Star Citizen 3.23 - 10 Minutes More or Less Ship Review - SABRE FIREBIRD

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GIVEAWAY SABRE FIREBIRD WITH LTI - ENDS MAY 29TH

Welcome to 10 minutes More or Less ship review for the SABRE FIREBIRD!

This is using update 3.23, this ship is priced at $170 WARBOND or $185 STORE CREDIT. It is not for sale in game at this moment.

This is the ship you get when you pledge for this ship or if you get it in game.
This review is of the STOCK ship.
This review is just my OPINION.

These reviews are typically around 10 minutes or less if you don't count the intro with ship showcase and the end screens. Thank you for watching!

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[VikingrBerserker]

I've had a blast with my Firebird. The stock missiles gave me issues, but after upgrading them to Chaos IIIs I have been able to take out the main HRT or VHRT target from stealth and then get out of harm's way before the AI could even lock me. Like with my beloved Sabre Comet, it's all about playing to the strength of the ship and knowing when to retreat, re-enter a stealth profile, and then re-engage.

I actually had a player bounty cursing me out about fighting dirty and not honorably dogfighting or something which I thought odd coming from a pile of flaming space debris on its way to Klescher, but hey, not everyone understands the purpose of stealth. ;)

[Korvorkian]

It is *really* dangerous as a support craft in PvP . It's stealth is high enough that you're gonna be outside someone's detection range by the time you launch missiles while someone else is keeping them busy

[Prich]

The Firebird is a true ninja. It can launch missiles outside of most other ship's detection range, and if you do get caught, You have interceptor tuning and speed to pretty much outrun anything

[feral]

I picked one up yesterday, a ccu from my SRV. I am anxious to give it a thorough testing.

[sedgecrannyx]

Had to fight a player in a firebird yesterday and it’s really hard to get that thing locked. He just kept disappearing from radar and fired multiple missiles my way. Ultimately one of em hit, took out the left engine of my buccaneer and left me spiraling.
So I guess if one is really good with this ship it can be a viable option against smaller ships in PvP.

[ericwollaston]

Really depends on what you want to do with it... which Sabre do you want?

And yes, which style you prefer.

[ViniciusConsorte]

I got a CCU to it and have one from store credits now to further testing when the servers are back to somewhat stable state.

First 2 tests all the missiles did nothing to targets.... bugged =/

[Funkmster]

I love this thing way more than I was expecting. Steal striking ships and killing them (or severely disabling) in 1 volley is very satisfying. I was able to take down a 600i with 12 missiles so I think this thing is very well suited for pve bounties if you dont like dog fighting. Just have to make sure the targets have their shields down and dont target you. Now that it will have 24, I can see it doing some VERY serious damage to unaware targets.

I think the lack of guns is fine tbh since if you're needing to use them, you probably should be out of that fight already. Its really not meant for dog fighting even though it has some insane maneuverability.

[goodquestion]

The boosting in this and engine sounds are on point and sounds so nice

[Eric-unoq]

Pretty ship and it flies nice but missiles are a waste and it highlights how broken radar is. In dcs radar and missiles reach out quite a bit farther and thats based on real world capabilities. In space, where theres nothing between your radar and a target we've devolved and lost technology. Radar barely works and my dashboard has no dimmer switch for those dark nights...

[ottodeluxe]

This one is a pass for me. For a extra light fighter, I prefer the Arrow. It is smaller, also very zippy, and I prefer the gun layout. Missiles are "mit or miss" without the hits right now. A single seather ship should not be able to limp away after a light fighter/bomber spent ALL of its paylod on it, while a regular light fighter can light it up in 2-3 passes.

On paper, you get "starter ship" levels of performance, plus a few (currently) not very useful missiles. You have the advantage in speed and signature, but you're also a fragile one trick pony. I know the top PVPers can use this to great effect, but they also used to use the Pisces a few patches back and won 1v10. In my eyes, this the fighter equivalent of a sports cabrio: It can do the basics you'd expect, but it is overpriced and has not real benefit for the average person besides bragging rights. I like the concept, I just don't think the current state of SC lends itself well to a stealth missile fighter. Both stealth and missiles need a fix/rework to be more impactful.

[Archmage]

I think the Firebird is a cool ship, but it just doesn't feel effective. Especially now that master modes has made ship combat much harder. I've been struggling to do LRTs with it. Sometimes I can barely manage to kill the target and run from the adds, but other times I can throw all 12 missiles and all ~4000 rounds at the target and it doesn't die.

[PhillipLemmon]

I want ship!
It's basically the raven for those who don't have/didn't get the raven, lol
Love the look of it!

[vbiron]

Only thing i dont like about it its a little bit slugich to manuver

[stevenflaton]

My new fav ship! (: first week I played a guy let me check out his fleet, had a Sabre Raven. I’ve wanted one since. Not the same, but man, the gold and black and auspicious red sure are something!

[toecutter]

go buy a lotto ticket if the missiles hit. out of 48 missiles fired, 6 hit. its an awesome ship, super sexy and so fast, but it sucks right now regarding missiles

[RedKing]

It’s cool and it does come in red…. Hmmm I held off on it but you are making it hard to resist haha

[KelrCrow]

I refunded my Cutty Red and want to get a fighter. I'm really torn between this and the F7C/A. The F7A actually has less HP, is a little slower, and has the same shields. It has more firepower and is a little more maneuverable. I really like the concept of missile boats and stealth though! Tough decision!

[Chicobean]

New to the channel! just wanted to say as a guy on low income all the info you provide through these videos is greatly appreciated so i dont waste my money! Great videos though man keep up the good work! Liked and Subbed!

[midnight]

So, I'm pretty new to Star Citizen (pledged in 2019 and never played really) and I love this frikkin ship already. ILW was a horrible experience for my wallet, not gonna lie. I try and watch every review of this beautiful ship 😂 The giveaway would be rad ^~^