I've been loving your reviews my man. Just watch them and pretend like one day my star trek fan boy self will fly one of them.

[@k16-r5r]

Yeah you are doing more reviews. Love this series.

[@redthorne2836]

Pilot, I look forward to every video you release. It's like I'm watching a BMW or Audi review every time.

[@VespoLiveGaming]

Eagles are fragile, but very fun to fly. My favorite ship for boosting through the mailslot backwards

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

… I’ve been rocking my ‘Conda for a while now but you’ve got me thinking about buying one of these and kitting it out just for the fun of it.

[@all-intim882]

you make great videos and really inspire me to play more, awesome job

[@galacticide1782]

The best way to use this ship IMO is to put a 1c Biweave shield generator on it, engineered armor, and frag cannons, 1 Incendiary, 1 Corrosive, 1 drag munitions, in High/Res so you have support. One of the funnest ships in the game

[@Morbian13]

IMO it is one of the prettiest ships in the game. Like a flower pretty but delicate.

[@Gniarkman]

Was going to ask about the voice change in this video, find the flu explication you deliver. Hope you get well soon =) Amazing video as always btw !

[@longphan6548]

I bought it as a cheap combat vessel to do the Fed Navy rank mission. Now it's my go-to ship whenever I want to do a combat mission. At least until I'm committed enough into combat to buy and outfit a better ship...

[@CatPerson136]

I personally would get the frame shift drive from the hauler and put it on the eagle so it can be a little small exploration ship

[@NightBeWheat]

This is on of my favourite Ships. Its really good for bounty hunting in the Starting systems, and getting a good amount of money. I used it to get a Cobra MkIII and i did no cargo missions. Just scanning at low and medium RES. 3 hardpoints, easy to aim and can outfly god, when a good pilot is controlling it. And the rebuy is cheap, so i can go back to destroying NPC Diamondback/Asp scouts. I used 2 pulse lasers and 1 multi-cannon, no gimbal, but the manouverability does More than make up for it. Tip when flying it: When you get a bounty that is good enough, fly away to a Station. You dont want to get destroyed with 150 thousand credits of a bounty. NOTE: i am a beginner.

[@U6kCtBuN]

i prefer to overload this baby so hard that whenever i deploy hardpoints everything up from and including my life support goes offline. it gives you a convenient counter on how long your fights take, really.

[@elmateo77]

I mean you could always just engineer your power plant...

[@spaceonisorceress4406]

As a Combat pilot, the Eagle Mk II was the first ship I ever bought. I've since moved on to the Mamba, since it turns out I very much prefer high-speed strafing runs over dogfighting. And yet, even though the style of combat the Eagle offered wasn't for me, I will NEVER forget the feeling of freedom it gave me as compared to the starting Sidewinder. The Eagle was the ship that opened my eyes, and helped me begin to see what Elite Dangerous is all about. For that, I will be eternally grateful. I'm in the middle of engineering my Mamba right now, and I'm absolutely in love with this ship, but I wouldn't have gotten here without the Eagle paving the way for me :)

[@melissaharway4547]

If you like the eagle but it isn't your style, try the imperial eagle

[@spaceonisorceress4406]

@@melissaharway4547 I did. The Imperial Eagle was definitely the better of the two ships for me, but the thing where the Mamba has several times the size and firepower makes it my ship of choice :)

[@andrewpena9041]

Your doing it wrong! The eagle is the one ship you use fixed weapons on. Trust me. It makes a good pilot out of you. Better combat training than even the vulture. The eagle was my first "upgrade" from the sidewinder. I ran fixed lasers on it. Fun as hell.

[@Canadian_Ale]

Why use gimbaled weapons when the ship you're flying is basically a gimbal itself

[@markayers6245]

i went and filled my optional slots up with hull reinforcment. and named it the dorky "Iron Eagle!" it still went pop rather quickly after the shields dropped.

[@valkash7441]

Oh man I really enjoy these videos, very inspiring

[@thespectator1243]

Interesting backgound-information I wasn't aware of - thanks for sharing! :D Your presentation is as amazing as always - keep 'em comming! I generally agree with the points you make. I love this ship and how it handles, and I hate how bad it performs (in contrast to basically all other combat ships). I have one set up as a Thargoid Scout Hunter with Guardian Gauss Cannons. Requires an awefull lot of engineering and still you have to take breaks of a bout 30+ seconds so it could cool down after each salvo. In other words: it performes as worse as one would think and I would NOT recommend it as a Thargoid Scout Hunter. But I had more fun with this ship and this build in particular then in ANY other ship I have flown and fought in so far! :D (The fact that the Scouts do not hit that hard also helps, of cause.)

