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aquarius escort on tribble

rrincyrrincy Member Posts: 1,023
edited July 2012 in Federation Discussion
probably old news , but its on the latest tribble build as a playable destroyer

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/yzak_gatx_102/fleetdes.jpg
does this seem stupidly powerful to anyone else ? lol
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  • marctraiderzmarctraiderz Member Posts: 539 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    It looks so AWESOME! AND its way overpowered.

    Oh wait, Tier 4 ship. Why in heavens name would they still bring out Tier 4 ships? whats the logic in doing that? sigh.

    another nice looking escort gone to waste.
    Sigh
  • rrincyrrincy Member Posts: 1,023
    edited July 2012
    marctraiderz wrote: »
    It looks so AWESOME! AND its way overpowered.

    Oh wait, Tier 4 ship. Why in heavens name would they still bring out Tier 4 ships? whats the logic in doing that? sigh.

    another nice looking escort gone to waste.
    Sigh

    nono , its VA ship , you need a tier 4 shipyard to create it :cool:
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  • mehenmehen Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    That's not OP...that's terrible. :confused:

    4 front, 2 aft slots means you can compare this more to a science-escort hybrid than an actual escort. Okay, so what two ships are closest in comparison?

    You can replicate the same stations as the new fleet escort, since the console slots are identical anyway. Okay...but it has ~4k less hull and .05 less shield modifier. Not bad, per se, but the fleet escort was already the lowest of the fleet escort refits, anyway. However, if you toss that universal LT station to another engi slot, you could have a tanky escort. Not sure how the -.27 modifier compared to the patrol escort would, though, even if the patrol has a LT/Ens potential for engineering. So what about science?

    That would be the fleet science vessel refit, the crazy Nova. I think the Nova might deal more dps than the Aquarius, tbh. 3/3 weaponry and no tac comm station, but a comm science station might make up wonderfully. Stats-wise, the Nova has ~1k more hull, but a nice .39 extra shield modifier, not to mention built-in target subsystem powers. The Nova's consoles are 3/3/4, as opposed to the Aq's 4/4/2, but I'd say the Aq has the advantage due to the universals. So, oddly enough, the Nova might deal more damage, but the Aq can tank more...maybe. :P

    OP? Nah, but quirky as hell.
  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    mehen wrote: »
    That's not OP...that's terrible. :confused:

    4 front, 2 aft slots means you can compare this more to a science-escort hybrid than an actual escort. Okay, so what two ships are closest in comparison?

    You can replicate the same stations as the new fleet escort, since the console slots are identical anyway. Okay...but it has ~4k less hull and .05 less shield modifier. Not bad, per se, but the fleet escort was already the lowest of the fleet escort refits, anyway. However, if you toss that universal LT station to another engi slot, you could have a tanky escort. Not sure how the -.27 modifier compared to the patrol escort would, though, even if the patrol has a LT/Ens potential for engineering. So what about science?

    That would be the fleet science vessel refit, the crazy Nova. I think the Nova might deal more dps than the Aquarius, tbh. 3/3 weaponry and no tac comm station, but a comm science station might make up wonderfully. Stats-wise, the Nova has ~1k more hull, but a nice .39 extra shield modifier, not to mention built-in target subsystem powers. The Nova's consoles are 3/3/4, as opposed to the Aq's 4/4/2, but I'd say the Aq has the advantage due to the universals. So, oddly enough, the Nova might deal more damage, but the Aq can tank more...maybe. :P

    OP? Nah, but quirky as hell.

    note: its called a "destroyer" not an escort. so its not really an escort as far as the game is concerened, but it is similar.
  • ebeneezergoodeebeneezergoode Member Posts: 227 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    This looks quite cool, I kind of suspected this'd turn into a "I can't believe it's not a BoP".
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,897 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Honestly, is there really much of a point to it? Looks like its trying to be a fed version of a BoP but only have a lt and ensign universal slots and thats it. Quite frankly it doesn't seem like its worth having...looks inferior in almost every way to all of the other fleet escorts.
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  • maelwy5maelwy5 Member Posts: 593 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    lianthelia wrote: »
    looks inferior in almost every way to all of the other fleet escorts.

    Seconded.

    The Crew, Hull and Shield values are considerably less than the Fleet Patrol Escort, with the same Turn Rate and Speed. And it only has two Aft Weapon slots.

    If it had three aft weapon slots, and/or the LTCom Tac and Universal LT slots were swapped around It'd be worth going for. As it is, it's sorta pointless.

    Ideally, I really want to be able to slot an Escort with:

    Commander Tactical
    Lieutenant Commander Science
    Lieutenant Tactical
    Lieutenant Engineer
    Ensign Engineer

    OR

    Commander Tactical
    Lieutenant Commander Engineer
    Lieutenant Tactical
    Lieutenant Science
    Ensign Science

    OR

    Commander Tactical
    Lieutenant Commander Engineer
    Lieutenant Commander Science
    Lieutenant Tactical

    ...sadly, none of those is currently possible. But I'm holding out in hope for a "Fleet Multi Vector Advanced Escort Refit" that'll allow the first one, or a "Fleet Heavy Escort Carrier Refit" that'll allow the second! :D
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  • marctraiderzmarctraiderz Member Posts: 539 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    rrincy wrote: »
    nono , its VA ship , you need a tier 4 shipyard to create it :cool:

    Seriously who would take this 'thing'? Lol. Such a waste of nice ships.
  • rrincyrrincy Member Posts: 1,023
    edited July 2012
    I still think this could be pretty damn nasty if equipped right to be honest , the consoles and boffs are pretty unusual for a federation ship
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  • mehenmehen Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tenkari wrote: »
    note: its called a "destroyer" not an escort. so its not really an escort as far as the game is concerened, but it is similar.

    And I showed that, for a hybrid, it sucks equally. Shall we argue semantics some more? A destroyer, as Cryptic is concerned, is nothing more than a fancy escort.
  • alphaomega1500alphaomega1500 Member Posts: 126 Arc User
    edited July 2012


    Destroyer are also know as tin cans.

    Take a guess why they earned that nick name during WW I.

    I'm guessing that the starfleet version of a destroyer will live up to the nick name
  • ussultimatumussultimatum Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I've created a feedback thread on this ship in the Tribble subforum for feedback.

    That's where the devs will be looking for feedback on new items like this.

    If you're interested, please post here about your opinions on this ship.
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