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Tact/DPS ship for Engineer(trying to take advantage of the autumn sale)

gandalesgandales Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited November 2012 in Federation Discussion
As the title says I want to buy a discounted ship from autumn sale. My situation is the following:

1) My character is an engineer and I have a retcon available.

2) I have the 2nd Aniversary Oddysey(tankish), but I want to have higher firepower given than tanking does not seem important in the endgame(let me know if I am wrong). Therefore, I want a ship for heavy dps and that can take advantage of my engineer career.

Few months ago, I was advice to get the Armitage, I wonder if based on all changes this would be my best choice.

Thanks a lot in advance for your advice to this casual player. :D
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  • adamkafeiadamkafei Member Posts: 6,539 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Well for all the Regent's uni boff is worth (not much as you'd be silly to not have a science boff) I'd recommend the Excelsior, good ship, keeps up with most ships and can move, if played right it is a very good balance between tank and DPS with an engineer in the chair
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  • cidstormcidstorm Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    The armitage is a great ship, if you REALLY want DPS. If you want to pvp you might want to consider the tac odyssey, excelsior, or regent. Eng Armitage can work in pvp, but sometimes it's just better to enter the pvp arena with a slower class that makes it easier to learn all the new dynamics.
  • gandalesgandales Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Thanks for your replies. I forgot to say, that I mainly play pve, so pvp viability is not a big concern for me.
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  • daboholicdaboholic Member Posts: 265 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    My main is an Engineer in an Armitage. Like yourself I mainly play PVE so the ship is perfect for my needs.

    It gives me very respectable DPS and has good survivability. I'll never achieve Tac/Escort levels of burst/damage, so instead I built my skills and layout around sustained fire. With the exception of ESTF's, my ship is pretty much unkillable in most PVE, whilst making short work of anything in its sights.
  • unangbangkayunangbangkay Member Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    I'm going to second the choice of an Armitage. I'm an Engineer as well, and my Armitage has allowed me to tank entire STF runs (albeit on normal) while pumping out tons of DPS.
  • suavekssuaveks Member Posts: 1,736 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Armitage - a good bulky escort with lt.cmdr. engineering boff slot which will surely help in keeping the ship alive. Also, shield repair units are surprisingly good and may even be a better choice than any of the attack fighters.

    Steamrunner - at the moment at -50% discount on Steam. Tactical ship with two lt. engineering boff slots, which is more engi skills than Armitage offers. It also has more hull, 10th console slot and turns a bit better. Personally I would lean more towards this one than the Armitage if I were you.

    Vesta - not so great with dps despite what people say, but I'm still able to deal more dmg with it than with any cruiser or science vessel I tried on a non-tac toon. I'm currently flying Vesta on my engi, with lt.cmdr. engineer, and I find it to be a really flexible ship that is still able to tank and support while not being totally useless when it comes to damage dealing (I can solo Raptor spawns in CSE with just EPTW1, CSV1 and TT1 so that's always somethign). Really happy with it.
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