In 1.5 update Fer-de-Lance got some serious love: class 6 power plant instead of class 5, improved heat dissipation and better pitch and roll rate.

There is new shield generator in the game since 1.5 update called Bi-Weave, which requires less power but has faster regeneration speed at expense of shield strenght.

2 new ship variants - Viper Mk IV and Asp Scout. Both can be used effectively for combat so let's compare them.

One more ship variant we will have in 1.5 ships update - Viper Mk IV, so let's compare it to his smaller brother Viper Mk III.

In 1.5 ships update we will have 2 new ships and 3 variants of existing ships. Let's compare Lakon Keelback which is based on Type 6 and called as an armored transport.

Transcript from today dev livestream. 1.5 Beta incoming on November 9th, Horizons beta on November 24!

Compromised Navigation Beacon is another new place to visit if you want some action - here you can find all kinds of ships up to elite rank and usually there are many ships at same time and around 50-60% are wanted, so it's a good place to bounty hunt and combat rank as most enemies will be dangerous to elite.

There are 2 new Federal ships available in Close Quarters Combat (CQC) beta 1.4 so let's compare them all.

In 1.4 update we have new ships to play with. 2 Federal ships - Assault and Gunship and one Imperial - Eagle, so let's compare Imperial Eagle vs Eagle. Federal ships i will compare later.

There are new points of interest in Close quarters combat beta 1.4 - one being hazardous resource extraction site - more dangerous places to hunt down wanted ships. With no police forces to help you it's a perfect place to hung around killing pirates.