STO Ships

[ISS_Enterprise_D]

I am so ticked at STO's way of buying better ships right now... I finally found that there is a better starship for me, a tactical cruiser no less, and I have to get it the long and hard way. I won't use real cash to pay for Zen points, because I already paid a fair share of money for the game itself, and I don't have the money to throw away anyway.

The ship in question is a Defiant Fleet Retrofit. I meet all the requirements except for one: I need four fleet ship modules. And since they cost 500 Zen each, and millions of EC on the Exchange, it looks doubtful that I'll be getting it for a while. I'm hating myself for saying this, but if anyone ever has a fleet module or two they don't need, please contact me.

For the meanwhile, I am still going to be using my lovely Sovereign-Class starship, the U.S.S. Candella-B. She's constantly being retrofitted with newer weapons and consoles as I earn 'em. Right now she's got the Breen Set equipped, as while the Borg one is better, I REALLY dislike the aesthetics of it.

Spoiler: Candella 1

Spoiler: Candella 2

Spoiler: Candella 3

 

[Majestic]

I find the fleet ships a real waste of money, you'd be better off buying the c-store version. The fleet versions generally only have a extra console slot and slightly better hull. Considering the expense they really are not worth the money of 2000K when you can buy the C-store ship which is a account unlock for around 500 more and get a console to add with it.

You'll find even lock box ships are better even if they are also single unlocks, at least you get something totally different to fly.

 

[SciFiFan]

For the meanwhile, I am still going to be using my lovely Sovereign-Class starship, the U.S.S. Candella-B. She's constantly being retrofitted with newer weapons and consoles as I earn 'em. Right now she's got the Breen Set equipped, as while the Borg one is better, I REALLY dislike the aesthetics of it.

She is a fine looking ship. You do know you can disable the aesthetics right? With your equipment equipped, right click on the item and then click "disable visuals." Voila! no more Borg pieces hanging off your ship.

As for the fleet ships, I may get one but, I am going to wait til I get everything else I want first (Rep for example). I don't mind the concept of the fleet modules because the game is free to play and Cryptic does need to make money somehow. I do agree with Maj, the stat increase (to me anyways) is not big enough to warrant an immediate "OMG I must have" purchase. Also to note, If you do buy the c-store Defiant Retrofit, you only need one fleet module to purchase the fleet Defiant.

 

[Andre27]

As it is my goal to purchase ships from the series, i've added the Galaxy-X to my inventory.

It's a hog to fly, but with the correct weapon layout/bridge officers you can do a lot of damage.
Bit disappointed with the low number of tac slots though.

 

[Andre27]

Found it. Bit of a search on new layout.
What do you folks think the upcoming event (raptor's wing or something like that)will bring?

Probably something related to the romulans and the movie, but exactly what that is the big Q

 

[Terra_Inc]

Found it. Bit of a search on new layout.
What do you folks think the upcoming event (raptor's wing or something like that)will bring?

Probably something related to the romulans and the movie, but exactly what that is the big Q

Meh. Since the movie is officially another universe, I doubt that anything related to it will show up in STO.
More likely is the addition of moar Romulan material, possibly they begin working on the playable Rom side. However that would most likely p*** off the KDF players, since it means even less work is done on the Klingon side of things. I personally would love to see it - I'm not a huge Klinker fan - but I don't think it's the right time to do that.

 

[Andre27]

Meh. Since the movie is officially another universe, I doubt that anything related to it will show up in STO.
More likely is the addition of moar Romulan material, possibly they begin working on the playable Rom side. However that would most likely p*** off the KDF players, since it means even less work is done on the Klingon side of things. I personally would love to see it - I'm not a huge Klinker fan - but I don't think it's the right time to do that.

A lot of the recent patches (holodeck and tribble) have been about cloak and stealth so Romulan additions are a real possibility.

