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[Discussion] - Looking for a good Tanky T5 Ship

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Venrok (Derek), Sun 26 Nov, 2017 6:56 AM
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    #1
    I'm currently level 41 on my Engineer Romulan character and I've started thinking about which T5 ships I should acquire other than the 2 free requisition ships, one of them is a retrofit. I'm a very cosmetic person when it comes to ships and the general aesthetics of a ship play a big role in my enjoyment of STO. It is regrettable that T6 ships cannot be earned in this game without spending IRL money or grinding out EC, Dilithium and/or events so I need recommendations for a decent, tanky T5 ship that can be acquired through the exchange for a few mil EC. Open to suggestions for anything that isn't the Malon Battle cruiser, because that looks flat out terrible.....
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    You can grind Dilithium, then go to exchange and convert Dilithium to Zen. But that's grinding alot of Dilithium - something that's somewhat achievable by repping up all the reputation tiers.

    You could check out some of the T5 Mirror ships on exchange perhaps.
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    #3
    It bears noting that soon (maybe 7-Dec), Q's Winter Wonderland will start. The headliner of the event is always a free ship, one of 3 free T6s that will be given away over the course of the year. The caveat here is that the ship will almost certainly be a Breen ship, and their design aesthetic is, let's call it an acquired taste.

    Still, the ships themselves are often decent, and it might serve you in a transitional capacity.

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