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Are 'fleetl ships worth it?
thechugster
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considering that thay can cost as much as a normal C-store ship and are only for one character are they really worth it over the other T5 ships?
Or are they really just for min/maxers with too much money or time to grind on their hands?
The fleet skins do look great, especially on the Galaxy but im not sure its worth it....I got the Gal R, Def R and Intr R on certain toons before they were C-store ships so its goign to cost me one way or another
Or are they really just for min/maxers with too much money or time to grind on their hands?
The fleet skins do look great, especially on the Galaxy but im not sure its worth it....I got the Gal R, Def R and Intr R on certain toons before they were C-store ships so its goign to cost me one way or another
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Depends on your definition of "worth it".
Are they better ?
Yes, absolutely. One need only look at their stats to see that. Fleet Defiant with 5 Tac Console slots as an example.
Are they worth the same cost as a Z-Store Ship (effectively, and in most cases, though you can by the Fleet Ship Modules in the exchange) ?
Each player must ask this for themself. They are indeed SINGLE character unlocks for pretty much the same price you pay in the z-store for Account wide unlocks. In bought my one, with Fleet Ship Mods i got off exchange. It's a nice ship. I wouldn't buy another.
I can complete and compete with nothing but the Free ships in game. All the way to endgame, and have no problem even in elite STFs. The Fleet Ships exist in that world where a marginal difference in some stat or other makes all the difference in PvP as I understand it. I see the Fleet Ships as PvP gear.
Yes, they are shiny and nice and better, but they are in no way "needed" to play the game.
So coming from someone who has one. Nope, I don't see them as worth it (with the caveat that I am not a PvP guy , and they might be worth it in that arena)
I dropped a feather and heard it hit the forum floor with a thud - is it just you and me in here?
And I do intend on getting the fleet defiant.
Nope more of us are wandering the forums while the weekly update takes hold for the next few hours. And the Fleet Defiant is probably the best of the ones I have seen to be honest.
Both of you have backed up my initial thoughts about the extra performance only being needed for PVP....so I think I may wait and see, if I have some spare EC or zen I may get one or two
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dON't know the current going rate of Fleet Ship Modules. i paid around 5 million each when I got mine , which was when they first came out.
I am guessing that they settled around 6 or 7 million a piece or so.
I sold one for about 4.8 Mil EC on the exchange so they really have not changed much in price and as soon as my fleet gets a T3 shipyard im upgrading to the Fleet Defiant. The fleet ships are very good and offer a little more bang for your buck they are not needed but ships like the F defiant can really lay down the damage fast. Also to answer the post Above having the Z store ship help negate that to 20,000 fleet creds and a single Fleet Module
Are they worth it. if it only needs one module then yes. and 5 mil from the exchange isn't that bad. Even 1 mk xii purple plasma infuser is about that. I'm pretty sure that is the cheapest energy weapon console of that quality too. They are character bind as well.
That being said the questions is are you looking to pay for it or how much resources you are willing to put into it.
Going rate can be anywhere from about 4.5m all the way to 6m, depending on the day.
As hippiejon says, it totally depends on your definition of "worth it." Got one for my Tac and it's a fun ship, a little squishy but that's to be expected. The 5th tac console is nice, I don't know that it makes an omgwtfgamebreaking difference, but it certainly doesn't hurt
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I am getting sick of some of the game devs view of pvp.
Well, in my personal case i don't run (and i don't want to run) more than one fed and one klingon, so it's more useful for me, but even if you have lots of characters, you can take a fleet ship in 2-3 days, at a rate of 8-10 million energy credits a day (1.5-2 modules a day). It's not impossible, and it's not difficult. You only need to know what to do.
When someone in my fleet is playing to get those daily amounts of EC, we say he/she turned on the "emergency power to energy credits" xD
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The Fleet Defiant, on the other hand, despite its fifth tact console, was quite a let down for me. The shield modifier is the same, the boff slots are the same - no universal - and it's still squishy as all get out, even in PVE. The extra tact console gives me a tad bit more of an edge in PVP, but definitely not enough to make up for being a glass cannon. If you have the cloak from the zstore version, you could do a bit more with it. But in all honestly, it is only a minor upgrade from the zstore versoin.
I'm hoping they fix it soon to where the defiant at least gets its extra shield modifier, but as is, if you want to fly something that actually feels like an upgrade, the Fleet Patrol Escort is the best option. Hands down.