 

[Terradyhne]

i only hope that they don't release more opsolete designs as GOD ships like they did with the Kumari. a playable romulan side would be good but only with a real creative team and not guys that just have the creativity for making federation content and release other races and than literally let em die due to no new content for them. they have shown that the creativity for other races is there, with the klingon temporal destroyer or the fleet support ship but the last is a just a bit changed, verry old fan design and the Tholians. i think what they will release will be nothing that good in the end, as most gamemakers today want to get as much as they could in money out of their games and the quality of them is last that they care for.

 

[Andre27]

We'll know in less than 1 day. Patch notes don't mention anything so we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Terradyhne]

We'll know in less than 1 day. Patch notes don't mention anything so we'll just have to wait and see.

now its official, its a Romulan faction expansion:
http://sto.perfectworld.com/legacyofromulus

these idiots should have solved the problems we have with STO first and than get that stupid expansion out, i more and more think about leaving this game

 

[Andre27]

Tholian reputation... and i was just looking forward to finally finishing Omega and Romulan T5 grinds (2-3 weeks left).

 

[Majestic]

now its official, its a Romulan faction expansion:
http://sto.perfectworld.com/legacyofromulus

these idiots should have solved the problems we have with STO first and than get that stupid expansion out, i more and more think about leaving this game

I haven't been on the game for ages. I do think the KDF should have been finished before a new faction will be introduced. Unless the KDF is given the same amount of original content as the Fed I doubt I will be playing much in the future.

 

[kjc733]

Well, I did make the Renown my main ship for a while, and she performed admirably with a pair of SIFs and a pair of RCS consoles.

However...

I then stumbled on something on the exchange. It was cheaper than the Runabout but, after a little research, it appeared to be a dream ship. And she is!

The USS Fearless


Now, you may say... erhm, kjc, isn't that like the Formidable? Well, actually no. It's a Mirror escort, it looks like the Advanced Escort but has the Patrol Escort specs. So more crew, extra engineering slot, extra engineer BOFF, and of course an engineer as a captain makes for a very survivable escort. Combined with my usual sweep of tetryons and quantums she is a very evil ship.

 

[Andre27]

Well, I did make the Renown my main ship for a while, and she performed admirably with a pair of SIFs and a pair of RCS consoles.

However...

I then stumbled on something on the exchange. It was cheaper than the Runabout but, after a little research, it appeared to be a dream ship. And she is!

The USS Fearless
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Now, you may say... erhm, kjc, isn't that like the Formidable? Well, actually no. It's a Mirror escort, it looks like the Advanced Escort but has the Patrol Escort specs. So more crew, extra engineering slot, extra engineer BOFF, and of course an engineer as a captain makes for a very survivable escort. Combined with my usual sweep of tetryons and quantums she is a very evil ship.

Got one as well. Using "torpedo boat" set. No beams, turrets or cannons. Only different torpedoes and mines. Carnage guaranteed. Full power to shields since i have no power drain.

It's a sweet set.

 

[kjc733]

Captains Log... continued. We've been ordered to rendezvous with the USS Defiant... reason unknown.


"Captain..."
"Yes Corspa."
"We've just received a communique from the Defiant... it's sealed for you authorization only."


"Hmm, looks like we're getting new orders. Utopia Planitia fleet yards. Helm, set a course."

...Some time later...

Ahh, them were the days. Things were so much simpler on the Daring. I hope I'm not getting a desk job, I'm going to miss the Fearless.


All I ask is a tall ship...


"Welcome Admiral, apologies about the hush hush nature of this transfer... but there are political elements - such as the Treaty of Algoron - that make this sensitive. You're new command has just been through a substantial refit, but she's ready to go."
"The Thrace...!"
"Yes Admiral. You did some of your best work with her. I expect even better now.


"Commander T'Lato, activate the slipstream drive. Lets see what shes got."

 

[ISS_Enterprise_D]

'Fraid I ain't got any pretty pics to post up of my newer two starships, but one was and one still is a lovely ship to be flying around.

