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generaldiaz
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i recently reached Brigadier General on my klingon tactical character, im looking for the opinions of the forum users on what is the best ship to get for that rank? i prefer to tank with the ability to have a limited healer ability. and i do a little of pvp and pve.
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http://www.stowiki.org/Hegh%27ta_Heavy_Bird-of-Prey (Tac/Engineer/Science) (Engineer's and BOP's have a rocky relationship but it works for some people)
http://www.stowiki.org/Vo%27quv_Carrier (Engineer/Science)
http://www.stowiki.org/Vor%27cha_Battle_Cruiser_Retrofit (Tac/Science/Engineer if you must)
The BoP, is an awesome ship for PVP and PVE, the carrier is fun and will do good in pvp and PVE, and the Vorcha loaded down with turrets and cannons makes Fed cruisers suck in comparison. If you really want a Raptor buy the mirror one off the exchange, it's better than the normal BG raptor any way.
Edit: You probably want the Vorcha if you like being sturdy while still doing average or better damage. Picking up some DHC's for doing STF's a little faster isn't a bad idea if you go this way.
if your adding exchange ships to the equation theres also the Temporal Vessels. the Temporal Destroyer has 2 universal slots and 10 console layouts. so they have a little more flexibility than the other raptors.
Actually i use the follow carriers (depending pve or stf or pvp):
-Marauder Flight deck
-Vo?quv
-Karfi battle carrier
Yes i know... maybe not have a good turn rate but is similar than Botarsq
Good Luck in your decision... if you are an Eng i recommend VoQuv (very fun)
good hunting warrior
I agree don't get the free qin raptor, if you want to try the raptor get the mirror Qin off the exchange instead for around 1-2 mil.
The Hegta BOP is also great for damage and versatile, but not so tanky but is probably the only other good choice if you don't want the Vorcha.
Because everything else is better.
Vor'cha Retrofit is IMO the best free ship in the game. Put points into your character's starship thrusters skills and it turns well without any RCS consoles. Add tanky consoles, set up with chained EPTS boff skills, and you have leftover ENG slots for healilng skills as well.
Plus... it's a battlecruiser so it takes DHCs up front if you like. And lemme tell ya... Me like!
The Bortasqu is not horrible it just takes some practice to learn to fly properly, I would recomend it to the op if he asked about z-store ships too. My tac in a tac bortasqu (Kovac) is often at the top of damage in pvp and has no problem keeping 180 degree single cannons on target, it has highest dps for cruisers. The decloaking alpha with the disruptor autocannon kills most targets outright, and it puts out escort like dps afterwards with the cannons but is much harder to kill. Its like a Fed side Dreadnought but much stronger. In STFs I put 4 DHC or 3 and a torp on it and have no problem keeping them on target in pve, this dps is often higher then most escorts except for the Fleet defiant or bug ship.
My Eng in a command bortasqu uses 8 beams and gets decent dps too, but is even harder to kill and a great team healer, a better choice then a negvar as tank/healer since it does great dps too while tanking
To manuver a bortasqu your character should have high or max impulse thrusters and engine performance and you should run 50 power to engines, it handles fine for me like this so I either run 100 to weapons 50 to engines when doing dps or 100 aux 50 engines when tanking/healing.
Precisely. That's why my BoP isn't tanky, I'd sacrifice too much in the way of speed boosts and DPS, and the Hegh'ta has enough trouble competing as it is.
It's fine, great even, as a tank. Just don't expect to do as much dps or turn as well as the vor'cha
Rrezeth, Gorn Tactical, primary alt
Nari, Orion Science, secondary alt
So, basically grab what you want, and you have a backup of getting either of those if you don't like it. There will likely be another Mirror refit in the next lock box to come out as well (my guess is a Negh'var with an Ensign Tac instead of Eng).
I don't think anybody pointed it out, but the Mirror Qin (since last patch anyway) has a Ensign Eng instead of Tac, which IMO is better (gives you an extra bit of survivability), but something to keep in mind.
Those are level 50 and we're talking about level 40, and there is huge difference in price. Less than 1 Mil for the Mirror Qin versus over 90 Mil EC for either timeship on the exchange. 1 Mil is not too hard for a new player to get a hold of, 90 on the other hand requires quite a bit of dedication and time as well as getting Energy Credit Cap Increase from the C-Store for F2P players.
However, it IS an easy and fast way of testing out the ship, in general. Just know the full vorcha might be a bit better in the firepower department.
I was running a mirror vor'cha until I upgraded to the fleet version, love both immensely. The character who flies them is an Eng so I am sure that improve survivability, but fantastic ships.
BoP are great too, run one with my Gorn Sci captain, who just recently switched to a temporal science vessel. I loved the Hegh'ta and being able to exit combat swap officers arround, then come back with an entirely different ship.
I usually ran my BoP with Commander Sience, Lt commander engineer, and the other two officers as Tactical. That gave me GW3, vent warp plasma, and the ability to repeatedly use Cannon and Torpedo abilities. Everything else was geared to survival, and healing, including the ability to heal allies if needed. In addition to having Miracle Worker.
Oh, and of course buy a Disruptor Defense System off the exchange.
Go with a Hegh'ta. The reason is that the Hegh'ta is arguably the best BOP in the game, so it will be useful all the way through end game. The fleet Vorcha is much better than the retrofit and once you get it, you will never use your retrofit again.
Borg NPCs hate me a lot cos of the threat I generate just because of the damage this one does. (though I haven't spec'ed very much on threat) . I keep getting aggro but can hold it quite well cos I've spec'ed in armor and shields. So in STFs I manage to hold the borg attention while the rest of the team eliminates the main targets.
The best part; you can equip cannons on this one and still manage to pound away (I run a cannon front/ turret back build with a BNeural and Quantum Torp setup). Though I'm certain I can never outmaneuver a BoP, it still beats fed cruisers any day
If you want very "klingony" feel while having good survivability and being able to make feds with their cruisers immensely jealous get a Vorcha (Refit/fleet)
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-Roach, when asked about Klingon extinction!
actually. unless ti was changed. the Temporal Destroyer is a level 40 ship. my Fed Tac has been using one since ;level 42.
Hence why i suggested it in the first place. the Lockbox ship might be level 50, but im talking about the lobi ship.