CP would be fun to try out, would I have any chanse there solo with Ghost 5b and hl8 a105?
Yes you would survive up there and even have great fun, but I'd recommend that you bring your Gremlin + 5b with you instead of the Ghost. Gremlin is better in Dome 1 & 2, because of the mix of Kreltins and Aurlis (Kreltins give you Acid damage). You get a little less protection against the Aurlis, but then again you don't need to repair as often due to the higher durability of Gremlin.
I'd suggest you give CP a try! I understand that you are not really an eco hunter at heart and is willing to spend some cash on new gear to have some fun, so why not spend some on an exciting trip to CP?
It's "only" 15-20 ped to get up there and 10 ped to TP back to PA. And you don't really need to upgrade to equipment you don't allready have.
No storage up there tho
, so bring what you need and leave all heavy mining stuff at home.
I was in your shoes some time ago. Had an EP41, Korss H400, 104/106, Ghost, 5b, 2600 and was around your level in Handgun. I decided to give it a try, and I ended up spending months up there
In fact I think I reached level 50 in Handgun before I came down planetside again
One of the first things I did was to buy the blue armor everyone else used up there. Then I decided to try out the Isis series, and bought a HL8, and eventually HL11, HL12, HL14, whatever was available at the auction.
At the time CP was a great place to get skills, specially Evade, and I unlocked avoidance up there. I can only assume the latest upgrade to the aliens, with reduced attack speed will slow this skill progression down somewhat, but the up-side is the reduced decay on your armor, which was the major PED-sink at CP before.
The only thing I think you could benefit from is to buy a long range tagger, like a Bravo. As a beginner on CP you don't want to run up to a bunch of mobs to get into range!!! Besides a certain death from your part, you will also send off mobs on many other hunter in the same dome, and that's not appretiated
So get that Bravo, strip of all heavy stuff, bring what you need to survive without having to use your storage, and enter the adrenalin-pumping world of aliens!
I'm up there at the moment and so please feel free to contact me and I can give you the tour