The first ship would be a Terran Empire Tier 5 Escort, the I.S.S. Krinchaya (odd name, I know). I got her on the Exchange for an absolute STEAL of 50K EC. Then again, there were a number of them there, so these little guys must not have been overly popular. Nonetheless, it was exceedingly fun to blast away at enemy ships with a Tier 5 Escort at last, with proper dual cannons too!

And as for my latest acquisiton... it was a lovely Tier 5 Tactical Escort Retrofit, in the form a cloakable Defiant!!! She is named the U.S.S. Annihilation for how much butt I've been kicking with this thing. She's equipped with a full Borg Set, with the Uni console, several torpedo enhancers, and of course, her cloaking console. I'm with other people on this matter, the cloak should most certainly be an ability instead, and be a battle cloak as well.

On a slightly related note, I'm going to be a complete idiot, and give in to the new reputation system that they set up. After duking it out with Maj's Kevass character (if you can call it that, it was completely one-sided lol), I realized I shoulda got the M.A.C.O set, since those shields are nothing short of unbalanced. Since they are literally impossible to get on the Exchange, I'm gonna have to do this the hard and strenuous way. Luckily for me, though, I have learned how wise it is to save up earned Dilithium....

 

[Majestic]

I disagree with the Defiant having a Battlecloak, the Bird of Prey's pay for this feature dearly and the Federation aren't a cloaking civilisation. If the Defiant had a Battlecloak not only would it unbalance the thing and the Defiant would have to be nerfed down to what the BOP currently is, it wouldn't fit with the Federation play style. I recommend you play the KDF and get yourself a Raider BOP to try the Battlecloak, can be fun.

 

[kjc733]

I disagree with the Defiant having a Battlecloak, the Bird of Prey's pay for this feature dearly and the Federation aren't a cloaking civilisation. If the Defiant had a Battlecloak not only would it unbalance the thing and the Defiant would have to be nerfed down to what the BOP currently is, it wouldn't fit with the Federation play style. I recommend you play the KDF and get yourself a Raider BOP to try the Battlecloak, can be fun.

I've been having great fun with my Tac Escort Retrofit (even short one Tac Officer!), and having spent my entire Klink career driving BoPs I'd love to have a Battle Cloak - but I agree with Maj. The Feds Should NOT be playing around so much with the cloaking device. Fair enough, its "cannon" that the defiant has a cloak - but I think it'd be too much for all Tac Escort Retros to have one. And I don't think the Defiant should lose some hp for the benefit - its not a lightly armed raider like a BoP, its a tough little knuckle duster.

I've used my cloak once, and it wasn't that successful either. I'm contemplating removing it completely and giving myself another SIF (stacked SIFs having served me well on both the Fearless and Formidable - Thanks Maj for the suggestion!).

 

[kjc733]

I was just trawling through my hard drive when I noticed this picture. I don't recall trying to take pictures during the mission, and I certainly don't usually take them at such a distance... so I reckon I caught this beauty purely by accident!


And is it just me, or does Bajors moon have a face?!?

 

[kjc733]

Taking advantage of the recent dilithium event, the admiralty system (seriously, it's a gold mine!!) and the Black Friday sales (which have apparently flopped big time here in the UK), I decided to get my Romulan character a present... she's a real beauty. I haven't managed to outfit her right yet, nor have I got the intel abilities sorted, but I love this ship!

 

[SciFiFan]

I am wanting to get one for Shatruk.

 

[Majestic]

Taking advantage of the recent dilithium event, the admiralty system (seriously, it's a gold mine!!) and the Black Friday sales (which have apparently flopped big time here in the UK), I decided to get my Romulan character a present... she's a real beauty. I haven't managed to outfit her right yet, nor have I got the intel abilities sorted, but I love this ship!

She's a predator! I like it. Makes me wish I has only 1 KDF and 1 Federation character when the Romulans came out so I could play all factions equally. The Romulans have a lot going for them!