[@ThePilot_]

It didn't even cross my mind to try bug hunting with this. Good on ya.

[@thespectator1243]

@@ThePilot_ CMDR Echo3 kinda inspired my: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5a6Xp2DmLOSr80 (I tried his rapid pulse build as well, but on Pirates. Lets say as long as you stay away from bigger targets, skilled pilots, ships with chaff or wings - then it works. If you know how to FA/off, it's actually a lot of fun!) Got some video's similar to Echo3's filmed with both version of my Eagles, but due to my somewhat weird taste in music I doubt anyone would watch them past the first 10 seconds. ;) (I listen to music while I record and haven't figured out how to record music and ingame-sound separately - so I'm kinda stuck with what I got... .) Anyway: Bug-hunting is possible, but it is the combat-equivalent of doing a 5,000 ton wing-tranport-mission _ALONE_... ... in a Hauler. ;)

[@Waaaghzilla]

i member my first eagle and zipping around bigger ships keeping on their rear and picking them apart bit by bit loved this ship

[@connorbutters8479]

The Eagle is what we think commercially available spaceships will look like. basically an F-18 in space at least early on because we are not developing the technology to breach atmosphere with a ship with a worse drag coefficient than an apartment block

[@sandrosimao]

I just love love the engine boost sound,my favorit

[@milanondrak5564]

You neglected to mention how great the Eagle is for racing and speed bowling on high g worlds. Its also fun for aerobatics inside space stations and cheap enough to allow the odd explosion here and there. When you lose an Eagle in a fight it costs you less to rebuy than a take away pizza.

[@CluelessGuyAXI]

This is probably the most fun ship i've had... appart from Chieftain

[@admiraljetro8783]

I use the Eagle for light cargo, courier, and bounty hunting missions. This is a ship not meant for heavy combat zones

[@areadenial2343]

1:31 Holy shit is that a mr. scruff song?

[@Cetegus79]

Nice video, buddy. For me the Eagle was always the best looking and most fun-to-fly ship, hands down. In a pack, deadly and different to carrier fighters able to operate more freely. The lack of punch was the biggest problem. Until now - with Engineer support, this ship can be made both even more fun to fly AND pack a considerable punch while easily staying alive in skilled hands. I got a version built that simply is incredible. Find me on Inara if you want to see it.

[@ThePilot_]

I assume you're referring to your experimental missile variant in Red Five. Which is interesting, but limits your time on the field doesn't it?

[@Cetegus79]

@@ThePilot_ indeed. It is massive fun to fly and at Level 4 (currently) I have enough ammo for quite a while. PM me if you like.

[@MrRobertCortese]

I've been using my Eagle to make money hanging out at Nav beacons. With help (from the police) I've been able to take out a lot of ships bigger than me. If it's a bad run, I might die once an hour? Given that I make a little over $1m, replacement costs are negligible enough to want to keep using it. I replaced the wing cannons with autocannons, upgraded everything else. It's not gonna take out a thargoid, but for what it does it's fun belly strafing bigger ships.

[@strings1586]

If I could change my Asp Explorer to look like the Eagle i'd be a happy man.

[@ravenvalentine4919]

this ship is what made me the bounty hunter that i am and i ALWAYS have one fitted MAGFUFFNLY well because it can make anyone confident in to a joker as you dance around them , i love this thing in asteroid fields against anything , 2 beams and one missile rack , before you to know it i have stripped you out of your guns and drives , this ship made me learn how to fly without the flight assistant on , this ship made me learn how to aim fixed weapons so using small fighters from bigger ships bay became easy , this ship made me love racing , made me play Ace Combat Zero music when ever i want to fight , this is the top guns in space , this ship is where you find out if you are out to be an ACE pilot or a base pilot , this is the Eagle

[@LordGrandKaiser]

While it will certainly never be the most capable fighter in the game, the Eagle is definitely my favorite. Its ridiculous maneuverability makes it an absolute joy to fly, and when properly engineered it's more of a threat than you'd think. And of course, there's that dead sexy silhouette to boot. Mine packs dual railguns and cruises at 460m/s. Quick and deadly. And with what's effectively over 200mj of fast-recharging shielding it can survive in a CZ indefinitely as long as you keep moving.

