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Posted Wed 26 Jan, 2022 9:06 PM
So with the free T6 ship coupon I have been debating on what ship I should get. I am completely overwhelmed with all the options out there. How have you all chosen your ships? What things do you look for? What things do you avoid?
For context I am a tactical shooty shooty, double heavy cannon person.
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Posted Wed 26 Jan, 2022 9:33 PM
Hi Naigerrard, very good questions. This really depends on playing style and preferences but what I look for:
Weapons layout. If I'm doing a cannon build, I want as many weapons up front as possible. So I'd look for a 5/3 or 5/2 layout.
Specialization. Do I want the extra boost from Command, Intel, Miracle Worker, Pilot abilities, etc?
Looks. If you care about this, it can be a decision changer.
Personally, I like the legendary Defiant as my cannon ship but there are plenty of other T6 options.
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Posted Wed 26 Jan, 2022 11:03 PM
Without knowing what you already have then this is hard to advise some the new ships all offer a lot but if you have not already got one the ones to look at would be the Arbiter its a decent ship and its trait emergency weapons cycle is a good one to have for pew pew builds
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Posted Wed 26 Jan, 2022 11:14 PM
I'm more rusty than others around here, but I'll throw a couple of suggestions out:
As Jestersmith mentions above, the Arbiter with a meta trait, however another one to look at is the Gagarin. It also has a meta trait that lets you spew out weapons fire everywhere and it's a miracle worker spec on top of that giving it access to the powerful boff abilities. That being said, if you're into cannons, they're both battlecruisers and may be a tad sluggish compared to what you're looking for.
The new T6 Sabre is another Miracle Worker spec ship and the T6 Steamrunner looks quite good. The T6 Defiant is also worth a mention, though it's been superseded somewhat by the Legendary Defiant however that's only available as part of the 10th Anniversary bundle.
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Posted Thu 27 Jan, 2022 12:12 AM
Naigerrard, you didn't specify what faction your character is, so I'll just list a few of the good zen ships that I believe are a good choice for you, I'm a tactical double heavy cannon person myself so here's my recommendations:
Klingon: Kortar Tactical Pilot Raptor, has perfect tactical bridge officer seating (commander tac and Lt. tac), is very fast with high turn rate as well as those nice pilot maneuvers, and to top that off it's universal console is great if you ever use torpedoes or mines as it gives a 25% damage boost to mines and torps, but can only use the console on pilot ships, has 5/2 weapon layout with experimental, can use dual heavy cannons.
Jem'Hadar: Jem'Hadar Vanguard Warship, basically acts like an escort, perfect tactical bridge officer seating same as the Kortar, has access to Lt. commander miracle worker abilities, has a powerful self-heal ability with its vanguard wingmen, console is decent with a passive boost to critical severity damage/heal, has 5/3 weapon layout, can use dual heavy cannons.
Romulan: Khopesh Tactical Dreadnought Warbird, it's a dreadnought so it's rather slow, has perfect tactical bridge officer seating assuming you use the Lt. commander universal command slot for tactical, 5/3 weapon layout, has hangar that can use some of the best carrier pets in the game elite romulan drones, great universal console, can use dual heavy cannons.
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Anything with the words ROMULAN, PILOT, and SCIENCE. 😁
You say you're a pew pew pew TAC captain with a penchant for DHCs. The 5/2/X layout is ideal for gunslingers, and the turning rate will keep you leaning into the sides of your captain's chair. It's not meta, it doesn't have the DeePS that the big cruisers do, but it's the most fun a fighter jock can have in this game. But if you're going to do it, get the [FED, KGN, ROM] bundle. Don't go buying the Allied bundles. (Get the Romulan ships, they look cool.)
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Posted Thu 27 Jan, 2022 4:26 AM
Thank you all for the information so far. I am in the Federation.
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I will also say the Caitian Shikaris Escort STO caught my eye. However, I don't think I have ever seen anyone flying one.
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Incase you didn't notice Naigerrard the caitian escort only has a 4/3 weapon layout and it only has a commander/lieutenant tac seating instead of commander/lt. commander. To add to that it can only use 4 tactical consoles instead of the normal 5, so it's not a good ship.
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Thank you all for the information so far. I am in the Federation.
I will also say the Caitian Shikaris Escort STO caught my eye. However, I don't think I have ever seen anyone flying one.
FED or KDF or ROM doesn't matter if you have a KDF toon at level 65. At that point everybody can fly everything. If you don't have a level 65 KDF toon, you need to do that.
Then your FEDdie can fly ROM ships and get that sweet sweet Singularity Core power. 😁
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As a convert to ThreeofSeven's Miranda master race...I really like the Reliant Light Cruiser.
She's a tough nimble little ship. Annihilating ships with a single broadside of overloaded phasers never gets old
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Posted Thu 27 Jan, 2022 5:59 PM
Jem'Hadar: Jem'Hadar Vanguard Warship, basically acts like an escort, perfect tactical bridge officer seating same as the Kortar, has access to Lt. commander miracle worker abilities, has a powerful self-heal ability with its vanguard wingmen, console is decent with a passive boost to critical severity damage/heal, has 5/3 weapon layout, can use dual heavy cannons.
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From looking at everything I think this one is the one.
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Posted Sat 29 Jan, 2022 5:23 AM
From looking at everything I think this one is the one.
That is one of my favorite ships, a very solid choice!