 

[kjc733]

A predator? Maybe a toothless old grishna cat. No, she's not that bad. At the moment I'm still trying to figure out how to optimise the build. As I've been neglecting my Romulan recently (because the free T4s are terrible) I've been running mostly lvl X or XI common equipment. I've been working up the Romulan Rep as my plan is to outfit her as a Romulan tech ship, so now have Mk XII Romulan Plasma Arrays, a common Mk XII DBB, Mk XII uncommon plasma torpedos and a Plasma Omni Beam. But the rest of the kit is still X or XI common and I don't have any rep or fleet consoles yet. Nor have I properly set up my BOff skills, I have some skills in there that I really don't use (such as cannon scatter fire!).

The good:

• She is fast and she is agile. This thing has an astounding turn rate!
• The console, my god the console! If the shield is down we're talking one shot kills against mid weight opponents. Recharge time isn't too bad either.
  
• Enhanced Battle Cloak. Mwhahaha
• Looks! She is gorgeous. There are three variants: Wings up, wings slightly down, wings very down. The very down looks too angular to me, but some may like it, a bit like a baby Scimitar. The Intel windows for some reason won't stay assigned, which is a shame because they look great, but that's minor.

The bad...

• This ship is a bit of a glass cannon. Flying this I really wish my Romulan was an Engineer like most of my other characters. But as this one is a Tac you're down to one hybrid Engineer Lt, a universal ensign and two engineering consoles. At he moment I have two Eng Teams and a Sci team slotted and against plasma equipped opponents it isn't enough. My Defiant in the hands of my main is far more survivable.
  
• Enhanced Battle Cloak. The ship does decloak for several seconds whilst firing or using science abilities, and the bad guys pick up on it every time. If you lob a torpedo, you're going to take damage, unless they're distracted by someone else. If its the Borg, beware the tractor beams. Also using the native Intel abilities automatically turns the cloak off.
  
• The singularity. ARRGGHGGH!!! The low power levels mean that I can't power the shields as much as I'd like. But, once it's charged up I can overpower the weapons. It's a frustrating trade off, but it should improve when I get the rep consoles in and a better core (of course, do I trade my shield emitters or armour consoles for rep consoles...?)

Overall:
Nothing that would really surprise anyone who's used to flying escorts as a Tac, but its new to me with my Engineers flying escorts/BoPs and my Delta Tac flying an Excelsior.
Against the Borg I've been dying a lot more than normal, but with my super gun I can kill a cube faster on my own. Plasma really hurts this ship.
Against the Tholians, I'm doing surprisingly well. Because of the speed and agility I've been cutting them down with ease, especially when overcharging the weapons with the singularity.
I love this ship, I can't wait to get her set up properly and it makes me want to play my Romulan character again. Its as much fun as flying a BoP, but a little more versatile. Initially I'll be going full Romulan Rep plus Borg console, with two torpedoes up front to make attacking under cloak hurt them more than me.

 

[Majestic]

• The singularity. ARRGGHGGH!!! The low power levels mean that I can't power the shields as much as I'd like. But, once it's charged up I can overpower the weapons. It's a frustrating trade off, but it should improve when I get the rep consoles in and a better core (of course, do I trade my shield emitters or armour consoles for rep consoles...?).

If you pick up the Naucassian Captain level ship from the C-store it comes with the plasmonic leach console which should help fix that a bit, also there are a couple of reward consoles later down the line that help with power. A combination of the 2 should make it feel almost like there is no power issues. Bonus of the leech is its only like 1000 zen and then you can use it on all your KDF characters as well. It's probably the only store bough console that I still use on 90% of my KDF ships.

 

[SciFiFan]

I am running Shatruk (Reman tac) in the T6 vet ship and working on a similar build. I have it completely loaded with Romulan rep weapons that I picked up filling out the rep tree. I have the complete Romulan weapon set and an omni plasma beam. All of my tac consoles at the moment range from mkXI to mkXII and uncommon to rare. No fleet consoles yet but it is still quite deadly. I think I am going to finish the build on this ship until I can get the Faeht and copy as best as I can. I may have to look into that captain level Nausican ship for the leech.

