Hi, I am considering buying C-store ship for Transwarp Computer console, so I have following questions:
- Is this console compatible with Advanced Escort?
- How much bonus to systems power this console actually gives?
- Is it worth buying?
(i) It's a Universal Console that isn't locked to any particular ship, so yes.
(ii) It doesn't give a bonus to system power, but a bonus (+23) to Warp Core Efficiency. The difference is that efficiency only really kicks in if one of your power level settings is below 70. The actual boost varies depending on the power setting - it'll be stronger at 25, and very weak at 70. It's the region of +2.16 power at 25, +1.08 at 50 and +0.21 at 70.
(iii) I use it on a few ships occasionally whenever I want a small buff to everything, but the buff it grants is comparatively minor and there are certainly better consoles to take. It's certainly not a patch on the KDF side's "Plasmonic Leech" Console. Fedside about the only CStore ones I bother with are the Point Defence System, Antimatter Spread and Enhanced Plasma Manifold.
bear in mind that the T5 Excelsior (Rear Admiral Level) does not have a transwarp console anymore, the description is a bit misleading. It has Transwarp ability built in a bonus feature. I believe this was done as a result of tribble testing when it was felt that players at that level would prefer to have the free console slot. I think the T3 version (Commander?) still has the separate console.
Queue up a mission in the sector you are trying to get to.. transwarp through the mission window.. pay like 36k at most.. and voila! No need to waste CP/Dil traveling.
I guess I'm not understanding something. When I got the Excelsior with the Transwarp Computer, and it said "Universal", I understood it could give me the power buffs on other ships. But I also thought it would give me Transwarp on whatever ship on which I equipped it.
I put it on the next ship I was promoted to, it lets me equip it, but now I can only transwarp home. Which other ships will the computer allow me to actually transwarp to other places?
In that regard Bill it is misleading, the console does not bestow transwarp drive, that is a feature of the ships (T3 and T5 Excelsiors) the console simply gives 50% reduction in Cooldown (given my experience i'm not sure if that is true) and it gives a warp core efficiency bonus but no transwarp
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"This console mod may be equipped on any ship in any console slot."
http://www.stowiki.org/Universal_Consoles
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(i) It's a Universal Console that isn't locked to any particular ship, so yes.
(ii) It doesn't give a bonus to system power, but a bonus (+23) to Warp Core Efficiency. The difference is that efficiency only really kicks in if one of your power level settings is below 70. The actual boost varies depending on the power setting - it'll be stronger at 25, and very weak at 70. It's the region of +2.16 power at 25, +1.08 at 50 and +0.21 at 70.
(iii) I use it on a few ships occasionally whenever I want a small buff to everything, but the buff it grants is comparatively minor and there are certainly better consoles to take. It's certainly not a patch on the KDF side's "Plasmonic Leech" Console. Fedside about the only CStore ones I bother with are the Point Defence System, Antimatter Spread and Enhanced Plasma Manifold.
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Queue up a mission in the sector you are trying to get to.. transwarp through the mission window.. pay like 36k at most.. and voila! No need to waste CP/Dil traveling.
I put it on the next ship I was promoted to, it lets me equip it, but now I can only transwarp home. Which other ships will the computer allow me to actually transwarp to other places?
Bill