[@ChristopherFehrenbacher]

The aqua and orange Gulf Racing livery is so damn good on everything!

[@tannerbarnes7392]

Ah, yes. The first ship besides the sidewinder that I took out. Love this thing.

[@manganiaco]

Imperial Eagle is my go to ship for Bounty Hunting, not even joking. overcharged PA on top is a must, then you can go pair of beams, MCs (enforcer), Railguns... all fixed. How close this ship stays to the target and the sustained continuous firing gives it a special edge that puts it only slightly bellow mid sized ships. It's sadly not an option for pvp tho... I was hoping for a new iteration of the ship on the long run, but judging the rate FD advances the story... I guess there will never be a XG10-E

[@AF_Gulfstream]

I wish there was a medium or large version of this ship. It looks so good to me.

[@poppashean4616]

True, you need a wing of Eagles to be effective in a battle. But in a game that's best described GRIND UNTIL YOU DIE you and a group of friends can go bounty hunting with minimal rebuy costs and make a decent profit to buy a better ship like the Vulture or something. Engineering the Eagle helps. But for all that effort you can just GRIND and save up to get the Vulture.

[@x...CrankyOldMan...x]

Great video as usual ...

[@austinm5630]

I like the Eagle. I really do. But I feel like, if you aren't running at least 2 railguns, you're doing it wrong. And that's probably why, as much as I do love it, it will never be my main combat ship. That said, when I went on Distant Worlds 2, I took a Krait, but when I got to Omega Mining and we needed a ship to do the security CG, I shipped in my Eagle. I earned 6 million credits in bounties in it and only died twice, which was more than the cost of the whole ship, plus the cost to ship it over 7,000ly, twice over. That was the first and only time I've ever gotten Top 10% in any CG ever, but of course I was 7,000ly from the bubble and nobody else brought guns. And I shipped it out there despite the fact that my Phantom had guns too. Yes, I paid a million credits to get the ship with half the DPS and a third as much shielding out there, and used THAT to get Top 10% in a combat CG. The Eagle is just that much fun. As to doing it wrong...a good Eagle pilot is basically the SAS of Elite pilots: "Who Dares Wins."

[@zachtheblake]

You've got to use less commas my guy

[@moonshinespaz8559]

I really enjoyed my Eagle. I liked to take mine on planetary ground strikes. Just to speed around and pull off fly bys. It was fun.

[@pookiipower435]

The Eagle is the ship I really cut my teeth on on my way to a Vulture. It's all about hit and run tactics honestly unless you are, as you mentioned, in a wing. Love that little ship. I never sold it. Still take it to nav points for some mindless combat fun from time to time!

[@sigurdrr1015]

Pretty, cheap and fun. Best Eagle short description ever. From tge sales point The foolish vs skilled part was scalpel precision comment there.

[@rabidkangar00]

This series is very well done. I will be sad the day you go through all the ships.

[@ThePilot_]

Me too.

[@MediaevalJames]

Cheap enough to the point where a wing of these would cost less to replace than the repair bill of any ship lucky enough to survive them. Always dreamed of being a part of a "Rogue Squadron."

[@PetesCreativeRecycling]

You should have mentioned that it is the choice ship for station racers. Nothing outclasses it's looping capability.

[@zourin8804]

Eagles are just hardcore mode for combat pilots who think Vipers are too easy. Like the different parts of Voltron, the ship itself is pointlessly underpowered unless combined with friends. The same is true regardless of whatever you're flying, so that just makes flying the eagle a bar bet on how long before you go pop.

[@Nightkrowler]

Only once I got to the Krait MK II I started appreciating the eagle. Sold my Krait. Now I'm a proud owner of both the Imperial and the "regular" Eagle :)

[@marshallcarhart579]

cutter, cutter, Cutter, Cutter, CUTTER, CUTTER, *CUTTER, CUTTER*

[@ThePilot_]

;-)

[@Bisaster471]

That intro song sounds so familiar i cant quite place it