 

[Majestic]

I am running Shatruk (Reman tac) in the T6 vet ship and working on a similar build. I have it completely loaded with Romulan rep weapons that I picked up filling out the rep tree. I have the complete Romulan weapon set and an omni plasma beam. All of my tac consoles at the moment range from mkXI to mkXII and uncommon to rare. No fleet consoles yet but it is still quite deadly. I think I am going to finish the build on this ship until I can get the Faeht and copy as best as I can. I may have to look into that captain level Nausican ship for the leech.

I'm thinking of moving my Rom Tac and KDF Science over to the T6 vet ships.

I spent today getting rid of characters, still have a few to go. Most of these were made to play with the ex-wife, it feels liberating stripping and deleting these characters. I'm making a bit of EC in the process.

I would recommend the Naucassian ship. If for nothing else but the console, worth it's wait in Latinum.

 

[kjc733]

So with this weekends ship sale I've picked up the T6 battlecruiser pack. So far I've only tried out the Arbiter on my Delta Tac and the Mogh on my klink Eng (now lvl 60, yay!).

Arbiter first. I've fitted her with a combination of dual beam banks, a torp and some arrays up front and omni beams and a torp back (none of it fleet, all but the omnis are common to rare), otherwise it's a lift from my Excelsior. I'm using the universal LtCdr as a Tac, so thats two LtCdr Tacs and an Ens Tac. And it shreds everything in front of it. I was chewing through the Borg during Red Alert. So when I optimise this she will be a beast.

The problem with the Arbiter is the looks. They took an Avenger, dropped it down the ugly tree, then used branches to make ugly sticks and a gang beat it to death. I tried mixing Avenger and Arbiter parts, the Arbiter nacelles are just too slim to go with the thick Avenger saucer and the Arbiter pylons put the Avenger nacelles way to close to the Avenger saucer. The Avenger nacelles also don't go with the Arbiter body. Basically my choice came down to Avenger with either the Arbiter or Avenger bridge - so it's full Avenger. The good news is that it only looks really bad from the side.

Onto the T6 Mogh. It's essentially the same as the Arbiter, but I've set mine up with DHCs a wide DHC, a dual beam bank and a torp forward and omnis aft and a torp aft. My klink is still working through the reputations and is very low in the skill trees so my Mogh. The result wasn't as good as the Arbiter. The turn rate isn't quite there yet, but I have high hopes for her.

Now for Mogh looks... I've been pleasantly surprised. The T6 skin isn't particularly nice due to the hamerhead, and the Mogh itself is very blocky. But take the Mogh head, nacelles and bridge and but it on the T6 body and pylons and you get a very nice looking cruiser.

In short, the T6 battlecruisers have a lot of potential and seem like they can be effective with both a Tac and Eng character, although if you want cannons you will need to bolster the turn rate a bit (it's almost there, but not quite).

I haven't touched the Warbird yet other than to take a quick look in the tailor - there's some nice combinations in there, especially if you picked up the Valdore a couple of giveaways ago.

 

[SciFiFan]

Been saving up EC to be able to buy ships from the exchange. I want the D'kora for my Ferengi, a Wells for my Vulcan, and a Jem'Hadar Escort carrier for my Cardassian. I now have enough to buy one of the ships but, I am not sure which one I want to get. I also want to get back into my Reman but, I am not sure which ship I want to get for him.

 

[kjc733]

So I made a TOS Andorian and took a few screenshots of the basic ship by spacedock - oh and I just happened to be parked by a Connie at the time
I'll say this, Cryptic did a nice job with the TOS ships, and having played the new missions I feel as if STO is actually better suited to a TOS era game...

I also happened to park my Vesta against a Kelvin Connie, just in case you haven't seen one yet...

 

[SciFiFan]

I too have a TOS Andorian. Mine is an engineer. I did end up getting the Wells class science ship as that character is the one I have been playing the most right now.

Spoiler: NCV Premonition

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